A new effect of the pandemic covid-19 in League MX. In addition to the positive multiples in the teams, failures in sanitary protocols, constant scheduling problems and the postponement of matches due to disease outbreaks, Day 3 no more will have a game on saturday, day which is usually the one with the highest game load.
These are turbulent and strange times in the world, of course Liga MX is no exception to this date 3, Saturday’s only duel will be Atlas Vs. Tigers, at Jalisco Stadium, scheduled to play at 19:00 hours Central Mexico time.
And it is worth remembering that this date started from Thursday 21 with his victory Atlético de San Luis pest Chivas; Friday Puebla Vs. Tijuana and Mazatlan Vs. The saints, while on Sunday they will play Toluca vs. Necaxa and Gallos vs. Pume; Monday will close the date with Pachuca Vs. Blue Cross, while there were two games postponed by covid-19: America vs. Juarez (until February 3) and Striped Vs. Lion (for March 10), both originally scheduled for this Saturday.
The last time a single game was played on Saturday was almost 16 years ago
To find the nearest record of a single game being played on Saturday at a date of the regular season, you must return to Date 17 of the 2005 closure with Puebla 0-3 Tigri (double by Aldo de Nigris and one by Ireneo Soares), played on May 7, 2005 at Cuauhtémoc Stadium at 12:00.
The rest of the matches were played on Sunday, May 8, all at the same time, 12:00. The reason was because, being the last time, the games were played at the same time, with which it was sought not to “take advantage” of the results of rivals, to fight for a ticket to League.
However, the match between Fringe and the cats have been the only ones to play on Saturday since Puebla at that point in the tournament he was demoted and played only for honor, though Tigers with triumph he sealed his ticket to the Fiesta Grande.
Two more antecedents date back 20 years
Out of Closing 2005 is the closest antecedent during a single game played on Saturday, this also happened in 1997, as both in Summer tour as in winter, this happened on the 17th, with a game on Saturday and the rest on Sunday.
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