Soccer is one of those rather tricky sports, because when a team looks like a favorite, sometimes it ends up falling down. Many of those times we have seen that story in the Liga MX leaguewhere there have been comebacks that are hard to believe.
Sometimes accounts, favoritism in a duel to direct elimination it becomes detrimental to a few clubs. In the Liga MX league, There are many stories of this type… hombres that become legendary comebacks.
And, one of the classics in our always well-considered Liga MX, is that least favorite teams (those called underdogs), end up being giant killer.
The most spectacular comebacks in the Liga MX league
América vs Cruz Azul, Clausura 2013 and the mother of the Cruzazuleadas
Cruz Azul’s bad luck occurred on nights like May 26, 2013, the one where He had everything on a silver platter to break the drought without a title and against his staunch rival, América.
In the first leg, Cruz Azul took the advantage by the minimum and for the second leg, Jesús Molina was sent off in the first minutes and Teo Gutiérrez’s goal, it seemed that they had sentenced everything.
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeero, the ‘blue cross’ was consummated, América managed to tie the score with two goals after the 89th minutethat is, minutes before Cruz Azul could be crowned, and as if that were not enough, with a goal from Moisés Muñoz.
Already in extra time, Cruz Azul knew where America was coming from and that he played more than 120 minutes with another man. Finally, Those from Coapa achieved one of the most unlikely and incredible comebacks in the Liga MX league.
Chivas vs Cruz Azul 2003
The repechage is not new, because it has been going on for many years and before the one who classified by penalties was not defined as it is today. Before it was worth the best place in the table to advance.
Cruz Azul learned that the hard way, because in the first leg against Chivas, they beat them 4-1, a difficult score to reverse. But, when it’s against the ‘Machine’, anything can happen.
Chivas on the return, took advantage of all his options and gave the same score to Cruz Azul, 4-1 in favor of ‘Rebaño’, so the overall score was 5-5.
It was one of the first comebacks against Cruz Azul and it was for ChivasAlthough it was more for the place in the table than anything else, but the bad taste in the mouths of the fans of the ‘Machine’.
And America is champion, it sounded after one of the historic comebacks of the league in Liga MX
There was no lack of controversy in this type of issue, because in the final of Summer 2002 they faced each other for the title América and Necaxa. The problem? The thing is, both clubs belonged to the same owner.
The first leg was won by Necaxa by two goals to nil. Both games were at the Azteca Stadium, so in the second leg, America packed the Colossus, despite being a nominal visitor.
Goals from Christian Patiño and Iván Zamorano managed to give América a tie, which He got the title after a goal from ‘Misionero’ Castillo in extra time and it was a golden goal.
After the result, Much was said that Necaxa had “left” her brother, but nothing has ever been provenexcept that it is one of the most incredible comebacks in the Liga MX league.
Xolos went to their first final after one of those crazy comebacks in the 2012 Liga MX league
Xolos’ 2012 campaign with Antonio Mohamed will remain in the kokoro of most soccer fans. Those Xolos and their recent history in Liga MX, thrilled locals and strangers.
It was during the semifinals of the Apertura 2012 and León beat the Xolos at home in the first leg. He scored two goals and everything seemed to indicate that they already had the first finalist before, mainly because of how well the ‘Fieeeeeeeeeeeeera’ played..
But it is well said in that soccer saying: “2-0 is the most deceptive score” and in Tijuana, the Xolos applied crouching and managed to reverse the score with a final 3-0which gave them the pass to the final, and in the end, their first title.
The “Aztecazo” of Tigres to America
Before ‘Capello’ Carrillo became champion with América in an incredible season, first had to eat an impressive comeback in the Liga MX league.
With all the might of Cuau, ‘Piojo’ López and Kleber, América defeated the Tigres at the ‘Volcán’ by a score of 3-1. The Eagles played very well and the return seemed like a procedure at the Azteca Stadium.
The thing is, They found some very fierce and responsive Tigers. 3 goals were scored against América without response, later, Kleber would tie the global to give the pass to those from Coapa.
And in the last few minutes Julius Caesar (who is only remembered for that goal) made the score that eliminated América at the Azteca Stadium and achieved the so-called “Aztecazo”.
Cruz Azul the king of comebacks (against) of the league in Liga MX
Cruz Azul is one of the few teams that can boast -o not so much- that the three teams called big (America, Chivas and Pumas) They have given him historic comebacks in the Liga MX league.
Pumas was the last to achieve it, it was in 2020 and the Pumas had just lost in the first leg against Cruz Azul 4-0. In the return he needed to win by the same score or difference of five goals, in case the ‘Machine’ scored one at the University Olympic.
First, Cruz Azul had a significant loss in Jesús Coronabut they thought that the framework was well protected with Sebastián Jurado… nobody expected what was coming.
The university students achieved one of the most unlikely comebacks in the history of the league in Liga MXbut only Cruz Azul can suffer a blue cross like that.
