Pumas and America disappointed their fans with a 0-0 tie in the first Liguilla game of the Apertura 2021. America was able to neutralize a Pumas team that came in hot but ran out of ideas in the second half. Pumas is now forced to get a win in the return leg as with the end of the away goal rule, first placed America will go through to the semifinals with another tie.
The first half coming out with the same lineup as the one used against Toluca, while America had a number of moves because of injuries like Fernando Madrigal taking the place of Pedro Aquino and Emanuel Aguilera taking Bruno Valdez’ spot.