In the first round of playoffs for this tournament we had…
Chivas (Guadalajara) vs Monterrey
The strongest team from the regular season (Guadalajara) against the weakest team to make the playoffs (that other one)
In an amazing upset, Monterrey won with the final score (from the two games played) of 8-5.
The trouble with Guadalajara was I think, is that though they did finish top in the league after the regular season, they could not win away from home. They had few spectacular games, and not one of them was an away game.
Monterrey took full advantage of their opponents weakness along with their own amazing goal scoring abilites (they have two of the top strikers in the league) first thrashing Chivas 4-1 in Monterrey and then holding them to an exciting 4-4 draw in Guadalajara.
The rest of the quarterfinals went by the book with the stronger team beating the weaker team.
Cruz Azul beat Jaguares (okay fine, they tied 2-2 but Cruz Azul advanced due to their better regular season standing)
San Luis beat Necaxa
Santos beat Toluca
But all this pales in comparison to what has happened in the Primera Division A (second league of Mexican soccer) where Leon!!!!! Beat dorados to become Champions!!!
Now Leon plays the last tournaments champion (Ciudad Juarez) to see which team gets promoted to the top league.
Huzzah!
So, that’s it, hope you enjoyed this update.
Vamos Leon!!!
Sorry, wrong picture, here we go again...
Vamos Leon!!! There, I think that's it.
3 comments:
Lol, I didn't know you were into soccer...especially Mexican soccer. That rocks, Pete! I thought Monterrey was going to win the games against Santos...anyhow, PTL! Let's see who gets to be the proud owner of another star...
I know what you mean.
Monterrey (a team I normally don't care about) suddenly became exciting!
Oh well,
Felicidades a los Santos
Just watched them win the cup today
I think they deserved it :-)
I didn't watch the game cause I was packing...but I mean, if they won the cup it must have been for something :). Hoping to see you soon.
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