Henry Martín and Igor Lichnovsky, former rivals within the 2018 Apertura closing, at the moment are teammates pursuing a two-time championship with the Águilas.
The solely gamers from América or Cruz Azul who performed within the closing between the 2 groups again in 2018 are Henry Martín and Igor Lichnovsky. They confronted one another as rivals six years in the past, however now they share a locker room with the Eagles within the Closing 2024 season.
In that closing, Igor Lichnovsky performed the complete 180 minutes whereas Henry Martín solely performed 90 minutes on the sphere.
Pedro Caixinha, the previous coach of Cruz Azul, used Igor Lichnovsky as a starter within the first leg of the ultimate that resulted in a scoreless draw on the Azteca Stadium. On the opposite hand, Henry Martín was not thought of for the match by Miguel Herrera, who was teaching América on the time.
Both Igor Lichnovsky and Henry Martín began and performed the complete 90 minutes within the second leg, which América received 2-0 with two objectives from Edson Álvarez.
Henry Martín joined América within the Clausura 2018, marking his second season within the membership, whereas Igor Lichnovsky had simply begun his first semester with Cruz Azul. Henry Martín has since turn out to be the sixth-highest scorer in América’s historical past with 102 objectives.
Igor Lichnovsky left Cruz Azul in 2020 to play for Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia earlier than returning to Mexican soccer with Tigres UANL for Clausura 2022. In Apertura 2023, he joined América, the place he at the moment performs.