In 1966 it was decided to leave behind the long tournaments in Mexican soccer, giving way to the Apertura and Clausura. For this, the ‘Guard1anes’ 2021 is special, since the short tournament number 50 of the Liga MX is held.
They have left 48 champions, since in the Clausura 2020 there were none.
With the change in format, the teams were first divided into groups, classifying the first 2 places in the Liguilla to fight for the title; recently the first 4 are classified to the quarterfinals and from 5 to 12 they fight in the playoffs for a place.
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Among the stories that marked Mexican soccer during these 50 short Liga MX tournaments, without a doubt, There will be the ‘Guard1anes’ 2020, the first championship that was played without fans in the stadiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This prevented the Clausura 2020 from ending, allowing only 10 games to be played and leaving the title vacant, since it was decided not to award the trophy to any team.
However, there are stories that are quite pleasant and worth telling, such as that of the only 2 Aztec clubs that have achieved the double championship during the short tournaments.
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Pumas and León are the only teams that can boast a two-time championship since the short tournaments were established in Liga MX.
The ‘University’ got it in 2004, when they were under the command of Hugo Sánchez, while the ‘Fiera’ achieved it after lifting the titles of the Apertura 2013 and Clausura 2014, in which they beat América and Pachuca, respectively.
Rafa Márquez, former captain of the Mexican National Team and who was returning to Mexican soccer from Europe, was present at these Leon championships.
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Throughout the 50 short tournaments of Liga MX, Toluca has become the club with the most title and during the ‘Guard1anes’ 2021 he has become a serious candidate by adding 7 points out of 12 possible, so far.
The ‘Red Devils’ have been crowned in the Summer 98, Summer 99, Summer 2000, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2005, Apertura 2008 and 2010 Bicentennial tournament.
Although in the last decade Tigres has become the winner, adding 5 titles; in the Apertura 2011, Apertura 2015, Apertura 2016, Apertura 2017 and Clausura 2019.
On the other hand, the teams have decided to invest in their reinforcements and we have had figures such as Ronaldinho in Querétaro, Gignac in Tigres and José Saturnino Cardozo in Toluca, who set the mark of 29 goals in the Apertura 2002, same that has not been surpassed.
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