Pachuca vs Monterrey 3-1 GOLES RESUMEN Jornada 4 Clausura 2016 Liga MX
The top two teams from the Liga MX Clausura have survived and will face off in a dream final.
Liga MX is a league with a well-earned reputation for being wacky. Somehow, the 2016 Clausura has gone all chalk. The final will be the No. 1 team in the regular season against the No. 2 team, but fans are all the better for it.
It"s not that the Liguilla has been boring. On the contrary, the Clasicos of the quarterfinals and the heart-in-mouth moments of the semifinals provided more than enough drama. This final, between Monterrey and Pachuca, should provide more of the same.
The teams have their differences.Pachuca president Jesus Martinez labeled the series the "super wallet" against the "super homegrown" a bit of wordplay that is actually quite clever in Spanish (cartera vs. cantera). There"s some truth to that, but those generalizations don"t tell the whole story.
Monterrey has spent, and done so wisely. Carlos Sanchez was one of the best additions made this offseason and turned in a Man of the Match showing against America in the semifinal to ensure Los Rayados got to this point. It hasn"t all been about big spending. The emergence of Cesar Montes, a 19-year-old homegrown still stuck wearing No. 286, has bolstered Los Rayados" back line in a way other signings haven"t.
While Pachuca is built on a foundation of rising Mexican talent, playing more young domestic players than any team in the league save Mexican-only Chivas, the club also took the next step with a few additions in the offseason. Adding center backs Omar Gonzalez and Oscar Murillo and also gettingStefan Medina on loan from Monterrey transformed the Tuzos back line.
Those are exciting elements, but even more exciting for fans of soccer which if you"re reading this is a group you likely fall into is how the teams play. Both Monterrey under Antonio Mohamed and Diego Alonso"s Pachuca know no other way of playing than to attack. And when it comes off, it"s beautiful. Even when it"s not pulled off, it"s beautiful. Edwin Cardona had a chance for Monterrey in Saturday"s semifinal that went begging, while Erick Gutierrez blazed wide after a gorgeous Pachuca move Sunday. They were some of the best moves of the season, though they didn"t come off.
Watching these teams push forward and test the other"s defense will be thrilling. Unless there"s a dramatic shift from either manager, and neither has shown any signs of changing things up, we"ll see two of the best attacks in the Americas working to put together combinations. There will be moments of individual brilliance Hirving Lozano, Cardona, Rogelio Funes Mori, Sanchez,Jonathan Urretaviscaya all can provide but seeing the teams work together will bring joy.
Trying to stop them will be those bolstered attacks and two quality goalkeepers. Pachuca, in a quirky twist to its young player strategy, boasts 43-year-old Oscar Perez between the posts, while Jonathan Orozcoguards the Monterrey net. Both are capable. Both will be beaten.
The Liga MX final is the one that neutrals were hoping for. There will be thrilling matches, and perhaps we"ll see one more trademarkwacky twist in the Liga MX season.
Source: http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4209/mexico/2016/05/23/23846092/monterrey-vs-pachuca-will-make-for-thrilling-liga-mx-final
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