Show served in Liga MX: Mexican soccer waits to meet its champion

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For: EFE Updated 17 May 2022, 6: 56 am EDT

The current champions, the Red and Black of the Atlas of the Argentine coach Diego Cocca, will receive this Wednesday the Tigres UANL, at the start of the semifinals of the Clausura tournament 2022 of Mexican soccer, confirmed this Monday the Liga Mx.

In a statement after a meeting between the representatives of the teams, the League announced that Atlas will play the first leg at 21: (: GMT ) at his home, the Jalisco stadium, and will return the visit to his rival, on Saturday at 20: 06 (01: 06), at the Monterrey University Stadium.

In the phase of the eight best, Atlas tied this Sunday 1-1 with Chivas de Guadalajara and eliminated them 3-2 in the series, while the Tigres coach Miguel Herrera were outscored 0-1 by Cruz Azul, but equalized the series later of a win as visitors by the same margin and accessed the phase of the four by better position in the table of the regular phase.

The duel will be surrounded by expectations because Tigres shows the best attack, led by Frenchman André Pierre Gignac, but Atlas has the best defense of the league and can do damage with an attacking line led by the Argentinian Julio Furch and the Colombian Julián Quiñones.

Thursday at 20: 00 hours (01: 00 GMT) el leader Pachuca will visit América in a match with a difficult forecast, in which the coach’s Tuzos Uruguayan Guillermo Almada will try to confirm themselves as the best team of the year against an America in good time , commanded by the Argentine Fernando Ortiz.

Pachuca tied 2-2 at San Luis’s home and then defeated them 3-2 to reach the semifinal,

phase that América reached after a draw 1-1 at Puebla and a controversial victory by margin of 3-2 at their stadium.

The two best teams will dispute the title next week.

Mexican Clausura semi-final schedule:

First legs:

Wednesday 18.06: Atlas-Tigres UANL

Thursday 19.05: America-Pachuca.

Return matches:

Saturday 21.06: Tigres UANL-Atlas

Sunday 22.05: Pachuca-America.

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