Cruz Azul visit Dérbi das Américas stadium, face Flamengo next | OneFootball

One day before the debut in the Intercontinental Cup, Cruz Azul-MEX visited the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. Flamengo's opponents walked on the pitch and visited the internal facilities of the venue for this Wednesday's match.

The Cruz Azul delegation landed in Qatar on the morning of last Monday, shortly after being eliminated from the Apertura of the Mexican Championship. The team fell in the tournament's semifinal after two draws against Tigres, due to the tiebreaker criterion of a better campaign in the first phase. Thus, the team was able to travel to Qatar earlier than planned.

Last Monday, the Mexican team began preparing in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in the same city where Flamengo is also training.

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Cruz Azul will finish preparations this Tuesday, just like Flamengo. Both teams are in good form this season. While the Mexicans won the Concachampions in June and had a good campaign in the national championship, the Rubro-Negro arrives boosted by the victories in the Brasileirão and the Libertadores.

The two teams will face each other for the first time in history this Wednesday. The match is scheduled to start at 2 PM (Brasília time), at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium.

The winner will face Pyramids-EGI in the Challenger Cup, the "semifinal" of the Intercontinental. The Egyptians eliminated Auckland City-NZL and Al-Ahli-ARA to reach this stage of the competition. The match to decide who will face PSG will be this Saturday, at 2 PM (Brasília time), again at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium.

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