The UANL Tigersdirected by the Uruguayan Robert Dante Siboldi, They beat Necaxa 5-2 this Saturday to take a breath on their way to qualifying directly for the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2024 Mexican soccer tournament.
On the sixteenth day of the championship, the penultimate of the regular phase, the Frenchman André-Pierre Gignac, Ozziel Herrera and a hat-trick of Marcelo Flores They guided the victory with which the cats reached 28 points to drop from fifth place to Necaxa and establish themselves among the first six teams that will compete in the play-offs and will be in the phase of the best eight.
The Paraguayan Braian Samudio and Alejandro Andrade scored for Necaxawhich fell to eighth place with 27 units.
On the last date of the regular phase of the 2024 Clausura Tournament of Mexican soccer, The Tigres will seek to defend their direct pass against the Xolos, 15th place in the championship, when they receive them at the Estadio Universitario de Nuevo León.
Who is classified and who is fighting for a ticket to the Liguilla?
With one match and three points left in the championship, The only teams that have their direct ticket to the final phase assured are América and Tolucawho are at the top with 32 points and, even with a defeat, could no longer drop from sixth place overall.
The teams that They seek to win the playoffs and want direct access to the Liguilla are Monterrey, Cruz Azul, Tigres, Pachuca, Chivas, Necaxa, Pumas, Querétaro and León.
There are only 4 tickets left for the final phasethe other 4 are for reclassification, which has been played since the last tournament in a play-in format, very similar to what happens in the NBA.
If Cruz Azul defeats Atlas this Sunday, it would be the third team to reach 32 points and with that it would achieve its direct pass.
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