Liga MX Surpasses Top European Leagues in Goals Scored and Fan Attendance in Closing 2023: President Mikel Arriola

This Monday, June 12, 2023, the president of the BBVA MX League, Mikel Arriolaspoke at a press conference and commented that the Closing 2023 It was a great tournament for Mexican soccer in which several important points should be highlighted. Mainly, he highlighted that it was possible to overcome the A league y LaLiga in the most goals scored.

“We start with the number of goals that were scored in this championship, in which almost three goals were scored per game and this puts us on a par with Europe.”

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The main reason why he put the Liga MXabove two major European leagues, it was due to the large number of goals that were recorded in the Closing 2023. Being a total of 479 goals in the tournament (counting the regular tournament, playoffs and Liguilla) and per game, an average of 2.8 goals was registered, while Serie A registered 2.62 and LaLiga 2.53 goals per game.

In the same way, he highlighted that the Mexican soccer league managed to have an increase in the average attendance at the stadiums. He confessed that currently, he is in fifth place in the world in terms of attendance.

He confessed that he is five percent above the Ligue 1 and fifteen percent above the MLS.

Lastly, he took the opportunity to highlight that the Liga MX has a better game percentage, placing itself as the second world league with greater game effectiveness. Only behind Ligue 1.

“We’re closing in 57 and a half minutes. We are the second League in the World that plays the most minutes. What delivers more product to the fan viewer”.

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