Next Sunday is the deadline for teams to have a full squad and at ESPN Digital we present to you what their priority should be.
The MX League is just a few days away from closing records and templates for the Guard1anes 2021, so the directors of the teams are working hard to place players who have not added minutes in this contest to change institution in the local championship and also add elements where they have suffered in the first days.
“Panic shopping” is the order of the day in institutions and that is why in ESPN Digital we summarize what each of the 18 teams needs.
Note: The teams are located according to their position prior to the start of Day 4. León and Monterrey have a game pending.
The Red Devils are experiencing an adaptation in several areas, and must pay attention to each of them so that the positive results continue. The first area in which they can incorporate one more element is the defense.
Although they have in this zone to Rodrigo Salinas and Raul Lopez like lateral by right, Haret Grouse, Miguel Barbieri and Gastón Sauro like power stations, and to Diego González, Diego Rigonato and Jorge Nile Towers like lateral by left; Cristante has experienced several combinations in the center and given the short adaptation time, there have been mistakes that have almost ended in goal.
In the same way, one more striker would not be left to the scarlet, and is that although Paolo Yrizar recently joined, the Mexican is young and barely adds two goals in his career. In addition, Michael Estrada is selected by Ecuador and one of the best rams in his country; however, injuries to him are common.
The alternative to the two of them is Pere Alexis Canelo, who remains at a good level and knows how to play as a ‘9’ despite the fact that right now he is used by Hernán Cristante as a winger. Meanwhile, the other striker is Enrique Triverio, who at 32 is not the same as years ago and his level has left much to be desired.
The marsh box requires one more element in the attack after the departure of Julio Furch. The team led by Guillermo Almada has been punished by injuries in other positions, but they must also think about the depth in the squad in the face of a possible drop of their usual in the starting eleven and have tools to respond.
They have one of the best players in the current Mexican football competition, but they need to strengthen the defensive sector, especially in the face of the apparent departure of Miguel Layún.
San Jose Earthquakes, according to various reports, is looking for the services of Mexico, so the team led by coach Javier Aguirre and the regiomontana board may value some more in this area for the rest of the Guard1anes 2021 to generate competition and compete for ownership.
They have shown the quality of their squad in recent years and gave it continuity for the Guard1anes 2021, but if they had to strengthen any line is the goal. Nahuel Guzmán is the owner of the team, but Joan Pau Chávez remained second.
The goalkeeper, who played in the Mexican Football League, is currently the substitute for the ‘Patón’ as Miguel Ortega continues with the recovery process due to an injury to his left shoulder.
The plumbing depends a lot on what their budget is and the output they can give to players who do not enter plans like Sergio Díaz, Andrés Ibargüen and Roger Martínez. However, coach Santiago Solari hinted at his intention to retain the ‘9’ of the Eagles, who in the last game was reunited with the goal.
The coach has openly acknowledged that he needs an ‘8’, which would be direct competition for Richard Sanchez, who has not had a great 2020 and his performance has been declining in recent months.
According to the good start he has had and his financial possibilities, the team only needs on the court this striker who already has in his ranks, but to be coming out of an injury has not been taken into account by the coach Héctor Altamirano: Uruguayan Jonathan dos Santos, who could make his debut on the fifth date.
Credit for Pablo Guede is starting to run out. The Tijuana team had trouble scoring goals in the last tournament, with the loss of Miller Bolaños and Ariel Nahuelpan at the last minute. In Guard1anes 2021, Mauro Manotas came to the border team to reinforce this position.
Regardless of the efforts, xolos barely scored a goal in the tournament and was courtesy of Fidel Martínez, who returned to Baja California. No striker has been present.
The departure of Carlos González to Tigres and the recent injury of Juan Dinenno, left Pumes with the unknown on how to face the Guard1anes 2021 tournament at the front, and is that on the one hand is the confidence of the players in the squad, but in short term they need an experienced and proven ‘9’ in the highest competition.
González and Dinenno were among the best duo of strikers in the last tournament and between the two covered 51.2 percent of goals from the arrival of the Argentine at the club in the Clausura 2020 and until September of the same year.
While in the basic forces come elements like Emanuel Montejano and Jacob Morales, these elements still make the first steps in the highest category of Mexican football and must go step by step under the shelter of the team’s veterans.
