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By: EFE
Sunday, October 6
As in his best years: Miguel Layún is America's special card in the Liguilla
The defender Miguel Layún , The only Mexican to play in the main leagues in Europe, will assume the quarterfinals of the Mexican Apertura as an important card of the América team, after being a candidate for player of the month in the Liga Mx.
Layún, who wore the Sevilla jersey in Spain; in Italy, that of Atalanta and in the English Premier League, that of Watfor d, is the side that generated the most opportunities in the regular phase of the championship and one of the keys for America to show the best defense of the tournament.
Member of the Mexican team in the World Cups in Brazil 2014 and 2018, Layún is an example of improvement in Mexican soccer, who recovered from cancer and returned to the high level as a professional.
In the Opening has lined up in 15 the 17 America matches of Argentine coach Santiago Solari, all as a starter, with four assists, 451 good passes from 553 in total, with 64 recoveries and six rega tees achieved.
America qualified in the first place to the quarterfinals, in which they will face an opponent from the repechage that will be played this Saturday and Sunday; In addition to showing the best defense, with the contribution of Layún, the team exhibits the fourth best offense and is a candidate to dispute the title.
In addition to maintaining high performance on the field, Layún has taken seriously an eSports project that last July was one year old; maintains a great activity with the team 19 esports.
In that team he has participated in live broadcasts on his YouTube, Twitch and Facebook Gaming channels in which he has presented players and news, such as his team’s presence in the FIFA video game 21.
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