2023-12-11 04:08:00
Dec 10, 2023, 11:08 PM ET
Both teams will meet in a third Liga MX final under the format of short tournaments, with a victory per side as a precedent.
America y Tigers will star in the final of the Opening 2023 and it will be the third time in the history of short tournaments in which both teams compete for the title of Liga MXsince in the previous two, Apertura 2014 and Apertura 2016, each team was left with one star.
The first time that both teams met in a final in the history of the short tournaments of the Liga MX It was in the Apertura 2014, in a scenario similar to that of the current Apertura 2023, since the first leg was held at the Universitario Stadium and the champion was defined on the Azteca Stadium field.
América vs Tigres final Apertura 2023 ESPN
On the way, Tigerswho had Ricardo Ferretti on the bench, took a 1-0 lead with a score from Joffre Guerrón, but in the second leg, América reversed the score with a resounding 3-0, with goals from Michael Arroyo, Pablo Aguilar and Oribe Peralta, to give the twelfth championship to Americawhich at that time were directed by Antonio Mohamed.
The Apertura 2016 series is remembered as the “Christmas final.” In the first leg, which was held at the Azteca Stadium on December 22, they tied 1-1. Bruno Valdez did it for Ricardo La Volpe’s América and André-Pierre Gignac scored for Tigerswhich still had Ricardo Ferretti on the bench.
The second leg was played on December 25 at the University Stadium. The 1-1 overall score remained at the end of the 90 minutes of regular time. Edson Álvarez put the Águila ahead at 94′, already in extra time, and Jesús Dueñas appeared at 119′ to tie the tie and send the title decision to penalties.
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Nahuel Guzmán was the hero of the penalty shootout. The Argentine goalkeeper saved shots from William da Silva, Silvio Romero and Javier Güémez, while Tigres was successful with the shots from André-Pierre Gignac, Juninho and Guido Pizarro to win the championship, which meant the fifth star in the history of Tigers.
It’s been seven years since the last time America y Tigers They faced each other in a final. In that time, the Águilas, the top winner in Mexican soccer with 13 stars, have only won one title, for the three they have won. Tigersa team that currently has eight championships and seeks to become the fourth two-time champion under the short tournament format.
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