In one of the greatest Liga MX playoff games in recent history, the reigning champion, Club América advanced to the final after beating regular season leaders, Cruz Azul, 4–3 in the semifinals.
After a lackluster 0–0 draw in the first leg of the tie, América arrived to the second leg needing to win in order to advance. Another draw and Cruz Azul would've advanced for it being the higher seed. Las Águilas were vastly superior for the first hour of the game and entered the final 15 minutes of the 90 up 3–1.
Cruz Azul fought back and momentarily equalized in the 87th minute with a stunner of a goal by Amaury Morales, putting them in position to advance to the final. It appeared La Máquina had heroically mounted the comeback, but América was given a penalty in the first action after play resumed, and Rodrigo Aguirre dispatched it to send Las Águilas to their third consecutive final.
It was a magical night at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, and here's what we learned from América's latest playoff victory over its city rivals, Cruz Azul.
