ESPN recounts the best moments left by the last day of Clausura 2022 in Liga MX
The last day of the Closure 2022 He left intense moments ahead of the final phase of the tournament. Between surprising triumphs, teams sneaking into the Playoffs or the playoffs at the last minute, as well as a new scoring champion, was how the final part of the regular phase unfolded.
In addition, André-Pierre Gignac’s tournament is noteworthy, as he became the first player from Europe to win three individual goalscoring titles. He was Carlos Muñozthe last European to achieve this milestone and he did it with the Puebla in the winter tournament 1996.
Los Rojiblancos had a perfect tournament closure under the command of Ricardo Cadena, as they won four games in a row under the command of the Mexican strategist, who replaced Marcelo Michel Leaño.
In addition, in the match, Alexis Vega was the most important player, since he gave the assistance with which they kept Cadena’s effectiveness at 100 percent, this after Miguel Ángel Ponce scored the winning goal.
Similarly, the arbitration annulled a controversial goal against Chivas, which was by Alexis Vega. According to César Ramos, there was a previous misplacement, which prevented the advantage from being greater.
A duel of surprises, since the people from Puebla needed a victory to directly access the league, but they were surprised by a team from Sinaloa that had Marco Fabián and Oswaldo Alanís as their saviors to save the team from a millionaire fine for the issue of the ratio table.
Fabián de la Mora scored his first goal of the tournament and the only one since he returned to Mexico at Guard1anes 2020. The Mexican midfielder was one of the driving forces of his team and with a penalty kick, he led the victory.
The Gallos Blancos signed a golden victory after they thrashed the Braves 4-0, whom they buried in the last place of the quotient table to pay a millionaire fine. In addition, Leonardo Sequeira was the Queretaro hero after he scored two of the four goals.
In addition, with the victory, the Roosters forced Toluca to win their last match, as they passed them in the ratio table and this left the Devils in the penultimate position of said table, a situation that led them to have their nerves on edge. skin for his duel in the Bajío.
For the first time since matchday 9, the Red and Blacks received their animation group as locals at the Jalisco Stadium, a situation that led to the surprise of many Red and Black fans.
Already on the field, both tied a tie that left them in a direct qualifying position for the league. Similarly, although he did not play due to injury, the last game of the felines confirmed André-Pierre Gignac as the best scorer in the tournament with 11 points.
Rayados beat Xolos 2-0 and this confirmed that the border team finished in the penultimate position of the quotient table, for which they also received a millionaire fine for finishing in the last three places of it.
Maxi Meza and Vincent Janssen gave the Monterrey team a place in the Clausura 2022 playoff after the team from the region changed coaches and gave Víctor Manuel Vucetich the opportunity to fight for a new title.
The Clásico Joven passed with a goalless draw that gave América direct qualification for the league, as the azulcremas entered fourth place in the general table after the draw.
Both teams had options to win the match and América had some of the clearest ones, but the post denied them the opportunity to get ahead on the scoreboard and thus add three units.
The auriazules added excitement to their tournament and tied the pass to the playoffs until the last day after they beat the leader Pachuca 2-0 with a surprising performance by Juan Ignacio Dinenno, who was the star of the match with a double that gave them the three units to the felines.
Dinenno took the bench at the start of the game to save himself for the second leg of the Concacaf Champions League against the Seattle Sounders the following Wednesday in the United States. After a few minutes on the pitch, the ‘Comandante’ scored a brace that put Pumas in the playoffs.
The Potosí club took the lead thanks to Germán Berterame at 48′, however, the Guerreros reacted quickly and gave a somersault that ended their aspirations to ascend in the playoff zone, to play the duel of that phase at home.
The Warriors concluded the semester with dignity thanks to Eduardo Aguirre at 52′, Brian Lozano at 62′ and José Ávila at 89, who seeded Atlético de San Luis in tenth position.
Closing 2022 closed with a flourish thanks to the pressure on emeralds and scarlets. While the ‘Fiera’ was looking for a victory to sneak into the playoffs, the Red Devils were urgent for a victory to avoid a fine of 33 million pesos for relegation.
The first period ended with a vibrant 3-3, while, in the complement, Toluca scored the partial 3-4 and, when he seemed to see the shore, a goal by León fell to 90’+1, ratified by the VAR, then that in the first instance the whistler Jorge Santander annulled it of course offside.
In the end, neither team benefited from the result and the real winner was the fans, who were delighted with a great duel.
