Azcárraga’s demand for America in the Concacaf final

This Thursday night Monterrey and America they will face each other in the final from Concacaf Champions League, their pass to the Club World Cup will also be at stake. Therefore, the team of Santiago Solari will seek to win the victory in the BBVA Stadium.

Before the final, Santiago Banos, sports president of The Eagles, spoke about the expectations with which they arrive at the duel and shared the request made by the owner of the club, Emilio Azcárraga Jean. In interview for Fox Sports, Baños revealed that he spoke with Azcárraga, who asked him for the Concacaf championship.

The conversation took place at the end of matchday 15 of the MX League at the Azteca Stadium. The Mexican businessman approached Baños to congratulate him for the first place in the general table and there he shared that wants to see the Concachampions cup in the Coapa showcase.

“At the end of the Tigres game he congratulated me, he said it was good that we had already secured the super leadership but that on Thursday we had an important appointment and obviously what he wants is to lift the Concacaf title”

The sports president of America did not hide Emilio Azcárraga’s interest in get a double in the Concacaf tournament. In addition, Santiago Baños also stressed the importance of the final; Although he previously demerited the championship for noting that “it leaves nothing but pure injuries,” he changed his perspective and clarified that sporting merit is what leaves him the most to the institution.

“Sports are important and obviously goes hand in hand with economics. Today fortunately we are in another final, nobody gave us anything and they were complicated series. I dream of the double, and the fans, technician and owner would fill us with joy to achieve it, “he explained to Fox Sports.

Why did Santiago Baños speak badly of Concacaf?

In March of this year, the Americanist sports president spoke at a press conference and shared his opinion about the Champions League tournament and the role that America would have. Although it is the Mexican club that has won the most cups in Concacaf, for Baños the idea of ​​participating this year did not please him because of the tight schedule between Liga MX, Concachampions and other competitions of the year.

Baños was upset by the need to lend his players to the Mexican National Team for the Gold Cup, Olympics and the first World Cup qualifying games, so he decried the relevance of Concacaf.

“It is a tournament that the truth does not give you much and that it is an obligation to win. It does not give you anything financially or sportingly, you just risk the players. I repeat, I think the only beneficiaries are Concacaf”, He said that time at a press conference.

* Information in development

–