Diego Valdés’ great goal for America’s 1-0 vs. Tigres by Liga MX | VIDEO

The goalless draw between América and Tigres was broken after half an hour on Saturday night. After attempts by both teams, Diego Valdés was in charge of scoring the 1-0 in favor of the ‘Águilas’, in a match for matchday 15 of the Liga MX Closing Tournament.

At minute 32, Jorge Sánchez gave the ball to the Chilean midfielder, who decided to look for the rival goal. Valdés dribbled past a rival, settled for his right leg and took out the strong shot, to overcome the resistance of goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán in El Volcán.

In this way, Valdés signed his fifth goal in the competition. The previous victims of the 28-year-old athlete were Juárez, Necaxa, Toluca and Santos Laguna.

America vs. Tigres: the match preview

After achieving five consecutive wins that brought them closer to the direct qualifying zone for the quarterfinals of the Mexican Clausura-2022 tournament, América will have a maximum difficulty test this weekend against the Tigres for the sixteenth and penultimate round.

After taking America at the bottom of the standings with six points, Argentine coach Fernando Ortiz has guided the ‘Aguilas’ to win 16 of the next 21 units.

América now occupies sixth position with 22 points and will seek its sixth victory in a row to try to finish the regular phase of the tournament in the top four, advancing directly to the quarterfinals.