After being the heroes of their teams’ qualification to the semifinals, Mena and Corozo seem ready to ‘explode’ in attack.
The Ecuadorians Ángel Mena, from León, and Washington Corozo, from the UNAM Pumas, will bet from this Wednesday to show their best performance to put their teams in the final of the Apertura 2021 tournament of Mexican football.
After being the heroes of qualifying their teams to the semifinals, Mena and Corozo seem ready to ‘explode’ in attack and reach the decisive series of the championship.
Mena, 33, converted both of León’s goals in their 2-0 win over Puebla last Sunday and gave the team of Argentine coach Ariel Holán the pass to the semifinals, in which they will face the Tigres UANL starting this Wednesday.
Corozo, 23, showed his highest performance at the best of times, with two goals on Saturday for the Pumas to surprise the tournament by eliminating America from Argentine coach Santiago Solari.
Liga MX: schedules and TV channels to see live matches of the semifinals Tigres vs. León and Pumas UNAM vs. Atlas
The Pumas of Argentine strategist Andrés Lillini were classified eleventh, They narrowly entered the reclassification, but in the elimination duel for a ticket to the league they beat Toluca at their own stadium and then eliminated América at their home, the Azteca Stadium.
This Wednesday Mena will join the Chilean Víctor Dávila to try to make the León come out of the Monterrey University Stadium well, In which he will play the first leg of the semifinal against the UANL Tigres, whose attackers are Uruguayan Nicolás López, Colombian Luis Quiñones and French André Pierre Gignac.
The series is difficult to forecast. ANDl León went from less to more and qualified third with 29 points, one more than the Tigres of strategist Miguel Herrera.
Headed by the Tooth Lopez, the leading scorer, the Tigres were the team with the best attack in the regular season with 26 touchdowns, six more than the León. In defense, both conceded 14 goals.
Thursday Corozo will seek to connect in the best way to Argentine striker Juan Ignacio Dinenno to lead the offensive of the Pumas, who will try to take advantage of the local condition against Atlas, whom they will visit on Sunday.
The task is difficult because the Atlas presents the best defense, with the Peruvian Anderson Santamaría and the Argentine Hugo Nervo starring, and it has two forwards in good form, the Argentine Julio Furch and the Colombian Julián Quiñones.
Although the Atlas finished in second place and the Pumas in eleventh, we cannot speak of a favorite after the university students eliminated América, the best team in the tournament until it was erased last Sunday with two goals from Corozo.
The semifinals will be played in round-trip matches. The teams that score the most goals in 180 minutes will go to the final. (D)
Channels that broadcast live
TUDN, Azteca, ESPN, Fox Sports, Afizziados, Marca Claro (YouTube) and Star + (online)
First leg matches
Wednesday, December 1
Tigers vs. Lion
- 19:00 Tijuana and Los Angeles
- 21:00 Mexico City and Austin (Texas)
- 22:00 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and New York
- 00:00 on Thursday in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- 01:00 on Thursday in Brasilia
- 03:00 on Thursday in England and Portugal
- 04:00 on Thursday in Spain, Italy and Germany
Thursday December 2
Pumas UNAM vs. Atlas
- 19:00 Tijuana and Los Angeles
- 21:00 Mexico City and Austin (Texas)
- 22:00 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and New York
- 00:00 on Friday in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- 01:00 on Friday in Brasilia
- 03:00 on Friday in England and Portugal
- 04:00 on Friday in Spain, Italy and Germany
Return matches
Saturday December 4
Leon vs. Tigers
- 19:00 Tijuana and Los Angeles
- 21:00 Mexico City and Austin (Texas)
- 22:00 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and New York
- 00:00 on Sunday in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- 01:00 on Sunday in Brasilia
- 03:00 on Sunday in England and Portugal
- 04:00 on Sunday in Spain, Italy and Germany
Sunday December 5
Atlas vs. Pumas UNAM
- 17:00 Tijuana and Los Angeles
- 19:00 Mexico City and Austin (Texas)
- 20:00 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and New York
- 22:00 Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
- 23:00 Brasilia
- 01:00 on Monday in England and Portugal
- 02:00 on Monday in Spain, Italy and Germany
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