The Liga MX Femenil began its most exciting phase with the start of the semifinals of Apertura 2024. América and Tigres faced each other in an intense match, where they tied 1 goal in Ciudad de los Deportes.
The world champion Jenni Hermoso, from Tigres UANL, faced her teammate, Sandra Paños, from America.
First leg semifinal in the Apertura 2024 Women’s: How was the América vs. match? Tigers?
América Femenil received Tigres on the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium field, where the felines opened the scoring with a goal from Kgatlana, who took advantage of the defensive error of Irene Guerrero and sent the ball directly to the goal in the first half.
Despite the initial goal, the Águilas continued to fight and, in the 83rd minute, the Brazilian Priscila Da Silva He managed to tie after connecting with the ball.
America needs to win the duel on aggregate if it wants to qualify for the final, since a draw would give Tigres a pass for the best position in the table.
Two of the most competitive teams faced off in the first leg tonight in a tactical battle between the winningest clubs and las Spanish World Cup players who seek to advance to the grand final.
The winner of the series will face the best among the champion Monterrey from the Costa Rican coach Amelia Valverde and the Pachuca of leading scorer Charlyn Corral.
How do América and Tigres reach the semifinals?
Angel VillacampaAmérica’s coach, has managed to lead his team to an impressive streak of 11 consecutive victoriesconsolidating them as one of the most dangerous teams in the tournament.
It is a series with difficult prediction: last October 6 América beat Tigres 0-1the closest victory since the azulcremas began their winning streak, in which the good performances of Paños, a 2019 World Cup winner with his country, have had to do with it.
For Tigres, the challenge will be to overcome ‘Las Águilas’, who arrive with an offensive led by Kiana Palacios y Sarah Luebbertis the highest scoring team in the championship, with 55 goals.
Tigres has a solid defense and a rich history in the league, being the team with the most titles in the league. Women’s MX Leaguehas accumulated six championships.
This context makes the Amazonas in the big favorites, but América seeks to defy the statistics in its quest to win its third title in the history of the league.
This semifinal also marks the duel between two Spanish strategists with experience in Mexican soccer. On the one hand, Milagros Martínezcoach of Tigres, who won the Opening 2023and on the other, Angel Villacampawho guided America to win the Closing 2023. This competition between technicians who already know success in Women’s MX League adds a special ingredient to the series.
Dates, times and games of women’s soccer in Mexico: How will the semifinals be played?
The complete schedule of this phase also includes the confrontation between Pachuca and Monterreywhich will be played at the following times.
America vs. Tigers
- first leg
- Date: Thursday, November 14
- Time: 9:00 p.m. (central Mexico time)
- Site: Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium
- Transmission: Channel 9, Zone, TUDN, ViX
- return match
- Date: Sunday, November 17
- Time: 7:06 p.m. (central Mexico time)
- Site: University Stadium
- Transmission: Fox Sports y Fox Sports Premium
Pachuca vs. Monterrey
- first leg
- Date: Friday, November 15
- Time: 18:06 hours
- Site: Hidalgo Stadium
- Transmission: Fox Sports
- return match
- Date: Monday, November 18
- Time: 8:00 p.m.
- Site: BBVA Stadium
- Transmission: Canal 9
