In Mexico it is difficult to be crowned after completing the regular phase of the tournament as the leader and here we tell you which teams have achieved it.
The MX competition It is very special because of the Liguilla system, which has caused that in most cases don’t be a champion the team that finishes first in the table. For that reason it is said to be one curse being the front runner, despite the advantages that arise in the closing stages of the tournament, where clubs that have come through in the last places have even been crowned.
But for him guardians 2021, Blue Cross He showed that the leader of the league can also be in the “Big Party”. The Machine drew a regular stage almost perfect, winning 13 of their 16 commitments, thrills fans and finally achieved the title they had been so denied before.
Those led by Juan Reynoso were not alone against them internal mindsthey also raffled off one of the most talked about swearing of the First Division.
Now, Rayados de Monterrey facing the Great Festival of this Closure 2023 in first place overall, but failed to break tradition and fell to Tigres in the semi-finals, who qualified for the final.
By 76 leagues played so far in the Competition only in 22 times (almost 30 percent), Spread over 11 clubs, the front runners were crowned champions. Here is the count of those who managed to break the super leader’s curse.
BLUE CROSS
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La Máquina performed extraordinarily in Guardianes 2021. After finishing at the top of the overall ranking, Juan Reynoso’s team won the Liguilla and won the final against Santos 2-1.
LION
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La Fiera was the best team in the last two years and they won one Guardians 2020 perfect with the title over it UNAM Cougars. It was the eighth star of León by Ignacio Ambriz.
AMERICA
It is the team that broke the curse the most times . He did it five times, and also the last to confirm his status as tournament leader and champion in the opened in 2014 . He did it earlier in the campaigns 1970-71, 1975-76, 1983-84 and 1987-88.
Now they are looking for this Opened 2021 be another tournament without that curse, because last semester the Machine got it.
BLUE CROSS
He broke the curse four times in his golden age. It is the only Liga MX team to do so in consecutive seasons three to be exact: 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74 and later in 1978-79.
TOLUCA
Since the establishment of short tournaments , the Red Devils are the team that has broken the curse the most times with a total of three. In fact, he was the first to be crowned champion after finishing first in the league under this new league system. It happened in the Summer 1998, repeated the performance in the summer of 1999 and the summer of 2000.
PACHUCA
With the best generation in its history, the Tuzos have achieved this feat a few times: Late 2006 and late 2007.
cougars
The Auriazules have only confirmed their status as a leader with a championship on two occasions, all in the long tournament phase. It was in the 1976-77 and 1990-91 campaigns.
MONTERREY
They have the first league championship in its history in the Mexico 1986 tournament, in which they confirmed their status as the best team in the tournament in the league.
CHIVAS
After the golden age of the Champion, the Sacred Herd It was crowned for the first time under the league system in the same season it finished as super leader: 1986-87.
TECOS
The team currently playing in the Premier League (Third Division). He won his only Liga MX title in the 1993-1994 season the same in which they defeated the super leader’s curse.
SAINTS
The Warriors’ fourth star arrived at the end of 2012 the same tournament in which they were ranked as the best team in Liga MX.
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