After a difficult start to the season due to a combination of both an earlier than usual start in order to finish in time for the World Cup, and a flurry of international friendlies that affected their attention and physical form, América found themselves under intense pressure, with fans and critics even calling for ‘Tano’ Ortiz’s job. That’s right. Through their first 5 matches, the yellow and blue were in the last third of the league table with a mere 1W, 1D, 3L record. Far from acceptable for a club with this stature.
But since then, things have been far from.