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Factors that allowed América to cut its winless streak

By Hector Garcia

Las Águilas defeated Santos to end their winless streak in Liga MX at seven games.

Las Águilas defeated Santos to end their winless streak in Liga MX at seven games.

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América ended a seven-game winless streak with a 2-3 win over Santos, in a match marked by poor performance by both defenses and a Santos team unable to take advantage of its home advantage, adding yet another loss that keeps them at the bottom of the table.

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Own Goal

América once again demonstrated their defensive shortcomings, especially with crosses into the box. However, the action that marked the first half was the joint mistake made by Guillermo Ochoa and Jordan Silva, who, for fear of colliding, did not cut the ball. This action caused the ball to hit Bruno Valdez's back and send the ball into his own net.

The former player law

Diego Valdés became one of the best elements of América, playing a key role in the match and seeking to develop his offensive style between the enemy lines. However, he managed to stand out by scoring the equalizer from a cross by Mauro Lainez and thus beating his former teammates.

Diego celebrated with sobriety because in front of him were the fans who, until a few weeks ago, cheered him on and loved him as a member of the Laguna team.

Defensive errors

If América had important failures, the Santos defense was not far behind, as they made a mistake when conceding the second goal and had inopportune errors when cutting off the opponent's attacks, one of these was the foul inside the area committed against Salvador Reyes.

Bruno Historical

The much-questioned central defender wrote his name in the history of the feathered team by scoring the third goal of the match, bringing his total to 26 goals in his career with the institution, tying Luis Alfredo Tena, better known as 'Captain Fury', in the number of goals scored.

América won and jumped up the table to thirteenth place with its first win, one draw and two losses, leaving Santos at the bottom of the table and Pedro Caixinha, who could start to see the alarm bells ring on his return to Mexican soccer.

Solari congratulated his team

The Argentine coach congratulated his players after their first victory, saying they played a game "with spirit" against Santos.

"We work with the maximum professional commitment always and this is a very tough tournament, we are a team that is assembling with new players, but we know how to compete and the players have shown it, they showed their character. We are going to try to make our way in this very tough tournament," he stated.

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