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My Football Firsts | Edson Álvarez

First professional goal?

It actually came in a final! In the 100th year of Club América’s history, we played Tigres in the play-off final on Boxing Day 2016. With the scores level in extra time of the second leg, I scored the goal that put us ahead. Unfortunately, we ended up losing that game on penalties, too.

First red card?

The first was against Lobos in August 2017. I’m an aggressive player, and I always try to battle for every ball at 100 per cent, but never with malicious intentions. Normally it’s because of an accumulation of bookings that I have been sent-off.

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