Necaxa played host to Club América in both teams first match of the 2018 Apertura season. Straight from the kickoff all signs pointed towards the match being a back and forth thriller. It took mere four minutes for the hosts to generate the first real chance of the game.
Necaxa broke away from the Club América defense following a sloppy turnover in the midfield and won a corner. Los Rayos whipped in a beautiful corner that was struck sweetly by an attacking player towards the bottom right corner of the goal. Thankfully for las Águilas, goalkeeper Agustín Marchesín made a heroic diving save to prevent the hosts from takin an early lead.