📝Lobos BUAP 0-2 Club América: Oribe Peralta leads Águilas over Lobos | OneFootball

Club América got back to winning ways on Matchday 8 after two draws and a loss in recent weeks in Liga MX.

Oribe Peralta’s first goal since 3 March against Chivas de Guadalajara put the visitors on top before Matheus Uribe scored a penalty in added time.

Peralta scored in the 30th minute when he picked up a loose ball inside the 18-yard box and fired past José Antonio Rodríguez.

The second half consisted of well-constructed América attacks ending in penalty shouts and big saves from goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín.

In the 51st minute and again in the 58th minute, Cecilio Domínguez went down in the area looking for penalties but the referee waved away his protests. In the first instance replays showed much ado about relatively little contact from BUAP’s defender.

On the other end of the pitch, Lobos BUAP fashioned a few quality chances trying to equalise. Right-back Félix Crisanto got forward well and sent in a low cross that deflected to Omar Tejeda. Marchesín smothered the Mexican forward’s toe-poke in the 55th minute but Francisco Palencia’s team showed their intent.

In the 76th minute, substitute attacker Gabriel Cortez hit a direct free kick on target but Marchesín was alert to the danger and saved the Ecuadorian’s attempt.

The visitors finally earned a penalty deep in stoppage time. Henry Martín went down in the area under a clumsy challenge by veteran Francisco Javier Rodríguez. Colombian midfielder Uribe converted from the penalty spot to double the lead for the azulcrema with the last kick of the game.

Despite securing their first victory in four league contests, América may be disappointed to have not put away more of their chances. The result puts las Águilas in third place on goal difference behind only Monterrey and Cruz Azul in the 2018 Apertura table.

Lobos BUAP sit precariously in 17th place in the 18-team Liga MX. More troubling, perhaps, the university team is still the prime candidate to be relegated ahead of Veracruz and cross-town rivals Club Puebla.