IIt was a bad day for Club America and its fans. Las Águilas was eliminated in the last minute by Monterrey when the Rayados team had 10 people on the field. Decluttering is painful, but it’s not the only thing. There are fans who are furious and angry at the team for some of the actions that took place before the game.
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Before the second leg of the playoff quarter-finals, the club published on its social networks information about a meet and greet with former players that will take place at the Walmart Supercenter in Houston, Texas, in an event called “America in America”.
These former players are Ángel Reina and Aquivaldo Mosquera, who were touted as Americanista’s “legends.” Fan anger came quickly. They were angry in the first place because they thought it was insensitive for America to focus on promoting a meet-and-greet on a day when they needed extra encouragement for the most important game of the tournament. We needed to reverse the 0-2 deficit in the first leg against Rayados.
From the official account: There are hours left until the quarterfinals, which you are losing, and there is a possibility that you will find yourself in a terrible situation.
Second, and most importantly, they were annoyed and furious because they promoted two former members of the team who were not at that level as legends.
The legends for the fans are Antonio Carlos Santos, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Luis Roberto Alves “Zag”, Alfredo Tena, Adrián Chávez, Iván Zamorano, Claudio “Piojo” López and Cristóbal Ortega. It seems like an insult to Americanistas that Reina and Mosquera should be evaluated the same way.
If you count Reyna as an American legend (he played for 300 other teams, including Chivas, Toluca and Rayados, but left behind nothing more than “his” scoring title)
They pointed out that it was a poor choice of adjectives to describe the two former players remembered by Americanismo without respect or affection, and that it was a bad time to sell official products offered in the United States.
Some people expressed caution before the match against Monterrey, calling for restraint as there was a possibility of defeat. The fear manifested during the day and became reality at night. Hours after the highly publicized autograph session with Reyna and Mosquera, Rayados became America’s executioner.
I’ll never forget Reina’s insult.
In the 2012 Clausura Tournament, the USA lost 3-2 to Monterrey in stoppage time. The author of Rayados’ winning goal was Ángel Reyna. To celebrate his goal, the then-player reenacted the famous celebration of the Blancos de Cuauhtémoc in a way that openly mocked American fans. This act marked a complete break with his fans, who still do not forgive him for his actions.
