The confrontations between Rayados and América always promise a good show. The quarterfinal series of the Opening 2025 It is number 12 in League and they come with a very close balance: six wins for the Eagles and five of Monterey.
The coach André Jardine spoke to the media in CDMX prior to the trip to Monterey. The Brazilian sees the rivalry very similar in terms of hierarchy. His team placed fourth in the standings with 34 points and was followed by Rayados with 31 points.
“It is a very equal confrontation. Monterey It is a team with a squad and quality in all aspects, players and coaching staff to think big like us. It’s an early clash in the tournament, the fourth and fifth is a clash of teams with a lot of hierarchy. We must respect the rival as they deserve and at the same time do all the strength we can have in a Liguilla, make ourselves feel present as America, a team that makes good Liguillas. We must make ourselves felt on any court and against any rival.”
Jardine pointed out that the close of the regular season was highly demanding because they played as a visitor against the four best teams: Toluca, Tigers, Blue Cross and Striped.
“It was a very close tournament, especially for the top five, where a match places you first or fifth, at some point they were leaders or sub-leaders.”
On November 8th, America He faced the game on matchday 17 of the regular season and 18 days later he returned to activity, giving time for the game to be defined. Play-in.
“I try, since I arrived in America, to always look at this break (Play-in) in a positive way, we choose to see it this way, if you look for negative arguments you will find them too. We had injuries and this time was important for those who were not at 100 to get closer to their best level. We almost never have the opportunity to train with everyone and there were good feelings (…) The maximum certainty is that if there was a change it is not to favor one or the other.”
Regarding the “noise” that the quarterfinal schedules established by the Liga MX they accommodated themselves by favoring The Eaglesstressed that they do not obtain any benefit.
“Let them search with correct sources. We were prepared to play on Sundays and the maximum certainty that if there was a change it was not to favor one or the other. There was a bigger reason and not something to complain about much, there is none.”
The Secretary of Citizen Security He notified the league that he did not want to deploy security operations on the same day in CDMX, since the game is played on Sunday. Blue Cross vs Chivas.
