Futbol and Football Coming to NBC Universo This Weekend

NBC Deportes presents "A Weekend of Fútbol and Football" on NBC UNIVERSO, a modern sports and entertainment cable channel for Latinos, starting with Club León vs. Santos Laguna in Week 1 of the Liga MX Torneo Clausura 2016 this Saturday, January 9 at 9PM/8C/6P and continuing with the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Minnesota VIKINGS in the NFL's National Football Conference wildcard playoffs on Sunday, January 10 at 12:30PM/11:30C/9:30P. Both games can also be enjoyed on NBCDeportes.com digital platforms and the NBC Deportes EN VIVO EXTRA app (not available for mobile phones).

Narrating the inaugural match between León and Santos will be the inestimable Andrés Cantor, accompanied by veteran commentator Sammy Sadovnik and three-time top Mexican scorer Carlos Hermosillo.

León's lineup will include four new faces: Mexican midfielder Jorge Enríquez and Argentina's Juan Cuevas, Germán Cano and Maximiliano Morález. Fresh from Atalanta in Italy, Morález will take the place of Carlos "Gullit" Peña, who was transferred last month to Chivas de Guadalajara.

León ended the last season of regular play in third place in the league, just five points behind first-place Pumas de la UNAM. Forward Mauro Boselli tied with Queretaro's Emanuel Villa as the league's top scorer, with 13 goals each. Of three games in the pre-season against first-division teams, Juan Antonio Pizzi's men won two (Irapuato, 5-1; Coras de Tepic, 7-1) and lost one (Necaxa, 3-5).

For its part, Santos is out to improve upon its performance in Apertura 2015, which ended with the team in fifteenth place. Replacing Pako Ayestarán is Luis Zubeldía of Argentina, at 34 the youngest coach in the league. Also joining the team are Mexicans Diego de Buen and Ulises Dávila; Jorge Villafaña of the United States; and Argentine forward Martín Bravo.

NBC Deportes has more action-packed games on NBC UNIVERSO this season: in week 3 León vs. Cruz Azul, in week 4, Pachuca vs. Monterrey, in week 13 Pachuca vs. Tigres, the reigning champions, in week 15, Pachuca vs. Guadalajara, in week 16, León vs. Pachuca.

For the NFL's National Football Conference wildcard playoffs, veteran sportscasters René Giraldo and Édgar López will join former Arizona Cardinals offensive guard Rolando Cantú in narrating the action on the field for viewers, 100% in Spanish.

The Seattle Seahawks, ranked sixth in their division, will visit the third-ranked Minnesota VIKINGS at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. In the final game of regular season play, Seattle beat the second-place Arizona Cardinals 36-6, while the Vikings, one of the season's biggest surprises, squeaked past the Green Bay Packers 20-13.

For up-to-the-minute information and scheduling changes, please visit NBCDeportes.com and follow us on Twitter @NBCDeportes.

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