00:00Let's start with Tigres, hot and cold, wishy-washy, they play really well, they go score five on Cincinnati, but
00:07then they come and lose to Juarez in El Clásico Latination.
00:10What is going on with Tigres, Chivas?
00:12Tigres, very unbalanced team. I think the fact that Guignac is no longer playing that much on the field, it
00:19makes a huge difference, you know, getting all sucks.
00:22And that's what is happening with the Tigres team. And with Juarez, Juarez is a team that with Caicinha, we
00:31said it at the beginning, they struggle a little bit, but now, man, they're agarrando vuelo.
00:36And, you know, they're going to be a good contender for La Liguilla, I think, that Juarez has a really
00:40strong team, a very good coach.
00:42Y Tigres, it's always Tigres. Tigres, at the end, are going to qualify to La Liguilla.
00:45Do they have enough to make it far, like, to the semifinals? I don't think so, even though they have,
00:50you know, players like Paton Guzman that are going to make a huge impact on the team.
00:55Now, Nick, what is your take? Is Tigres needs to be obligated to be a protagonist every season?
01:02They have one of the biggest payrolls in the tournament. They have still players like Bruneta, like Correa.
01:10They shouldn't be struggling. Is this an overconfident team?
01:14Of course. And with that kind of talent, you're going to have a lot of pressure on you, like you
01:19said, especially, you know, how they've been doing lately, finishing top of the table consistently in the last few years.
01:24But that's going to be up to them whether they can carry that through.
01:28I mean, it might be a very similar story to what we were talking about with America just a minute
01:32ago.
01:33It might be a sad thing. Flip coin of that, we have another Latin nation squad, Juarez.
01:38Hasn't really overperformed, has only really underperformed. I think there was a lot of hopes there.
01:43We were kind of rooting for the underdog there. But that's a new squad. Juarez is a new squad, only
01:47a decade old.
01:48I think they're going to need some time to grow, and hopefully they can do better.
01:51Maybe that little win against America can boost their confidence a little bit.
01:54I mean, winning against America.
01:56It's a statement win.
01:57It's always a statement win.
01:58It is a statement win.
01:59Because when you do your planning for the season, these are three points that you are budgeting to lose, right?
02:03Like, if you're Juarez and you have any self-awareness, you don't count those three points in your calculations, right?
02:10So to win them, it makes a difference.
02:12But let's talk about the players that Juarez has, because they have a bunch of players that they haven't been
02:18recognized as they should, right?
02:19We have Pizarro, that he has a resurgence.
02:21And for me, and a favorite of the house, Juarez, centerback, the best, for me, one of the best centerbacks
02:28in the whole Liga MX, our good friend.
02:31Murillo, of course.
02:32He is, you know.
02:33Estupiñan.
02:34Estupiñan.
02:35You know, Juarez team, a lot of people think that they don't have a good squad.
02:41I think that overall, every single player they have is a very strong player.
02:45But, unfortunately, you know, they haven't played on a team like Chivas or America.
02:50And if they did, it was a long time ago.
02:52He's a lot of rechazados, these equipos.
02:54But that's why they're making a difference.
02:55And like you said, you know, they're building a team to win a championship.
02:59And that's what they brought in Caixinha.
03:01I think Caixinha, he has proven it before.
03:03It's a winning coach.
03:04Santos, Cruz Azul.
03:05And, you know, they're going in the right direction.
03:07Hopefully, we see more Mexican players coming from La Cantera, the Juarez, that will make a good impact.
03:14And, hey, it's a squad with a fascinating story, geographically speaking.
03:17This is like a, the stadium is like a stone's throw, literally, from the border.
03:22And this is a team that has not only fans on both sides of the border, El Paso and Juarez,
03:27but it also has money being injected and investment from both sides of the border.
03:30And if they can kind of ride that line, pardon the pun, like, they could really, you know,
03:34become a great success story in the league.
03:36But they got to work at it.
03:37Again, it's a young team.
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