📝Club América 2-1 Morelia: Jorge Sánchez scores a rocket on debut | OneFootball

In a sparely populated Azteca Stadium, Club América defeated Monarcas Morelia with goals from Jorge Sánchez and Matheus Uribe.

20-year-old defender Jorge Sánchez made his debut for the azulcrema on Saturday night and made it a night to remember.

América’s left-back stepped up to pick off a pass intended for Carlos Fierro before driving forward into space. With no Morelia player closing him down, the Mexico youth international let rip from distance and gave goalkeeper Sebastián Sosa no chance in the 29th minute.

The home side added their second on the other side of half-time. Matheus Uribe finished excellently from the top of the area after Henry Martín set up his team-mate with a well-weighted layoff.

Morelia finally got their goal in the 83rd minute from the head of Sebastián Vegas. Diego Valdés crossed from the right wing and América’s defence never got sorted. As a result, Guido Rodríguez tried to mark two opponents and Vegas easily won his header to beat Agustín Marchesín from close range.

While that would mark the end of Morelia’s comeback, it wasn’t the last action for Chilean left-back Vegas. After scoring, Monarcas received two yellow cards and two reds.

Vegas saw red for denying a goal-scoring opportunity for Martín in stoppage time. His countryman Rodrigo Millar also got his marching orders for using inappropriate language with the match official in response to the initial dismissal.

Morelia ended the match with 9 players and left the Azteca with no points. As a result Monarcas are stuck in mid-table with 12 points after nine matches, good enough for 11th place.

América stays near the Liga MX Apertura summit on 17 points, just three points behind league-leaders Cruz Azul.