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“Checo” Pérez enjoyed América's passage to the semifinals to the fullest: “They suffered but they won”

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By Sergio Silva

May 12, 2024, 1:20 PM EDT

Sergio “Checo” Pérez changed the tracks for the soccer field. The Mexican driver of the Red Bull team thoroughly enjoyed the classification achieved by the Águilas del América to the semifinals of the Liguilla of the Clausura 2024 Tournament after drawing on Saturday night against Pachuca (1-1).

Accompanied by his family, the man from Guadalajara enjoyed at home the match between the azulcrema club and the Tuzos that was played at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City and which ended up being defined by the goals of Oussama Idrissi (m.30) for the visitors and Julián Quiñones (m.90) for the locals.

With a video in the stories of his personal account on the social network Instagram, Sergio “Checo” Pérez He was shown with his son celebrating the classification of the team led by Brazilian coach André Jardine, of which the Formula 1 driver is a fervent follower.

“It was suffered but it was won”wrote the man born in Guadalajara accompanying the video in which he appears in his bed with his son sitting in front of the television enjoying the result that leaves the people ever closer. Eagles of America to keep the Bicampeonato after its conquest in the last 2023 Apertura Tournament.

Precisely in that final, which the azulcrema won against the Tigres de la UNAL, Sergio “Checo” Pérez was present at the Azteca Stadium to celebrate the title won by the team he loves. More recently, The Red Bull driver received the América players Igor Lichnovsky and Israel Reyes at the Miami Grand Prix.

The fandom of the 34-year-old Mexican driver reaches such a point that the number ’11’ that he usually uses on his cars and even wore during his time in karting and is due to a kind of tribute to one of his favorite soccer players in the entire world. life, the Chilean striker Iván Zamorano, who played with the Águilas del América.

The Mexican Red Bull driver, Sergio
The Mexican Red Bull driver, Sergio “Checo” Pérez during a moment at the Miami Grand Prix where he finished in fourth place after a penalty to the Spanish Carlos Sainz Jr.
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“I used to admire a footballer. His name is Iván Zamorano, he had number eleven and when he was karting I said ‘I also want that number’. I have always used ’11’ and I still have my email with an 11”the Mexican commented some time ago according to FOX Sports México.

Sergio “Checo” Pérez is currently competing in the 2024 Formula 1 season with the Red Bull team. The Mexican, who ends his contract with the Austrians at the end of this campaign, is in second place in the drivers’ standings behind his teammate Max Verstappen.

The next race they will compete in will be the weekend of May 25 at the Italian Grand Prix, where the man from Guadalajara will seek to improve the fourth place achieved in Miami two weeks ago, in addition to trying to win his first race of this season.

Keep reading:
– Qualification of the Águilas del América to the semifinals of Clausura 2024 was involved in controversy due to serious refereeing failures
– André Jardine after the pass achieved by the Águilas del América: “Sometimes you play with your head and other times with your heart”
– Javier “Chicharito” Hernández misses a goal that was almost a given, but it did not take its toll on Chivas de Guadalajara against Toluca