How was the rivalry between Tigres vs. Monterrey born in Mexico?

Since 1960 the rivalry between Rayados and Tigres UANL was born, a duel that today is seen as the derby of millionaires, for being the best-priced in the transfermarkt with 68.8 and 58.5 million euros, respectively; But originally, these squads starred in the confrontation of the rich against the poor. It is known as "Clasico Regio".

Thus, on Day 12 of the Guard1anes 2020 tournament, the best squads of Mexican football will be seen in terms of payroll, but for this to happen many years had to pass, although since 1952 Monterrey began to be linked with money to play in the Tec and the felines when they were born, they were labeled as the village team.

"When Tigres UNAL was born as a representative of the University, when it was the University's odds vs. Tec's, where they related Monterrey because they played here, it was the rich team against the poor", he recalled Jorge Urdiales, former director of Tigres y Rayados. Here at Tec the Jabatos would come out, they would go out and greet the people in the sun and then those in the shade, to win over the less wealthy people," he added.

Over the years, the UANL have stopped being the poor, companies arrived to take over the Nuevo León teams, such as Femsa and Cemex, who took Tigres to rescue them from the decline in the nineties, later only the cement company it would remain managing the university complex. While on the side of the Gang, Cervecería (Femsa) took over the team after the financial problems of the Abaco-Confía group.

The number one edition is considered the meeting of July 13, 1974, on day 1 of the 1974-75 season, the favorite was Rayados, but the cats responded, at that time they equaled three, showing that money is not what that matters on the court.

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Tigres vs Rayados: Who has more titles?

Tigres has in total more titles than Monterrey. In this way, it has 14 titles, between national and international, while its classic rival has 13. Monterrey has looked comfortable playing at the Estadio BBVA.

Monterrey has been by far the most successful side at the international competitions level. Monterrey has won five CONCACAF Champions League championships throughout its history. They won these five trophies this past decade and the first one came in the 2010/2011 season. They made history as they went on to win three consecutive CONCACAF Champions League. They won it again in 2019 and then earlier this year in 2021.

Monterrey also did well in the FIFA Club World Cup on two occasions. In 2012 and in 2019, Monterrey finished third place in the tournament while the Copa Libertadores and Champions League winners played in another in the final. In 2012, Monterrey lost 3-1 to Chelsea in the semifinals but won 2-0 against Al Ahly in the third-place match. In 2019, Monterrey lost 2-1 against Liverpool in the semifinals. They drew 2-2 against Al Hilal in the third-place match of the FIFA Club World Cup but won 4-3 on penalties to clinch the bronze medals.

Tigres finally won their first CONCACAF Champions League trophy in 2020. Despite only playing one FIFA Club World Cup, they did better than Monterrey has ever done. Tigres were the runners-up of the tournament. Tigres defeated Copa Libertadores winners Palmeiras 1-0 in the semifinals. They went on to play the FIFA Club World Cup final against Bayern Munich. The Mexican team lost 1-0 against the German and European champions at the time of Qatar, where the tournament was hosted. Tigres will look to do better by winning another one, while Monterrey sees it as a challenge to play another club in the World Cup.

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