:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elfinanciero/LZBQZB2L4JFATMC4UYRGINYZFM.jpg "Azteca stadium breaks attendance record in final leg – El Financiero")
The players of UANL Tigers beat Águilas del América under Spanish coach Ángel Villacampa 0-1 on Friday to take the lead in the final of the Women’s MX Championship in a match which broke the attendance record.
Attendance for match at Azteca breaks attendance record
52 thousand 654 fans entered the stands of the 2022 Women’s Opening Final. aztec stadium, a figure that surpassed the previous threshold, the 51,211 people who attended the BBVA Stadium for the second leg of the Clausura 2018 final in which Tigres beat Monterrey Stripes.
It should be noted that the relevance of the women’s Liga MX is already positioned as one of the most important in its field worldwide. In addition, he placed twice in the top 5 games with the most appearances.
- Camp Nou Stadium / Champions League 2022 / Barcelona – Wolfsburg 5-1: 91,648 spectators
- Camp Nou Stadium / Champions League 2022 / Barcelona – Real Madrid 5-2: 91,553 spectators
- Wanda Metropolitano Stadium / Iberdrola League 2019 / Atlético de Madrid – Barcelona 0-2: 60,739 spectators
- Azteca Stadium / Apertura 2022 / América – Tigres 0-1: 52,654 spectators
- BBVA Stadium / Clausura 2018 / Tigres 1-2 Rayadas: 51,211 spectators
This was the match between Tigres vs. Women’s America
It was Jacqueline Ovalle who scored the shot for the big cats, however, the Águilas were superior to the Tigres in the first half, attacking from a left wing which included Scarlett Camberos and Nicolette Hernández.
In the 23rd minute, Hernández outwitted her marker and entered the box to cross a low cross which Katty Martínez hit goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago’s right post.
Camberos appeared in the 32nd minute, with an overflow in the same left lane which Katty Martínez missed again, this time with a shot that went wide of Santiago’s right post.
Tigres went off without speculating in the second half and Jacqueline Ovalle, who hadn’t appeared for the whole game, stole a ball in midfield and before entering the area finished off a ball that went into González’s left post for the 0- 1.
After the score, Villacampa made changes to their set-up and sent two strikers onto the field, Alison González and Karen Luna.
The changes were close to the agreement with the Spanish coach. In the 62nd minute, Luna, from the right, scored a serve that Katty Martínez fired with a header that Alison tried to break down, but Cecilia Santiago reacted to prevent the goal.
The second leg will be played this Monday at the Universitario stadium, home of Tigres UANL in Monterrey, northern Mexico.
The felines look to establish themselves as the first winners of the women’s championship by reaching five titles, while the Águilas hope to add their second scepter, to tie the historical second place with the Chivas del Guadalajara and the Rayadas del Monterrey.
