By Jorge Hernandez
Dec 11, 2023, 17:37 PM EST
UANL Tigersthe current monarch of Mexican soccer, which is led by Uruguayan coach Robert Dante Siboldi, will receive this Thursday in the first leg of the final of the Apertura 2023 tournament at Eagles of Americaled by Brazilian coach André Jardine.
The Liga MX revealed this Monday the schedules of the two matches that will define the local football champion and The first leg will be played at 9 pm local time, that is, at 10 pm ET / 7 pm PTin the University Stadium, also known as “El Volcán, home of the Tigres of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.
The return match will be on Sunday at the two-time World Cup Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, home of the Águilas, at 7:30 pm local time, that is, at 8:30 pm ET / 5:30 pm PT.
You can see both duels in the United States and Mexico through the TUDN signal.
Siboldi’s Tigres will open the series, because they finished in third place in the regular phase classification and by regulation they are not allowed to choose who closes the series at home, while América is, since they won the right by be the best team in the regular phase of the tournament and finish as the super leader in the general table.
The Eagles took advantage of this advantage to close at home, in front of their people and with the hope of having the so-called number 12 player to win the crown and take the Olympic turn at the Azteca.
Under the command of the Uruguayan coach, the Tigres have confirmed themselves as the best Mexican team in recent years by winning their sixth league title in the last 13 years last May.
Furthermore, in June it was proclaimed the best team of the 2022-2023 season by winning the Champion of Champions trophy by beating the Tuzos del Pachuca and in September it won the Campeones Cup by beating the American LAFC.
To reach the final of the Apertura 2023, the Tigres knocked out Puebla, sixth ranked, in the quarterfinals and In the semifinals they eliminated the Pumas UNAMthe fourth best team in the regular phase.
The Águilas, for their part, return to a final after four years and are seeking their fourteenth league title in their history to confirm themselves as the top winners in the country.
América, led by Brazilian strategist Andre Jardine, led the regular phase and in the final phase they dispatched León, eighth in the table, in the quarterfinals, and in the semifinals against San Luisseventh.
Diego Valdés has been the team’s offensive engine with eight goals scored and two assists distributed so far in Apertura 2023.
The Chilean will be one of the keys for América to win its first league title since 2018 and take off two championships from Chivas del Guadalajara, its greatest rival and the second most winning club in Mexico with 12 trophies.
*With information from EFE.
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