Santos will seek to close the way to the Lion to the league

MEXICO CITY, March 20 (EL UNIVERSAL) .- The current Liga MX champion has had a very poor tournament: the short pre-season after reaching the title and the contagion of his coach Ignacio Ambriz, were factors for this. Now, with 11 duels already played and only in position 14, the Lion only has to sneak between the last places of the play-off to defend the title won in December in the league. For this reason, his visit to Santos this Sunday will be vital, but it will be a challenge for the Fiera, since the Laguneros are the third best team in the championship and have made TSM Corona a fortress where they remain undefeated. For the goalkeeper and captain of Santos, Carlos Acevedo, the good Santista moment is a reflection of the correct planning from the start of the tournament: “We worked very hard to be fighting the first places. From the beginning the team sought to be among the first four to go to the league. We are a very young team, perhaps without so much experience, but this is overcome by the hunger we have to transcend, and we have to defend it to the death every day, “said the goalkeeper. Therefore, to stay among the top four of the table they will have to overcome León, even more so as locals, where they remain undefeated 5 wins and 1 draw. “We will face León in the same way that we face day after day. They have a good team and great players, and although they did not start as well as we were used to, they are a great team. You have to be very attentive especially in the defensive part, and play as we had been doing at home, seek victory to bring joy to the fans, “said the Mexican. For his part, although León has already improved recently, as a visitor he only registers one victory, one draw and three defeats. If they win this Sunday they could approach tenth place overall, but a defeat would leave them with a slim margin to qualify, as they only have 11 points and 18 remain to be played. In the next days he will receive Toluca, he will visit Atlas, he will receive Juarez, he will visit Pachuca and he will receive Puebla, so his calendar will measure both teams that will fight for places in the playoffs, as well as those who fight to avoid the fine of the last places. The duel where León will mark his future starts at 7:00 p.m. and can be tuned in on the screens of Fox Sports and Claro Sports.

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