América will seek to extend its streak of matches without losing in the Mexican Clausura-2023 tournament this weekend when he faces the ‘Xoloitzcuintles’ of Tijuana for the eighth day.
After seven dates, there are only two teams left that have not suffered defeat: the America of the Chilean midfielder Diego Valdés and the Tigres of the French striker André-Pierre Gignac.
This Sunday, America will receive an old acquaintance, Miguel Herrera, who after being ruled out to be the new coach of Mexico, will visit the Azteca stadium as technical director of Tijuana.
Herrera debuted midweek as trainer of the ‘Xolos’ with a defeat against Guadalajara.
With this adverse result, Tijuana was in fourteenth place in the standings. with seven points while America is at the top of the table with 13 points.
“Unfortunately we only had three days to prepare for the match against Chivas and now we will have three days to prepare the next one against America, but it is not an excuse. I promise to give results,” said Herrera, who won two league championships with América in the Clausura-2013 and Apertura-2018 tournaments.
– For the seventh win in a row –
Before reaching the middle of the regular phase of the tournament, Monterrey advances firmly towards the league.
He leads the standings with 18 points that he has achieved with six victories consecutive, the most recent in the middle of the week against the modest Querétaro.
This Saturday at his home, the BBVA stadium, he will look for his seventh win in a row against Necaxa, who reached seven points with their midweek win over the Pumas.
“It is too early to say that we are the rival to beat, We do know that we are working to continue improving,” said Rogelio Funes MoriMonterrey striker who is in second position in the scoring table with six goals.
– Cruz Azul will debut technician –
After firing coach Raúl Gutiérrez at the beginning of the week, Cruz Azul appointed Joaquín Moreno as interim technical director who will go to the bench this Friday to face Puebla at the Cuauhtémoc stadium.
Moreno has the mission of achieving Cruz Azul’s first victory at the tournament; since for now he only has one point and occupies the 17th place in the classification. On his side, he Puebla lost half a week in his visit to León and will seek to make up for that defeat.
So far in the tournament, Cruz Azul is one of the three teams that have not wonalong with Querétaro and Mazatlán, which on Thursday night played its match of the seventh day against the champion Pachuca.
The full day is as follows:
Friday:
Juarez-Leon
Puebla-Cruz Azul
Saturday:
Atlético San Luis-Santos
Monterrey-Necaxa
Atlas-Tigers
Pumas-Guadalajara
Sunday:
Querétaro-Mazatlan
America-Tijuana
Pachuca-Toluca
