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Thank you for following the Rayados de Monterrey vs América de Cali game, Vucetich's team is convincing on their field and a week before the start of the tournament they have an extraordinary victory, be sure to visit VAVEL, so you don't miss the start of the tournament.

90´+4

The game ends with Monterrey winning 4-0.

90´

Four minutes are added to the game.

84´

Goooooooool for Rayados! Aguirre scores the fourth from the penalty spot.

81´

Penalty kick for Rayados de Monterrey.

80´

America de Cali's shot without danger.

73´

Goooooooool for Rayados! Gallardo alone in the box scores the third.

66´

Rayados substitutions, in: Kranevitter, Gallardo, Moreno and Pizarro- Out: Funes, Meza, Gonzalez and Medina.

61´

Quiñones tried to surprise the defense but was unsuccessful and earned a corner kick.

52´

Goooooooool for Rayados! Gonzalez heads in to increase the lead.

48´

Goal for Rayados! Aguirre took advantage of the cross and headed his team ahead.

47´

Yellow card for Mena for a foul on Gonzalez.

46´

The second half begins with Rayados wearing blue.

45´

End of the first half.

44´

Ramos misses a clear opportunity with an open goal.

39´

Aguirre was unable to finish off Rayados' cross.

35´

Rayados substitution, Sanchez enters and Gonzalez leaves.

30´

Funes Mori receives a yellow card.

29´

Ortíz shoots with power but the ball leaves the court.

25´

America de Cali evened the game and the locals no longer dominated as they did at the beginning.

16´

America de Cali came close after a shot by Quiñones hit the crossbar.

Rayados constantly seeks to put pressure on their opponents.

Start the game.

Starting XI Rayados

This is how the home team comes out:

Rayados starting XI/Image: Rayados
Rayados starting XI/Image: Rayados

Starting XI America de Cali

This is how the visiting team takes the field:

América de Cali starting XI/Image: AmericadeCali
América de Cali starting XI/Image: AmericadeCali

More words from the Rayado coach

"We have been preparing, seeing what we can contribute, the commitment, the spaces we have to fill. In the previous tournament we did not have the expected strength, however, we are fundamentally rounding out the upper part. Aguirre comes to complement very well, Funes Mori is vital".

Vergara met with his former colleagues

This is how Vergara spent time with his former team:

Vucetich expects to be a strong team in the season

"Monterrey wants to be in the first four places. During the tournament we were affected by the lack of goals, now, with the new additions, we will have the option to take another step forward. The path is clear: we are going to fight to be in the first four places".

Positive streak in preseason

The team coached by Vucetich has played three games during the preseason, winning two of them and losing one, that loss was against Santos de Torreón, and the last victory was against Pumas with a score of 3-0.

Nico and his tribute

Nicho Sanchez was recently named coach of Raya2, the former player is already a historic player of the club as he is the highest scoring defender of the team, with 41 goals in 179 games, in addition to four championships: one of Liga BBVA MX, one of CONCACAF Champions League and two MX Cups, that is why he will be recognized tonight.

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Thank you for following the rebroadcast of this friendly between Monterrey and América de Cali, in this game both teams want to test everything they have done in preseason and having had a great tournament they will surely leave everything on the field.

Stay tuned to follow Monterrey vs América de Cali

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters for Monterrey vs America de Cali live, as well as the latest information from BBVA Stadium. Stay tuned for up-to-the-minute coverage of the match on VAVEL.

Channels for Monterrey vs América de Cali online and live

The match will be broadcasted on Fox Sports.

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Watch out for this America de Cali player

Carlos Sierra, a 31-year-old Colombian midfielder, played 16 games in the last tournament, scoring 6 goals and one assist. This player will be fundamental for the team's next campaign and will want to showcase himself against a great team in Mexico.

Watch out for this Rayados de Monterrey player

Rogelio Funes Mori, 30-year-old center forward, has been the Rayados' goal scorer in recent seasons, his performance in the northern team has been so good that it has earned him a call-up to the Mexican national team, although in the last tournament, Funes Mori was not the goal scorer that was expected and after an injury that kept him away for many weeks, now recovered he hopes to get into scoring mode to reverse the bad results.  

America de Cali's latest roster

Graterol, Mena, Gomez, Mosquera, Castillo, Lemos, Paz, Sierra, Sanchez, Ramos, Morales.

Last alignment of Monterrey

Andrada, Moreno, Medina, Aguirre, Gutierrez, Romo, Ortiz, Gonzalez, Pizarro, Meza, Funes Mori.

Background

America of Cali

Jaguares 1-1 América

America 1-0 Alianza Petrolera

Pasto 3-1 America

Magdalena 2-1 America

America 1-0 Magdalena

Rayados

Santos 1-0 Monterrey

Monterrey 3-0 Pumas

Arbitration quartet

To be confirmed.

America de Cali in search of its best version of itself

The Colombian team comes from a very disappointing tournament after being ranked 15th out of 20 teams, the big challenge for this team is to prepare in the best way to be able to qualify for the quadrangular, their challenge is to get more wins than losses and to achieve that they must be reinforced with good players as they are also missing the big South American competitions, for America de Cali is a great opportunity to prepare themselves against one of the most expensive squads in the continent, this team is a great trainer of stars that have reached Liga MX, so it is likely that we will see an upcoming reinforcement in the next few years.

America de Cali prepares/Image:AmericadeCali
America de Cali prepares/Image:AmericadeCali

Monterrey to prepare for a better tournament

Rayados de Monterrey is coming from one of its worst tournaments, the irregularity of the team coached by Aguirre could not be overcome despite the fact that King Midas took the reins of the team, the team was without Funes Mori in the final stretch of the tournament and that left the team very depleted since the now former Rayados player Jansen, had a negative streak in front of goal, Now in this new tournament, the Regios have all the pressure to leave a better sensation, in the preseason matches Monterrey started in a bad way by losing by the minimum against Santos, however they faced Pumas with several new players and the team from the North won a 3-0 victory, now before the beginning of the tournament the Colombian team will be a great rival.

Monterrey prepares for the tournament/Image: Rayados
Monterrey prepares for the tournament/Image: Rayados

Two acquaintances confront each other

Rayados vs America de Cali will face each other in a friendly duel that will also have a special touch with a tribute to Nico Sanchez, the now coach of Raya2, who will be honored for being an important part of the club, the teams are not totally unaware of each other since they recently negotiated the transfer of Vergara to the Regio team, both teams are not coming from their best tournament and are looking to be ready for the next tournament.

Welcome

Good afternoon to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the blog commentary of Monterrey vs América de Cali, a friendly match. The match will take place at BBVA Stadium, at 8:00 PM ET.

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