Matchday 5 of the Liga MX Apertura 2022 season features a matchup between Club America and Santos Laguna at Estadio Azteca. Date, time, and TV channel where you can watch it for free in the United States included below. You can watch the game on fuboTV, which is a great option (7-day free trial).
The current run of nine victories in a row for America is a club record. The winning streak appeared to be over last weekend in Aguascalientes against Necaxa, but Fernando Ortiz’s team came back from a 1-0 deficit to win (2-1).
Therefore, Club America and Monterrey are tied atop the standings, and if the renowned Aguilas score any goals against Santos, they will take sole possession of the lead.
Similarly, Santos Laguna salvaged a 3-3 tie with the worst team in Liga MX, Queretaro, in a thrilling fashion.
Incredibly, Santos’ extraordinary goalkeeper, Carlos Acevedo, scored in the final seconds of the game to put his team in third place with 26 points. Some analysts predict a rematch between America and Santos in the Apertura 2022 championship game.
Club America
América the nickname for the Mexico City-based professional football team Club de Ftbol América S.A. de C.V. The team, known as Las guilas (The Eagles), plays in Liga MX, Mexico’s premier football league.
Established in 1916, Televisa has been the club’s sole owner since 1959. The Estadio Azteca is the largest stadium in Latin America and one of the largest stadiums in the world, and the team plays all of its home games there.
América established in the Primera División in its early years. Both the club and Guadalajara are the most successful and well-liked teams in the country, and they the only two teams that have never relegated.
El Super Clásico refers to their matches, which widely regarded as the most important in Mexico and among the most important in the world. The local derbies that América participates in are against Cruz Azul and Club Universidad Nacional.
A record thirteen league championships, six Copa México trophies, and six Campeón de Campeones trophies make Club América the most successful football team in Mexican history.
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With a record seven CONCACAF Champions Cup/Champions League titles, two Copa Interamericana cups, and one CONCACAF Giants Cup, América has won a total of ten FIFA recognised club trophies, the most of any club in the CONCACAF region.
The team also holds numerous records, including the all-time lead in wins and points, the most appearances in the playoffs, the most appearances in the finals, and the second-most runner-up finishes (tied with Cruz Azul), among others.
According to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, América was the best North American club of the first decade of the 21st century (2001-2011).
Rivalries
Clasico Joven
The “Clásico Joven” is a rivalry match between Club América and Cruz Azul, another team based in the capital (Juvenile Classic in Spanish). Cruz Azul founded in Jasso, Hidalgo, but both of their current stadiums are in Mexico City.
Fans of Cruz Azul and the team itself sometimes pejoratively referred to as “Los Albailes” (bricklayers in Spanish), a reference to Cruz Azul’s eponymous parent company, which one of Mexico’s major clear companies.
This similar to the way that the rivalry between América and UNAM seen as based on social class differences.
Clasico Capitalino
The “Clasico Capitalino” the name given to the annual soccer match between Club América and Club Universidad Nacional, two teams that both call Mexico City, the country’s capital, home.
On July 1, 1962, América played host to UNAM, a club that had just promoted to the first division after spending the previous season in the second tier.
Club América seen as the club representing the establishment and the wealthy in Mexico, so the match often interpreted as symbolising a struggle between these two powers and institutions.
This impression bolstered by the fact that the club owned by the media conglomerate Televisa. The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s (UNAM) Club Universidad styles itself as a club for the university’s faculty, staff, and upper-middle-class alumni.
From the perspective of UNAM’s fanbase, the rivalry especially heated: polls show that the vast majority of fans view América as the team’s primary adversary. It’s a big game for both teams, but America’s fans put more stock in the game against Chivas.
Santos Laguna
It’s the Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. Santos Laguna, or simply Santos, is a professional football team from Mexico that plays in Liga MX. The team is based in the northern Mexican city of Matamoros and represents the metropolitan area of La Comarca Lagunera, which includes the cities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio, Lerdo, and Matamoros.
Santos Laguna established in 1983 and acquired the Angeles de Puebla club to gain entry to Mexico’s top division. After spending the 1987-88 season in the second division, the club finally made its debut in the top flight the following year.
Santos Laguna has dominated Mexico’s domestic league, winning six Liga MX titles, one Copa MX title, and two Campeón de Campeones trophies. It’s also been to the CONCACAF Champions League finals twice, losing both times.
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After the failures of Laguna FC and FC Torreón, a new football club, Santos, founded in the area. When the club turned 35 in 2018, its members decided to update their logo to reflect the occasion.
According to a poll conducted by Consulta Mitofsky on February 17, 2013[2], they were the fifth most popular team in Mexico.
FAQs – People Also Ask
Where is Santos FC?
A Brazilian soccer team, Santos Futebol Clube (Brazilian Portuguese for “Santos Football Club”), also known as Santos or Santos FC and by its mascot name “the Peixe,” is based in the neighbourhood of Vila Belmiro in Santos.
When was Santos FC founded?
On April 14, 1912, three Santos natives—Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Jnior—took it upon themselves to establish the team.
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