The top four finishers made it through the quarterfinals and are still in search of the Liga MX title
The keys of the semifinals of the Closure 2022which will have the best four classifieds from the regular phase. Pachuca vs. America y Tigers vs. Atlas They will be the duels that will leave the two finalists of the contest that will culminate next Sunday, May 29, 2022.
It will be the sixth time pachuca y America They are in the Mexican soccer league, in which Tuzos has dominated the Eagles. Of the five previous occasions, the Hidalguenses have prevailed in fourth, in the semifinal of Summer 2010, in the final of Clausura 2007, in addition to the quarterfinals of Clausura 2015 and Clausura 2021; while the feathered ones could only win in the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2012.
In the regular phase they met on the sixth date of the Closure 2022moment in which Santiago Solari was still on the bench of the Americawho was later fired. On that occasion, pachuca won 1-3 at the Azteca Stadium with goals from Nicolás Ibáñez, Avilés Hurtado and Víctor Guzmán. Henry Martín scored for the locals.
It’s the first time that tigers y Atlas They will face each other in the Mexican soccer league since it is played under the format of short tournaments. However, the closest they have come to meeting at the big party was in Clausura 2021, a contest in which they played the playoff series, which Atlas won 1-0 with solitary goal by Julio Furch.
During the regular phase, both faced each other on the last day of the Closure 2022 on the field of the Jalisco Stadium, where they divided units after a 1-1 draw. Jairo Torres scored for the locals and Nicolás López did it for the visitors, already in the last play of the match.
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