Atlas, last invitee to the play-in

During its visit to the Victoria stadium in Aguascalientes, Atlas secured the remaining ticket for the play-in of the Liga Mx by drawing 0-0 with Necaxa and placing themselves with 22 points in tenth place in the competition, four away from the already eliminated León de Andrés Guardado. With this, the reclassification matches for the direct eliminator will be América-Tijuana and the classic Guadalajara match between Guadalajara and the Foxes. The winner of this last series will face the loser in the other key to define the eighth guest in the league.

The League authorities will define the dates and times of the corresponding matches today. The clubs already classified directly are Cruz Azul, Toluca, Tigres, Pumas, Atlético de San Luis and Monterrey. After the confirmation of América and Tijuana in the play-offs, only Atlas and León, separated by the minimum at the beginning of matchday 17, played yesterday for the last available place after Mazatlán, Puebla, Pachuca, Querétaro and Santos were left eliminated.

The draw of the red and black in Aguascalientes, in a match of very few emotions and loud screams in the colossus of the Good heavensdetermined the fate of León minutes before the people of Guanajuato visited Monterrey. The Green Bellies They needed a victory for the hydrocalid team to keep open their possible arrival at reclassification; However, everything fell apart without even stepping on the field of the BBVA stadium, where the Rayados later won 2-1 and finished in fifth place with 31 points.

The threat of suffering a setback forced the Spanish coach Beñat San José to propose a much more conservative strategy for the Foxes: five defenders, four midfielders and a single forward: Eduardo Aguirre, against Rayos who were left out of the next phase since previous dates.

Not only were there few scoring opportunities, but in 90 minutes both teams ended up walking down the field given the poor circulation of the ball.

“This league is very demanding, competitive and it is not easy to get 22 points. It is the first step, the best of all is that we are ambitious and we are going to look for the next one. That is the least we can give to the institution. The season has been tough, we must recognize the players, because in a very short time we climbed many positions and now we are within the play-in”San José declared in the press conference after the tie.

Succumbs the Fair in farewell to Guardado

On crutches and with an orthopedic boot due to an injury suffered in his right leg, last weekend in Mazatlán, the five-time World Cup winner Andrés Guardado officially said goodbye to the fields. Very sad not to be able to play this last game, but I thank the fans for all the support they have given me throughout my career. I will always carry the Lion in my hearthe wrote on his social networks hours before the team of the Fairin 11th place, was beaten 2-1 by Monterrey.

The management of the Monterrey team, headed by former soccer player José Antonio Noriega, presented Guardado with a plaque in recognition of his professional career and set the tone for hundreds of people to applaud the 38-year-old midfielder from the stands of the Steel Giant.

The goals that marked the victory for the locals were scored by the young Edson Gutiérrez (minute 31) and the Spanish Sergio Canales, from a penalty (77). John Stiven Mendoza took advantage of an error by defender Fidel Ambriz and tied the scores (minute 63).

Subsequently, the Colombian was expelled along with Édgar Guerra and the Argentine Lucas Ocampos, from Rayados.