Oddly, they did the same thing with the second legs of the quarterfinals, scheduling them one right after the other without taking into account the possibility of extra time. ...although I believe they'll get away with it: no way Tigres-Querétaro ends up 0-0 again, and the first goal scored eliminates extra time as a possibility.
Don´t wanna jinx it, but if America eliminates Santos, Darwin and Oribe will play 4 straight SCCL finals! Not even Chupete Suazo can say that!
As an away trip in CONCACAF, 100% recommend - especially because Panamanians are passionate about the game (although they're still mad fair-weather fans) without really holding any enmity towards anyone. From a personal standpoint, there's something special about the frustration of trying to communicate with other Haitians (them expecting me to know Creole, me making do with French that I already don't speak regularly), only for us to turn into one voice, one band of compatriots as soon as the anthem plays. And then the pride of seeing how the team played (esp. compared to that deer-in-the-headlights performance in El Salvador in 2008), the surreal experience of having security walk me onto the field itself, shaking hands with the Haitian subs and the refs!!!, being directed to the Ambassador's suite and refusing to go in because the adrenaline insisted that I stay outside and cheer and wave my flag as the occasion demanded, shushing the local fans when goals were called back offside, falling on my back when that one Haitian header at the far post just missed going in, walking back and forth nervously as Johnny Placide and some emergency defense kept us in the game after the red card, looking on despondently at the delirium in the stands below after Baloy's goal, shaking hands and congratulating the Panamanian fans and security after the game...making that stop en route to the US just to see that game was one of the best decisions I ever made.
http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/concacafchampionsleague/news/newsid/277/954/3/index.html is titled "Damm: We'll make amends for Libertadores loss."
Siempre el Ferrari y cuando no el Ferrari. El mejor de America.... es el America!! se repite la vieja historia. El Ferrari es el mas Grande. Otra vez Ferrari y siempre el Ferrari. Y es un solo grito en el mundo, El Ferrari es MUNDIAL!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/concacafchampionsleague/news/newsid/278/000/9/index.html is titled "Tigres and America set final date."
To be fair, I wouldn't say they're all those teams "rolled into one"... they're a slightly smaller fish than the UEFA giants in a much smaller pond. But yes, they have the record to back it up.
http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/concacafchampionsleague/news/newsid/278/168/8/index.html is titled "Mexican duo compete for Japan spot."
Mucho éxito al @ClubAmerica en la final de ida de la @CONCACAF !! ⚽️💪🏽💛💙🏆🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/TvIDkVxqRS— Diego Reyes (@DiegoReyes) April 20, 2016
Consider it a late make-up call for the gift they got against Montreal last time. Either that, or América really need to sit down and iron out their new CBA with the refs...