While Cruz Azul and America equaled last Saturday and are still stuck in position 1 and 2 respectively, the reality is that keep “stealing” in the current Guard1anes 2021, with a very clear difference from the rest of the teams in the overall standings, which did not happen in Liga MX for close 20 years.
After 15 games played by both teams, Machinery has 37 points in first place, while America has 35 in the second position. Puebla Yes Monterrey are his distant followers who do not even reach 30 points and challenges the third and fourth position in the standings, to complete the scenario of the first four places that give a direct pass to Liguilla.
THOSE TWO “THEFT” TEAMS ARE NOT FREQUENT IN THE MX LEAGUE
You have to travel for almost 20 years to find a similar situation on Liga MX such as that of the two teams that “steal” points in the regular season is something that has not happened so markedly since Opening 2002, when Toluca Yes America they swept before Liguilla.
That tournament that the devils won ended in the regular season with America leading by 43 points, followed by Toluca with 41. It ended far Puma in the third with 33 points and Morelia in the fourth with 32.
Something similar happened in Closing 2004 that’s what he won Puma, a tour that ended with jaguars as a leader with 42 points and college with 41; Chivas finished in third place with 34 points and America the fourth with 32, so the difference between the first two and the next two was slightly smaller.
Into the Closing of 2009 also, two teams took off: Pachuca Yes Toluca finished the tournament with 36 points in the first and second from the table, respectively, while Puma, champion of the tournament, was third with 28 and Rayados fourth with 26.
CLUBS THAT HAVE DISAPPEARED ALONE
Into the Closing of 2007, Pachuca he was the one who took off at the end of the regular phase with 39 points in the lead, which he finally confirmed with the title. The second of the normal tournament ended Chivas with 31, but America He was third with 30 and Cruz Azul fourth with 28.
Into the Opening of 2010, The Blue Cross took the regular season with 39 points as the leader, while Striped, the champion of that tournament, was second with 32. santos He entered the Liguilla as the third with 30 points and America He was fourth at 27 years old.
Finally, in Guard1anes 2020 that’s what he won Lion, Fair it bothered him from the regular phase because he finished as the leader with 40 points, while Puma (runner-up) finished second with 32 points, but America, which was third, also got 32 and The Blue Cross, the fourth, finished the competition with 29 units.