The four clubs that directly qualified for the League of the Grita Mexico 2021 Tournament, of the MX League, as well as the repechage crosses to meet the other four candidates for the title.
There is no doubt that this has been one of the weakest championships in Aztec football, since until the last date several still had possibilities to get into the playoffs, and there was not much difference in points between the majority.
Now, as is known, what was done in the regular phase is often left aside and the real contest begins to meet the monarch of the competition, where many times the one who gets ragged at the end gives a pleasant surprise.
Next, we show you the teams that if they don’t take care of themselves, they can make a fool of themselves at the Big Party:
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AMERICA
Although they qualified with dates beforehand and maintained the leadership for a long time, the Eagles still do not convince the media, specialists or fans due to their inelegant style of play, where many times a spark was what helped to obtain positive results.
To the bad luck of the azulcremas, just when the important part of the championship comes, they add three games without winning. They lost the final of the CONCACAF Champions League before Rayados, the Classic Young in view of Blue Cross and in the last date it divided units when equaling without so many against Monterrey.
In addition to this, his forwards are still not a guarantee for the goal, because between the Colombian Roger Martinez, Henry Martin and the Uruguayan Federico Viñas They have left much to be desired, the clearest example being the penalty that the coffee grower wasted on the last day.
The Argentine coach Santiago Solari He is annoyed by the criticism of his team, but it is a reality, if he does not win the title, it will have been useless to be leader throughout the contest, apart from that they run with the disadvantage of having to rest for two weeks before going into action, which can cool them down, without neglecting the famous ‘superleader’s curse’.
BLUE CROSS
Passing the repechage, which is difficult considering that Monterrey threw him in the semifinals of Concachampions, The Machine is totally derailed and it will be difficult for him to fight for the two-time championship, even when he has almost the entire squad that achieved the miracle.
The comeback that Pumas applied on the last date will surely bring back many ghosts that will affect the mental performance of the footballers, without neglecting the fear that has also been impregnated in their fans, who once again saw a great advantage lost and make a ‘blue cross’.
Throughout the championship, those from La Noria never found regularity, between injuries, suspension, calls with selection and friendly duels, which in the end paid their bill and for the pain of the fans, their scorer, the Uruguayan Jonathan Rodriguez, he still has back pain and is far from his last scoring quota.
Criticisms of the Peruvian Juan Reynoso have been present, as well as other players who are far from the level shown in the last semester, especially Luis Romo, who was a guarantee in midfield, however, since his return from Olympic Games it was not fine.
Most likely we are seeing the old version of the celestial painting that we already know and it will only make a fool of itself in front of its fans.
CHIVAS
Thanks to the facilities provided by the Mexican championship, Guadalajara managed to get into the playoffs, even though the entire championship had a poor performance, firstly because they did not like the inconspicuous style of Victor Manuel Vucetich and now because they failed to reap positive results with Marcelo Michel Leaño.
Due to the change in technicians, there was no fixed eleven throughout the contest, causing none to take regularity, apart from the calls to be team guides still did not appear and currently it seems difficult that they can make any difference, starting with Uriel antuna, who did not achieve a single goal in the semester.
The clearest example of what the Sacred Flock is today was seen in recent weeks, announcing the continuity of Leaño when he did not have any victory, the extension of the contract of Ricardo Peláez as a sports director when he has failed and an owner Amaury vergara happy as if nothing happened.
In addition to this, on the last date the rojiblanco team needed victory to triumph and even so they did not see much desire to want to transcend, that is their image now and obviously not much is expected for the repechage, where they will be measured against a Puebla discreet but committed.
It should be noted that Chivas was the second worst offensive, a little motivating data, since their forwards have few clear goal options because the midfield sometimes does not generate anything, apart from the coach does not use a natural ‘9’ to start, and in a final phase if there are not so many can not wait long. We will surely see another sad version of the Guadalajara people.
TOLUCA
A very rare case is that of the Red Devils, who throughout the semester were among the first four places and suddenly fell into a bad streak of not being able to add three, which cost them having to settle for the repechage, measuring now at National University.
Those of the State of Mexico had given pleasant sensations led by the Argentine captain Rubens Sambueza, the scoring nose of the Argentine Alexis Canelo and a lane player who was going through a good time like Raul Lopez, without understanding that it led them to add eight consecutive games without winning for now, just from Day 11, with four defeats and four tied.
The painting directed by the Argentine Hernán Cristante He was fading and currently seems stunned and without opportunities to shine, so much so that even those from Pedregal look like favorites over them due to the different way in which both closed the regular phase.
For more than ten years, the choriceros have not raised a title and it seems that this year will not be the good one either, unless they have a notable resurgence, taking advantage of the fact that they will play the repechage at home, but going to the Fiesta Grande, there are not many merits with which to defend them.
ATHLETIC SAN LUIS
Los Tuneros were the last to join the playoffs, taking advantage of the known results and knowing that a draw was enough for them to achieve their goal, they provided an unstoppable duel against Santos Laguna, the same rival they will face in the play-off.
They even had the chance to take all three points from eleven steps, but the Argentine German Berterame wasted the collection in front of Carlos Acevedo placeholder image, even though he is the best man that the team has within its squad.
The Mexican Colchoneros are the clearest example of what League MX, since with their irregular tournament, where they rarely showed possibilities of being monarchs, they got into the final phase and with achieving a different face for the last month they can fight for the title.
However, there is no doubt that the Potosí team is among the weakest of what they qualified for the playoffs and it seems very difficult that they can really break through, since they only extended their elimination for one more meeting.
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