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‘Only America is the winner, he says.’ Cuauhtémoc Blanco criticized the rest of the Liga MX teams after their participation in the 2024 Leagues Cup.
The former professional athlete highlighted the participation of Club América in the tournament organized by the MLS in the United States, where currently the representation of Mexican soccer is in a single team: ‘The eagles’.
Both squads (the Mazatlan FC also) advanced to the quarterfinals of the competition and sought their advancement to the final rounds to try to bring the trophy home.
What did Cuauhtémoc Blanco say about the Leagues Cup and Liga MX?
The ‘temo’ regretted that the Liga MX teams ‘do not take seriously’ their participation in a international tournamentbut ‘understands’ his assistance by the contract and the executives’ business.
“It is a lack of seriousness, the Liga MX is doing things wrong with these tournaments because it does not take them seriously, only Club América, but well, these are things done between directors to do business at a level USA“, he said in a brief interview with ESPN published on August 16.
“They bring in a lot of youngsters and it’s good because they give them the opportunity to debut and play,” he added about the positive side of the Mexican teams in the Leagues Cup.
Of the 18 clubs that represented Mexican football, only two qualified, the rest fell in the group stage and in the round of 16 (Pumas, Cruz Azul and Toluca):
Is Club América a team of the times? This is what Cuauhtémoc Blanco said
He Club America became two-time champions in the Clausura 2024 after defeating Cruz Azul at the Azteca Stadium with a global score of 2-1 thanks to a controversial penalty scored by Henry Martin.
Following the achievement, comments arose, mainly on social networks, to consider the ‘eagles’ of coach André Jardine as a period equipment.
Cuauhtémoc Blanco has an answer to this question and it is the following: “Yes, we can consider it that way, it is a great team with a very powerful squad (…) with a good bench and it is very important, that is why they win titles,” said the former player in an interview for ESPN published on August 15th.
Where to watch the 2024 Leagues Cup from Mexico?
The Leagues Cupalthough there are matches on open television (to be defined matchday by matchday), all matches can be watched on the Apple TV streaming platform; however, access to the games has an extra cost to the regular subscription.
To access the football matches you must purchase the MLS Season Pass and has a cost of 149 pesos per month or 999 per yearbut if you have a previous subscription the cost drops to 129 pesos per month or 799 for 12 months.
