Mexico City /
On May 26, the Azteca stadium was packed with the Final between América and Cruz Azul, It was the last time that the Águilas saw their fans fill the Colossus of Santa Úrsula, The yellow shirts emerged with the conquest of the two-time championship, because the Coapa team rose as the best institution in Mexican soccerculminated a dream year because the Champion of Champions was de facto awarded.
However, The remodeling of the Azteca for the 2026 World Cup led the Águilas to move house, There was a lot of speculation, it was said that the team would try to play some of its home games in the province, but that intention did not progress, in the end, the choice of América It was the stadium of the City of Sports, where he would share with Cruz Azul and Atlante.
But when one would think that because they were the best team of the last year and the current two-time champion, America would be accompanied by many of its people, The reality is that it has not been like that.
América has so far played four games in the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium that has a capacity for 34,253 people, but without counting the one from Chivas on Matchday 7, those from Coapa have not managed to bring even 12 thousand people.
In his home presentation against Querétaro on Matchday 2, he brought together 9 thousand 997 fansagainst Puebla on Matchday 5 they entered 11 thousand 978 peopleagainst Chivas on Matchday 7 26 thousand 40 and in his last game against Atlas he barely 10 thousand 236. Yes, the champion has been abandoned by his people, since his average attendance at the Apertura 2024 has been 14,563 fans per game, highlighting that it served as a local team in the National Classic.
In the last three years, the lowest average that the azulcrema team recorded It was 21,126 people at Apertura 2021when there were still some restrictions due to the pandemic.
Meanwhile, in Clausura 2022, their average attendance per game was 28 thousand 280 people. For Apertura 2022 it increased to 36 thousand 299. In Clausura 2023 it continued to grow and reached 37 thousand 770. Although in the Apertura 2023 it dropped to 35 thousand 423 fans. The highest average attendance came last semester, with a 42 thousand 162 people per game.
The American fan does not accept the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium as his home, that he encounters logistical complications to attend said property and that he does not feel comfortable there due to the same conditions inside the property.
The most incredible thing is that the drop in attendance occurs when America is experiencing its best time in recent years. And being the current two-time champion, he flies without the support of his people. This Sunday against Pumas we will have to see how many people attend.
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