Here it is all or nothing for the ‘Águilas’: the Play-In of the Apertura 2024 of the MX League begins this Thursday, November 21 with two key matches: América vs. Tijuana and Chivas vs. Atlas.
In the most anticipated duel, the Águilas del América yearn for the three-time championship and visit the Tijuana Xolos in it Hot Stadiumin a fight for the pass to seventh place in the Liguilla.
América 1-2 Tijuana LIVE: Minute by minute of the Play In match
- 71′ An América player falls, complaints begin because a ‘Xolos’ player raises his leg and hits Fidalgo’s neck and face with his studs, the ‘eagle’ player has blood on his lip, the referee goes to the VAR.
- 69′ The game is played in the middle of the field.
- 65′ The azulcremas are saved! Zúñiga shoots and Calderón sweeps into the area to deflect the shot.
- 62′ Xolos makes a mistake at the start due to the pressure from ‘Ame’, do the ‘eagles’ wake up?
- 57′ Tijuana does not give in, Efraín Álvarez hits the ball and… flies it.
- 53′ How short the pleasure lasted! América’s defense makes a mistake, Israel Reyes gives the ball and ‘Pantera’ Zúñiga puts the ‘xolos’ ahead again.
- 50′ Goooool! Brian Rodríguez receives a pass in the area and does not forgive, crossing the ball and drilling the net to tie the score.
- 50′ America looks for the tie and the offensive begins.
- 45′ Back to the field! The second half of the game begins.
- 45+1′ End of the first half!
- 45′ The referee grants one minute of compensation.
- 44′ Dangerous play by Tijuana after a counterattack that ends with a mistaken pass by Efraín Álvarez.
- 40′ André Jardine complains about Calderón’s fall in an offensive play, the referee does not award the foul.
- 38′ The ‘eagles’ pass the ball on their side of the field under pressure from the ‘xolos’.
- 35′ The defenders of América have problems leaving their area.
- 32′ K. Castañeda hits a shot on goal, the ball is deflected, Tijuana resumes the offensive.
- 31′ Rafael Fernández leaves, Kevin Balanta enters.
- 30′ América gradually regains possession of the ball.
- 27′ The game cools down and the game is played in the midfield.
- 25′ América tries to control the ball, put together plays, but does not make any dangerous ones.
- 24′ The first ‘Xolos’ players warm up.
- 21′ Tijuana maintains possession of the ball and Coapa’s team ‘disappear’ on the field.
- 16′ The ‘eagles’ are looking to find themselves on the field after the ‘disaster’ in the locker room.
- 15′ Goooool!: Xolos opens the scoring, Unai Bilbao heads in after a free kick, the first one falls for those from the border.
- 0′ Start the America vs. Xolos at the Caliente Stadium!
America vs. Xolos: Match lineups
América announces its starting 11 with which it takes the field to face Xolos.
- 1′ Luis Malagón (goalkeeper).
- 3′ Israel Reyes.
- 4′ Sebastián Cáceres.
- 5′ Kevin Álvarez.
- 18′ Cristian Calderón.
- 29′ Ramón Juárez.
- 6′ Jonathan Dos Santos.
- 8′ Álvaro Fidalgo.
- 13′ Alan Cervantes.
- 17′ Alejandro Zendejas.
- 21′ Henry Martin.
Tijuana takes the field with the following players.
- 2′ A. Rodríguez (Goalkeeper)
- 3′ R. Fernández.
- 4′ N. Díaz.
- 18′ A. Mejía.
- 28′ A. Gómez.
- 31′ U. Bilbao.
- 10′ K. Castañeda.
- 14′ C. Rivera.
- 23′ I. His.
- 11′ E. Álvarez.
- 32′ C. González.
Where to watch the America vs. match LIVE? Xolos from Tijuana TODAY?
He Play In Serie A match it’s this thursday November 21 at 9:00 p.m. and is not available on open television, but is broadcast on hot platform.
- Time: 9:00 p.m. (Central Mexico time, UTC -6).
- Transmission: Hot TV.
- Site: Caliente Stadium, Tijuana, Baja California.
Who does the winner of América vs. play against? Tijuana?
He winner of this match goes against Toluca (second place in the regular phase of Apertura 2024 that qualified directly for the Liguilla); the loser will have to measure himself against winner of Serie B, between Chivas del Guadalajara and Atlas.
Meanwhile, the Red Devils are already preparing to quarter finals with the strangeness of still not knowing his rival.
“We have a slightly strange feeling, but one of the things that the coach has told us is that we have to take care of our game, go for our strengths so that after we know Who are we going to face?analyze the rival more and do these last training sessions thinking about Tijuana or America…There is no preference because whatever team is will give us a very tough series”explained Tiago Volpi, Toluca goalkeeper to the press.
How do teams get to the Play-In?
América, by Brazilian André Jardine, finished in the eighth place in the standings in the regular phasefor which he was forced to play the playoffs for the first time since this modality returned to the league in 2020.
Las Águilas suffered at the start of the Apertura of injuries and low level in their figures, worn out after winning the two tournaments last season and in the final part they recovered players like the Chilean Diego Valdés, to add a record of three wins, one draw in their last five games and a defeat.
He Tijuana, by Colombian coach Juan Carlos Osoriohas had a performance contrary to the Eagles, since they have gone from strength to strength, with just one victory in their last five games, due to three drawn games and one loss. However, in their stadium, the Caliente, they only lost once in nine games, of which they won six and tied a couple.
When does the Liga MX Apertura 2024 Play-In start and end?
The Apertura 2024 Play-In begins this Thursday November 21 with the confrontations between Tijuana vs. America (Serie A) and Chivas vs. Atlas (Series B); ends the November 24 with the duel for the last ticket.
The format is the following:
- The winner of the Serie A They advance as seventh classified and will face Toluca in the quarterfinals.
- The loser of the Serie A will play against the winner of the Serie B on Sunday, November 24, to define the eighth and last place in the league.
This system guarantees that the best teams occupy the last two places in the Final Stagewhich will begin next week.
Date, time and channel of Chivas vs. Atlas at Play In
He Classic Tapatío between Guadalajara y Atlas It is disputed this Thursday in the Serie Bwith the following details:
- Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024.
- Time: 7:00 p.m. (Central Mexico time, UTC -6).
- Transmission: Amazon Prime Video.
- Site: Akron Stadium, Zapopan, Jalisco.
Chivasled by interim players after the departure of Fernando Gago, seeks to take advantage of its home position and individual quality against an Atlas that has shown irregularity during the tournament.
