The regular season is over Clausura 2023 of Liga MX after completing the 17 days, and now it is time for the direct elimination part, which usually gives us good games, although First you have to make a scale in the repechage, which is supposed to be the last in our football.
The MX League will be able to gloat over this tournament, since it increased the scoring production, since Throughout the tournament, 432 goals were scored, 12 more goals compared to the 420 that were achieved in the Apertura 2022. But if we go further back, this tournament far exceeded the 387 goals of the Clausura 2022 and the 332 of the boring Apertura 2021.
- 332 goals in the Opening 2021
- 387 goals in the Clausura 2022
- 420 goals in the Opening 2022
- 432 goals in the Clausura 2023
Monterrey closed the tournament as leader and paints to fight for the title along with América, the two favorites, while Pumas It will be the only big team that will stay watching the “postseason” on television, after their defeat in the Sultana del Norte.
Local | Result | Visitor |
Juarez | 0-1 | America |
Puebla | 5-2 | Tijuana |
A. From San Luis | 0-0 | Atlas |
Monterrey | 4-1 | Pumas |
Chivas | 4-1 | Mazatlan |
Blue Cross | 3-2 | Santos |
Toluca | 3-0 | Necaxa |
Queretaro | 0-1 | Pachuca |
León | 3-0 | tigers |
Those qualified for the league
Those qualified for the league directly are Monterrey, America, Chivas and Toluca, and as a reward they will be able to rest for almost a week and a half before meeting their rival for the Quarterfinals.
Here the risk is that they can lose the rhythm of the gamealthough historically, since the repechage was implemented, those who qualify directly for the league go to the semifinals, except for a few cases of surprises in the Quarterfinals.
Those who go to the repechage
Pachuca, León, Tigres and Cruz Azul will be the locals in the playoffs of Liga MX, which plays a game and in the event of a tie there are penalties. The rivals of those teams are Santos, Atlético de San Luis, Puebla and Atlas, respectively.
Day and time | Local | vs | Visitor |
To define | Pachuca | vs | Santos |
To define | León | vs | A. From San Luis |
To define | tigers | vs | Puebla |
To define | Blue Cross | vs | Atlas |
Those who pay a fine
It was expensive for Grupo Caliente to have two teams, since both Tijuana and Querétaro will have to pay a fine for the relegation of little lies. Total, Grupo Caliente must pay 127 million pesos80 on the Querétaro side and 47 on the Tijuana Xolos.
The other team that must pay a fine is Mazatlán, who did everything he could to finish in last place in the general table, and Grupo Salinas will have to disburse 33 million pesos.
Querétaro, who finished tenth in the general table, was last in the quotient table and by regulation he does not have the right to compete in the repechageand that is why Santos, who was 13th in the general table, will play the playoffs.
Equipment | more |
Mazatlan | 33 million pesos |
Tijuana | 47 million pesos |
Queretaro | 80 million pesos |
The Liga MX scoring champion
Henry Martín had a season with América. Based on goals, he won his place in the World Cup in Qatar with the Mexican National Team and based on goals, the Mexican became Clausura 2023 scoring champion, with a total of 14 goals.
Henry Martín is the first Mexican scoring champion in Liga MX from Alan Pulido, who was crowned in the Clausura 2019.
Rogelio Funes Mori pressed against Pumas, but in the end he stayed at 12 goals, for which the “Twin” remains with the runner-up in scoring.
The one who scored the most goals and who scored the most goals
Although Monterrey closed as the tournament leader, América was the team that scored the most goals, with a total of 36 (one more than Rayados), while Necaxa, San Luis and Querétaro fought for the worst offense with 16 points each.
While, the best defense was León, which only allowed 13 goals, instead, the worst defense was Mazatlán, which allowed 41 goalsHowever, the goalkeeper with the most goals was Carlos Acevedo, from Santos, who allowed 34 goals.
The DTS that lost their job in Liga MX
The guillotine was sharp in this tournament, as they were 10 strategists who were dismissed in the Clausura 2023, and in some cases the guillotine fell twice on the same team.
The last to fall were Rubén Omar Romano, in Mazatlán, and Andrés Lillini in Necaxa. It is said that Lillini is going to the Sub 23 of the Mexican National Team, but nothing takes away from being part of the list.
Coach | Equipment |
Gabriel Caballero | Mazatlan |
Ricardo Valiño | Only |
Diego Cocca | tigers |
Raul Gutierrez | Blue Cross |
Raphael Bridge | Pumas |
Hernan Cristante | Juarez |
‘Chima’ Ruiz | tigers |
Eduardo Fentanes | Santos |
Ruben Omar Romano | Mazatlan |
Andres Lillini | Necaxa |