The Monterrey Rayados showed more cold blood in the penalties to eliminate America from the Leagues Cup semi-finals by imposing themselves in penalties 5-4 after an intense 2-2 in the Eagles' enemy international failure.
It was the Belgian Hugo Jean-Marc Cuypers who defined in favor of the Regiomontans the definitive penalty to take advantage of the failure in the fourth shot of Americanist Alan Cervantes, who sentenced the fortune of the picture directed by Uruguay’s Guillermo Almada in his first failure as a coach of the Eagles.
For Monterrey they scored in perfect shape the penalties Lucas Orellana, Diego Rossi, Víctor Guzmán, Jesús Corona and Hugo Jean-Marc Cuypers. While America failed Alan Cervantes and scored Raphael Veiga, Brian Rodríguez, Israel Reyes and Erick Sánchez for the 5-4 final.
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America jumped to the pitch determined to devour the first time. The blue creams took the baton of the match and were tired of giving feelings of danger thanks to transitions at pure speed, exploiting the bands with an Isaías Violante lit on both sides and the diagonals of the charrúa Brian Rodríguez on the left.
That dynamism of the Eagles made Rayados take a world to settle on the playing field to curb the battles. Guillermo Almada’s painting coquetted seriously with opening the scoring, but Guatemalan Mario Alberto Escobar saved the silhouette and forgave an Azteca-sized penalty after Carlos Salcedo’s blatant fault on Henry Martín.
Alan Cervantes signs a goal for @ClubAmerica's partial rebound on @Rayados ??Live on @AppleTV ? https://t.co/C16glf2SMo pic.twitter.com/dW18RyIWEq
That controversial game cooled the game a little, but at the 29th minute the shout of goal drowned in the tribune when Violante had the opportunity of gold to advance America. The juvenile pulled a crossed left, but the Argentine archer Esteban “Sabandija” Andrada rested greatly to cool the danger.
After the shock, Monterrey bonded his lines well to close the roads to those of Coapa. The Regiomontans balanced the balance and began to stumble at the border of the rival area to scare Rodolfo Cota, though without much dynamite. If the first 45 minutes had been a boxing fight, the Eagles would have taken their cards by unanimous decision.
The large closure of the first half that the Rayados had immediately reflected in the scoring when starting the complement. The guests commanded by the “Pelado” Matías Almeyda put the first of the night thanks to an artwork signed by Diego Rossi at the 49th minute.
The charrúa celebrated his outstanding individual technique to debut as the luxury reinforcement of the MLS band. Rossi took a shootout with a lot of poison from the right sector, stuck to the band line in three quarters of the pitch, leaving floating in the air the eternal doubt of whether he was looking for a center or if he tried to teledirect the gays directly to the arch.
But what did you do, Diego Rossi! What a goose! ???The Uruguayan breaks the zero with a jewel and puts @Rayados in front of @ClubAmerica in the semi-final of #LeaguesCup2026 ???Live on @AppleTV ? https://t.co/C16glf2SMo pic.twitter.com/I8VolYsgMm
The truth is that the spherical ended out incredibly to the blue-cream goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota. It was an authentic blow that silenced the tribunes and left the square eye to the thousands of fans present at the Dignity Health Sports Park, who did not give credit to the disadvantage of the Eagles.
A second half of high octane
Faithful to his DNA, Coapa’s picture response was furious. Only ten minutes later, Ramón Juárez matched the cards to the 57 after hunting a ball released within the young area, derived from a precise fault charged by the Brazilian Raphael Veiga.
All the same again! ?Lucas Ocampos turns from the penalty point for @Rayados and equals the score 2-2 before @ClubAmerica ???Live on @AppleTV ? https://t.co/C16glf2SMo pic.twitter.com/cVDsK1AR1z
Instants before the draw, Monterrey had already saved himself miraculously when Brian Rodríguez forgave in front of the northern bow, striking the ball in the legs to a Esteban “Sabandija” Andrada who stood up like the big ones.
With the anemic moment on his side, America oiled the blood and went with everything on his prey. At the 64th minute, Alan Cervantes consumed the twist with a goal painting of very high manufacturing; the midfielder seized the ball from outside the area and hung it directly in the angle, making the stretch of Andrada useless.
#Fútbol2Day – Diego Rossi’s goal in the Leagues Cup, with Monterrey, against America. pic.twitter.com/DRbFxs0jeD
With the wounded pride, those led by Almeyda rose the revolutions to seek the miracle and the reward came by the way of a controversial penalty to 68. Orbelín Pineda dragged the ball, felt the contact in Kevin Álvarez' leg and dropped in the area for the maximum penalty to be decreed.
The action sparked the American rage because Escobar decided not to review the VAR screen. In the midst of doubts about whether they had “shaken” the match to the Águilas, the Argentine Lucas Ocampos charged with cold authority to deceive the goalkeeper and sign the final 2-2 in a night of authentic alarm that gave way to the penalties to define the finalist.
