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(CNN Spanish) - This Wednesday the Concacaf champion team, Rayados de Monterrey, and UEFA winner Liverpool will meet to see who goes to the final of the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup Qatar. Although the Liverpool is the big favorite to win the tournament, Monterrey could give a surprise. Here five data from the Mexican table.
Origin
Although in the 40s the attention of the Regiomontans was mainly in baseball, in 1945 the Monterrey Soccer Club was founded, taking advantage of the euphoria that Nuevo León won the title in the First National Force category, according to its site Web.
The club's first game was on August 19, 1945 at Cuauhtémoc baseball park, where it beat San Sebastián de León 1-0 with a goal from José "Che" Gómez.
In May 2017, the history of the women's team of the Rayadas de Monterrey began, when they participated in the 2017 Women's MX LIGA Cup. At the Opening 2019, the Rayadas achieved the first Championship of their History.
Why scratched
The first nicknames of Monterrey were Sultans, Gypsies, Norteños, Nuevoleoneses and Regios.
"Then appeared the requests of some characters in the city as" Los Miserables ", proposed by comedian Arturo Martínez" El Panzón Panseco ", tells the story of the club.
They were also called Industriales, Quijotes, La Colmena, Express del Norte, Obreros Rojos. Until, finally, it came to how we know them now: La Pandilla y Rayados.
Rayados' nickname was supported by some journalists such as Ramón Oviedo, César M. Saldaña and José Reyna, the club said and the board of directors then, headed by Carlos Canseco and José Fidalgo, bowed for him.
Titles
Monterrey arrived at the Club World Cup after beating Tigres 2 to 1 in the Concacaf Champions League final 2019. This is their fourth participation in the tournament, matching Pachuca as the Concacaf team that has participated the most times in The history of the competition.
(JULIO CESAR AGUILAR / AFP via Getty Images)
These have been the championships that have won the Rayados:
Second Division - Season 1955-1956 : January 15, 1956
Second Division - Season 1959-1960 : March 20, 1960
First Division - Mexico 1986 : March 1, 1986
Copa - Mexico Cup 1991 : September 8, 1991
Concacaf - Recoca de la Concacaf : August 1, 1993
First Division - Closing 2003 : June 14, 2003
First Division - Opening 2009 : December 13, 2009
Interliga - Interliga 2010 : January 13, 2010
First Division - Opening 2010 : December 5, 2010
Concacaf - Concacaf Champions League 2010-2011 : April 27, 2011
Concacaf - Concacaf Champions League 2011-2012 : April 24, 2012
Concacaf - 2012-2013 Concacaf Champions League : May 1, 2013
Copa - Copa MX 2017 : December 21, 2017
Concacaf - Concacaf Champions League 2019 : May 1, 2019
Women's League - Opening 2019 : December 7, 2019
Team cost
With a value of 1,180 million euros, Liverpool is the third most valuable club in the world, only behind Manchester City, at the head, and Real Madrid, in second place, according to the specialized Transfermarkt portal.
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Monterrey, on the other hand, although it is the club with the highest value in Concacaf, has a team cost of 84.1 million euros.
The average market value of the Rayados footballer, according to Transfermarkt, is 3.6 million euros, compared to the average 51.27 million euros of the Liverpool player.
The match
The semifinal between Liverpool and Monterrey will be played on Wednesday December 18 at the Khalifa International State of Qatar, at 20:30 local time, 12:30 pm ET.
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