Cruz Azul’s winning streak is over – I mean he still has 14 games without losing and that’s a major achievement wherever you wanted to see him – and the aura of invincibility the team was giving off was somewhat. diluted. In addition, América is already fighting for first place in the regular tournament, with two dates remaining for the other competition to begin, the so-called Liguilla, in which the free entries will be generously distributed through the draft. Life is about a second chance, eh, and our football managers know it very well. Sorry, I correct the previous sentence: in the real world, rather, there are few times when you have the opportunity to right wrong (unless a magnanimous president of a tribunal seems miraculously determined to turn things around. and so you can start from scratch all over again) and that is precisely why the question of full-time success is complicated. In Liga MX, on the contrary, until yesterday all clubs could sneak into the aforementioned final phase. The arithmetic was complicated because in the case of Necaxa, for example, they had to win the remaining two games by a landslide and five other teams lost the games that will still play. An impossible scenario in practice, but there, yes, a colossal sum of money guaranteed by the bookmakers to the adventurous winners in the event that such a historic miracle should occur. The possible is not the probable, as we all know, and the pedestrian character of the numbers does not generally reflect, despite all the regrets, the harsh realities of existence. I go back to the question of such playoffs in my head because I’m trying to figure out what it is, which is to find out what it is. This is of course not a program designed to reward teams or give them hope until the last minute. Rather, it would appear to be a model designed to discourage effort and encourage laziness on the part of certain players who, almost to the end, will still be able to skilfully benefit from the additional aid granted by the competition system. But that’s not it either, eh. It is, I think, to prolong the presence of the fans as long as possible. In previous tournaments, when there was no play-off, the teams would go home and it was over. Imagine the curtain was closing. And, incidentally, less advertising, fewer consumers and … less profits. With the playoffs, the tournament continues artificially. Keep the party going. Dozens and dozens of teams continue to play. Say, twelve clubs, instead of the eight before. This is the problem. We already have it. Long live football! Roman Revueltas Retes
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