The president of Liga MX, Mikel Arriola, was quite happy with the performance shown to date with the Leagues Cup; He assured that the receptivity of the fans has been quite positive in person and on television and that this demonstrates the importance of the union between Major League Soccer (MLS) and Liga MX.
These statements were made during an interview for Mediotiempo, where he stressed that the initial balance of the Leagues Cup has been “extraordinary” due to the great attraction it represents for the fans and even more after the arrival of Argentine striker Lionel Messi to the ranks of Inter of Miami.
“I think that after 45 games, 10 days, the balance is extraordinary and above what had been considered in the planning itself. We have matches that were played between teams from Liga MX and MLS and we see a positive result. We won 54 percent of the games, 16 against 14. We have six teams eliminated, they have 9 teams eliminated, of course with a greater number of teams. We have the champion scorer, Germán Berterame (Rayados), a good goal average, 3.3 goals per game, and this rule that seems very interesting to me, that there are no draws, ”he said.
“The scenario, which we had not had in mind before the start of the tournament, since we have the best soccer player of recent times in the Leagues Cup exclusively: Lionel Messi. We see (Sergio) Busquets, Jordi Alba is joining and that gave another volume to the conversation on social networks, to the international conversation that has been generated around Messi. Today the Leagues Cup is a much better known brand, with Messi, than it was before, ”he added.
Arriola also spoke about the great logistics involved in organizing a competition of this type that brings together 47 clubs from three nations in the same country to try to promote the growth of soccer in each of these nations in the best way.
“The Leagues Cup, being an official tournament, unprecedented, with 77 games in 29 cities, imagine the logistical challenge, in one month, a World Cup model. What we see is that there is a great constant, before we played friendlies, today there are three more tickets for the Concacaf Champions Cup, two to the Round of 16 and one to the Round of 16; That gives a lot of interest to both the fans and the teams and then you have relevant prizes, ”he explained.
“We must underline the great capacity that the Leagues Cup has had to generate sponsors. The sponsors have entered with great enthusiasm, because they know that it is an official tournament, the penetration that the two Leagues have in terms of audiences, the ability to generate a very good day, the day of the game; So, imagine that we are talking about almost 800 thousand people (784 thousand 870) in 10 days. What was decided from the beginning is that the clubs and the players access the prizes in the same percentage, this is also innovation for Mexican soccer, the rest is regulated according to the contracts that the players have with their clubs, “he concluded. the manager.
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