America will host Veracruz in the Estadio Azteca on Saturday hoping to continue its winning streak. While they are among the top five in the overall standings, Veracruz is currently the runner-up, meaning they are two spots ahead of the team they are visiting.
After losing the first two games, the team of Ignacio Ambriz has recovered and won the next three. Their winning streak is in great danger against a team that knows America quite well. Carlos Reinoso was a legend as a player for America, but while he did not succeed as their coach, he knows the team quite well.
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They have the third best offense in the tournament so far. In five games, they have scored 12 goals, five of them while playing at home and seven on the road. Benedetto is America's leading scorer with five. Oribe follows him with three and Darwin Quintero has two so far.
After receiving five goals in the first two games, Nacho's team has kept a clean sheet in the third, fourth and fifth game of the season. They are the fifth best defense in the tournament while Veracruz is further down in eleventh place. America's differential of +5 is one of the best in the tournament. In a season that is only 17 games long, that number is quite important if they want to make it to the playoffs.
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Reinoso does not deny having feelings for America, a team where he shined as a player and one where the good memories were almost never-ending. He does insist that now his responsibility is to help Veracruz be great and that if they can beat America at their own house, they will do so.
It has become a normal scenario to see Veracruz high up in the standings at the beginning of the season. Sometimes the question is, how long can Veracruz hang on to this. To be in second place, the Tiburones Rojos have won three games, tied in one and lost one in the second week against Leon.
They are coming off one draw against Queretaro at their own home and the last time they were on the road they beat Tijuana 3-1. While their defense hasn't been so strong, ten goals in the first five games
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