The title of the Grita Mexico 2021 Tournament of the MX League will fall into the hands of Atlas, León, Tigres or Pumas, the four semifinalists that this week will be measured to meet the two finalists.
It has been a very short time since La Fiera raised the league scepter, as well as the U of Nuevo León, while for the National University it has already been a long time and the Rojinegros have not added a new star to their shield for more than 50 years.
Here we leave you the last title of the four semifinalists:
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ATLAS
The last and only time that the Rojinegros have been able to achieve glory was in the 1950-51 season when long tournaments were still being played, without the existence of the League.
The best scorer in La Academia was Adalberto ‘Dumbo’ López with 14 points, remaining below Horacio Casarín del Necaxa, also in said championship the descent began, falling to the Second Division on Saint Sebastian.
There were 30 points that the Guadalajara team managed to add to be crowned, taking one difference to the Atlante and two to the Rays, guided by the Argentine coach Eduardo ‘Che’ Valdatti, as well as El Dumbo and el tico Edwin cubero.
On the penultimate day the Classic Tapatío at Oblates Park, where Atlas he narrowly beat Chivas to be crowned, all through a penalty converted by Cubero, in an extremely hostile environment, where the referee was signaled to score a non-existent penalty.
LION
Just a year ago, the Esmeraldas managed to win the scepter of Guard1anes 2020 under the command of Ignacio Ambriz, who managed to make them play attractive football that appealed to all fans and media.
During the regular phase, La Fiera ranked first in the table with 40 units, taking eight to second place, Cougars, who coincidentally was his rival in the grand final.
After leaving on the way to Puebla and Chivas, the Panzas Verdes beat Universidad Nacional 3-1 on aggregate to claim their eighth title.
In Ida’s game, held in the University Olympic Stadium, the locals opened the blackboard through the Paraguayan Carlos Gonzalez, however, two minutes from the end the Argentine Emmanuel gigliotti matched the score; finally, in the Nou Camp Stadium, The Puma Gigliotti and the Colombian Yairo Moreno they were in charge of finalizing everything.
TIGERS
The last time the Brazilian Ricardo Ferretti gave a League title to the felines was in the Clausura 2019, defeating Lion to add his seventh scepter.
The regios were located in second place in the classification, eliminating Pachuca in the quarterfinals and later, they thanked Striped in one more edition of Classic Regio.
In the grand final the first two places were found, with the U de Nuevo León taking the victory by the minimum of the French André-Pierre Gignac at Volcano, while in the return, the pupils of Nacho Ambriz they could not find the goal leaving 0-0.
Cougars
In the case of Universidad Nacional, exactly ten years have passed since his last coronation, since it happened in the 2011 Clausura when they hit him Monarcas Morelia.
With Memo Vazquez Jr in the technical chair, the felines finished the regular phase in second place by adding 35 units, same that Tigers, which finished in first place on goal difference.
At that time, the semester was still played in Groups, with those from Pedregal being placed in 3, beating La Monarquía, Blue Cross, Puebla, Queretaro and Jaguars.
Already in the Fiesta Grande, the auriazules brought out Striped in rooms already Chivas in the semifinals, beating 3-2 overall to Morelia in the grand finale.
For the first game in the Morelos Stadium, Francisco Palencia He overtook the visitors and the Ecuadorian Joao Rojas equaled stocks; already in Ciudad Universitaria, El Gatillero reappeared for those at home, Jaime lozano tied for the Purépechas and Javier Cortes he was in charge of sentencing everything.
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