RECAP: León vs América 7/19/14

  Club América started their 2014 Apertura season on a right note as they beat León 2-1 at the Nou Camp in León, Guanajuato. The game began with León playing offensively from the get go with shots knocking on América's goal, but Moisés Muñoz responded by denying any entrance. The first goal for América came in the 19th minute when Oribe Peralta brought the ball into the area after a mistake by Edwin Hernandez. Ignacio González slides in attempt to get the ball out of Peralta's possession while William Yarbrough closes in, but it bounces to the side in front of Osvaldo Martínez for him to put it in the back of the net for América.
  A little after the first goal León had the chance to tie the game at 1-1 with a goal from Carlos 'Gullit' Peña, though unfortunately for León the play was called offside by the linesman. The score remained 1-0 in favor of América.
  América's second goal came in the 37th minute where Osvaldo Martínez had a free-kick 35 meters from the net. His goal came with the assist of Yarbrough who fell into the net with the ball in his hands. Yarbrough tried tossing the ball out of the net in order to prevent the second goal from happening, but it was too late.
  León's only goal came in the 85th minute after two penalty attempts. The first pk came from a foul committed by Juan Carlos Valenzuela. Mauro Boselli stepped up to take the shot, but it was denied by Muñoz. Unfortunately right after the block another foul was committed by Pablo Aguilar and it gave León another opportunity to score. Boselli stepped up again and this time was able to score and cut América's lead by one. Time wasn't on León's side after scoring their 1st goal and the game ended 2-1 in favor of Las Aguilas.

(Mexsport)

The Numbers for América:
Yellow Cards: 5 (Goltz 25', Sambueza 35', Valenzuela 43', Martínez 25', and Pablo Aguilar 83')
Shots on Goal: 12
Corner Kicks: 5
Offsides: 0

Starting 11:
23) Moisés Muñoz
2) Paolo Goltz
19) Miguel Layún (Jesús Molina 45')
12) Pablo Aguilar
6) Juan Carlos Valenzuela
22) Paul Aguilar
21) Daniel Guerrero
14) Rubens Sambueza
10) Osvaldo Martínez (Osmar Mares 58')
24) Oribe Peralta
18) Luis Gabriel Rey (Raúl Jiménez 61')

Substitutes:
8) Moisés Adrián Velasco
9) Raúl Alonso Jiménez
7) Luis Ángel Mendoza
15) Osmar Mares
4) Erik Pimentel
1) Hugo González
5) Jesús Antonio Molina

Team Side-note: Of the 8 players that were acquired during the off season 4 players saw their Club América debut, 3 starters (Peralta, Guerrero, and Goltz) and 1 sub (Mares).