We present the panorama of the 18 teams for the final phase of Guar1anes 2021
The MX League enters the final stretch of the Guard1anes 2021 and with four days to go until the end of the regular season, the Blue Cross and America are the clear favorites for the title, they have already secured their place in the final stage and they are the only teams fighting to finish as the tournament leader.
Celestes and Águilas play a separate tournament, each day they increase the advantage with the rest of the teams, 11 and nine points difference with respect to Monterrey, third place, and up to 19 and 17 units, respectively, with Querétaro, the team in the 12th and last position giving access to the final phase.
Chivas and Pumas move away from La Lligueta every day, accumulating six and eight dates, respectively, without finishing the day among the top 12 teams in the standings, and their picture is not encouraging for the final straight of the tournament.
We present to you what is left for each of the 18 teams in the final stretch of the tournament and towards the end of the Guardian 2021.
League and favorites
Juan Reynoso’s team has accumulated 11 games with victory, a situation that has led him to the top of the tournament and with options to impose marks such as more points, more consecutive victories and ensure the overall lead.
Matches to play: Chivas, America, St. Louis, xolos
The Eagles maintained the unbeaten run at the Aztec stadium and reached seven consecutive wins as a local to stand out as the best venue in the tournament. On day 15, he will play against the Blue Cross in the match that will define the leader of the tournament.
Matches to play: Tigers, Blue Cross, Toluca, Cougars
The surprises of the half table
With a high and low tournament during Javier Aguirre’s first tournament with Scratch, the squad aspires to retain its position to gain direct access to the league, although its pending match against Chivas can help it cut distance with the leaders of the capital.
Matches to play: Toluca, Pachuca, Chivas, Tigres, Mazatlán FC
Guillem Almada keeps afloat a squad that has suffered with the absences due to injury of leading players, such as Bryan Lozano, Diego Valdés and Fernando Gorriarán. With a youth team, finishing in the top four will be a good reward for the Laguna squad.
Matches to play: Galls, Toluca, Pachuca, Puebla
The rojinegros have in priority to move away from the last position of the table of quotients, but their good streak of results has taken them to the fifth position of the classification. With no options to access the final stage if he ends up among the teams that paid the fine for the quotient table, Atlas gets to the top of the table as an animator.
Matches to play: León, Mazatlán, Chivas, Necaxa
The team presenting the tournament does not lose pace and each day is consolidated in the final phase area. For the second consecutive tournament one of the most modest squads in the tournament will reach the final stage matches of the tournament.
Matches to play: Pachuca, San Luis, Pumas, Saints
The Devils had an encouraging start with the return of Hernán Cristante as coach, but over the course of the day his performance has dropped. He has barely recorded a win in the last five games.
Matches to play: Monterrey, Santos, America, Juárez
The reigning champion confirms his recovery by adding three consecutive victories and climbing positions in the general table, when he spent the first third of the tournament in the last positions.
Matches to play: Atlas, FC Juárez, Mazatlán, Galls
Pau Guede continues with the mission of impregnating his idea in Tijuana, but the results do not reflect an improvement, as he has lost four of the last five games.
Matches to play: Mazatlan FC, Chivas, Necaxa, Creu Azu
The hangover of the Club World Cup remained in the Tigers for more than five days, but the victory over Querétaro helped Ricardo Ferretti’s team to settle again in the playoff zone.
Matches to play: America, FC Juárez, Pumas, Monterrey, Chivas
Pachuca is another one of the equipment that recovered positions to fight by the final phase, because four days it was the general sotanero and right now one settles in place 11.
Matches to play: Pobla, Monterrey, Sants, Sant Lluís
The last ticket is held by the Roosters, but it barely has five points more than FC Juárez, the basement of the tournament. With seven defeats, he is one of the teams with the most ups and downs in the tournament.
Matches to play: Saints, Necaxa, FC Juárez, Leon
The latecomers of the tournament
Tomás Boy’s squad was able to defeat Tigers at the University Stadium, but has been unable to instill dominance in The Kraken.
Matches to play: Xolos, Atlas, León, Monterrey
The fall of the Cougars was dramatic. He has spent eight days of the tournament outside of the finals and with 13 units he still aspires to the Liguilla, but also to finish as the last place in the tournament.
Matches to play: Necaxa, Tigres, Puebla, America
Chivas has a pending match, but the draws stop the goals of the herd, as it is the team with the most draws in the tournament with seven.
Matches to play: Blue Cross, xolos, Monterrey, Atlas, Tigers
Sant Lluís aims to avoid the millionaire fine of 120 million pesos, which now corresponds to him for the first time in the tournament.
Matches to play: FC Juárez, Puebla, Blue Cross, Pachuca
Guillermo Vázquez returned to the path of victory in the Rays, but the inertia of Santiago Solari’s America prevented the team’s recovery.
Matches to play: Cougars, Galls, Xolos, Atlas
Mathematically has options to reach the final phase, with a game pending and five points from 12th place, FC Juárez still has hopes of reaching the Liguilla for the title.
Matches to play: Sant Lluís, Tigres, León, Galls, Toluca