Nicolás Larcamón’s Strip has had matches for other complexes, two of them against the so-called greats of Mexican football, and against teams with higher budgets than them, which raises the spirits in the poblano group that, again , was reinvented in the transfer market with additions such as the goalkeeper Antony Silva, who has provided great performances.
Nevertheless, a problem that has persecuted constantly in Puebla is the lack of goal and in the present match also they have limped in it since in three parties they take two annotations and not everything is based on the forwards, but also in which they generate arrivals to the rival goal, mainly someone on the right side.
Tomás Boy’s squad has not been consistent. They started with a great victory at home 3-2 against Necaxa, followed by a convincing defeat against Pumas and then did not pass a goalless draw, but what is also clear is the ease with which they reach.
They must bet on a central defense and restraint to further protect their goalkeeper and thus provide security to the team when going to the front.
Although there has been an improvement in defense, Potosí need a reinforcement in the center. The goals he has allowed have been the product of inattention in the area mentioned above.
Another position in which they have to prop up is the left side. Although the young Peñuelas has done well, a little more experience in this field sector would not hurt Leonel Rocco and company.
La Màquina only had Jonathan Rodríguez and Santiago Giménez as strikers before the departure of Milton Caraglio and although Bryan Angulo is registered against the MX League, the future of the Ecuadorian is uncertain.
The priority must be a ‘9’, above all, due to the uncertainty that exists in the case of the ‘Cabecita’, who wants to leave the institution and was not called for indiscipline for the match against Pachuca on the third day of the Guard1anes 2021, tournament in which the cementers only add a goal, same that fell in play to ball stopped, since the generation of offensive plays is something that has cost to him to the equipment of Juan Reynoso.
The Rays need a leader in central defense that balances the style of play that coach José Guadalupe Cruz raises. The youth of goalkeeper Luis Ángel Malagón still requires a player to give him more support. The team has conceded six goals in four games.
The hidalguense picture has decided to give continuity to its project of basic forces, which little by little are gaining ground between the summoned ones that the equipment has every eight days. However, there are two positions in which the club has suffered and in the tournament start it has been noticed.
The first is a left or extreme steering wheel. Felipe Pardo arrived half a year ago after a good run with Toluca, but since arriving at the team he has had ups and downs and has not earned a fixed starting spot.
At the start of the tournament he has been questioned, as he has not weighed as expected on the field side and his physical condition does not shine a hundred.
The second position he would have to analyze the club is that of striker. The team still has a place available among the ‘Untrained in Mexico’ to look for an item to arrive instead of Leo Ramos, who left Mexico for the still-present transfer market.
Mauro Quiroga came to the Tuzos as the big bet, but in the beginning of the championship he missed clear opportunities in front of the goal.
Based on the scheme implemented by Víctor Manuel Vucetich since he arrived in Guadalajara, the white team-needs elements that play as interiors. Not having players who dominate this area, King Midas has placed different players in this position, however, has not had the expected results and that is why it becomes a priority.
The Braves are carrying six reinforcements at the moment for this season, but Darío Lezcano has not found a partner on the offensive to help him exploit his potential.
The Paraguayan needs a player behind him to provide him with balls to reach the rival area with more danger. He has made it clear that he has the quality to be one of the most dominant batsmen in Mexican football, but they have to surround themselves with more talent.
The MX League champion has one of the best balanced squads in the 2021 Guard1anes, although since the last tournament he had difficulty choosing a starting center-forward. In the current tournament, the Emeralds hired Víctor Dávila, but the Chilean has not been able to make a difference with the Panza Verds.
Leon has been without a goal for two days and is far from the level he showed in the last tournament. Another position that needs to be improved is the midfield, because the departure of Pedro Aquino weakened the champion in this part of the track.
The few facilities to sign players for the issue of the pandemic changed the plans of the red and black team, so they were left with elements such as Martín Nervo and Anderson Santamaría, themselves who were not considered by the current campaign for their performance in the last tournament.
The performances of both centers so far in the tournament have not been the best –Atlas has received five goals to be positioned as one of the worst behind–, which is why the board has to prop up and “seal this empty “.