00:00America has run its course.
00:02This is a team that was the standard for Liga MX for the last three years.
00:05They achieved what no other team has.
00:08But right now, it will seem like we like to say that the players
00:13le están tendiendo la cama al entrenador.
00:15They're not running, they're not performing.
00:17Is the marriage over between Jardin and the rest of the Agui Luchas?
00:22That is a very good take, and I'm glad you started there
00:25because clearly this is a team with no shortage of talent
00:28both on the field and on the side of the pitch as well
00:30with the management, but something's not clicking.
00:32And I think that one thing is that they're not scoring goals.
00:35That's the big thing here.
00:36So, yes, I could say that.
00:37Martín is not delivering.
00:39Things are just not going the way they should be
00:40given the amount of talent and, of course,
00:42given the history that the squad has.
00:44But, yeah, this is not looking good.
00:46This is a team that lost in the Clásico against Chivas.
00:51I'm not knocking you guys.
00:52I'm just saying, but they lost to Pumas.
00:55They barely got past Philadelphia Union and CONCACAF.
01:00This is not the America that we know.
01:02And people have said, okay, well,
01:03things started off rough last year.
01:05You guys like.
01:07Yes, you guys are rolling in it right now.
01:09But things are not over.
01:11There's still time.
01:12This is a wide open field still.
01:14This is an unpredictable league,
01:15just the way that Calsura is structured.
01:18Anything can happen.
01:19But, yes, can't deny it.
01:20America, not looking good.
01:22I think that the fact that they lost Fidalgo
01:25really did a number on that team.
01:27As we see, he's a player that makes a difference.
01:29He immediately made an impact in La Liga
01:32and now getting his first call-up for the Mexican team.
01:35Now, let's flip the coin.
01:38Chivas, you might be happy today.
01:40You might be feeling good
01:41because Chivas seems to be the best team in the competition.
01:45First place, but not only in first place,
01:47they're playing a really good style of football
01:49to the point that you got six players from Chivas
01:51going to the national team.
01:53You know, I just love to see what Chivas is doing
01:55with a lot of players that nobody will pay a dollar for them.
01:59And they're delivering.
02:00Mexican-Americans are making a difference.
02:03They're showing the love for the crest for Chivas.
02:06And not just that.
02:07Most of all, you know,
02:08the mentor that they have in Gabi Milito.
02:10We saw this match versus Monterrey
02:14with a winning 3-0.
02:15In five minutes, Monterrey went up.
02:17You know, they go 3-2.
02:18Penalty kick from Monterrey.
02:20And then you see the coach talking to Tala Rangel
02:22and telling him whatever he needs to tell him.
02:25He comes out and stops the penalty kick
02:27and gives Chivas a victory.
02:29And that's when you see and you know
02:31and you understand why the team is doing so good
02:32because they have a coach like Milito
02:34that is getting into the player set
02:36and they're believing in whatever he's telling them.
02:39And that's why they're in first place.
02:40Now, second place, Cruz Azul, Los Cementeros,
02:43putting together yet another convincing regular season.
02:47Hopefully, no La Cruz Azulean.
02:49And now, let's talk about Toluca.
02:51Again, the champions, third place.
02:55They continue to play a very high level.
02:57Paulinho continues to be a difference maker.
02:59But let me fast forward to the fourth grande del fútbol mexicano.
03:03Los Pumas, por fin, becoming a winning team.
03:07It's been, I don't know how long since the last time
03:09we won a Clásico like that.
03:11But Efraín Juárez finally found a way
03:14to bring this garra out of the university
03:17that we haven't seen in a long time.
03:18I'm very excited.
03:19How do you feel?
03:20How do you feel?
03:20Yes.
03:21Let's pause on this moment for a second
03:22because it has been a long time.
03:24It's been a long time.
03:24And you are diehard Pumas till you die.
03:27So how do you feel?
03:28I feel very excited because what I see
03:30is that we have a coach that knows what to be a Puma.
03:33He's a player that has been a champion with Pumas,
03:37has been brought up through the whole academy project from Pumas.
03:43So he really knows what it means to play for the 90 minutes,
03:47to play every 50-50, to fight it till the end, to be humble.
03:52I think that's a word that they've been using a lot in the Pumas camp,
03:55to be humble, to trust in the work.
03:57Now, this is not just magician stuff from El Ancelotti Mexicano.
04:01We have the best goalkeeper in Liga MX, in Keylor Navas,
04:06a difference maker that has saved this team many, many times this season.
04:10So there's a few factors.
04:12Which, by the way, Keylor Navas, they just extended his contract.
04:16Finally, they pay him the money he wanted for two more years.
04:19He's going to stay with Pumas.
04:20Sancho is a great player.
04:22He's a legend of Pumas.
04:23But there's a lot of rumors around the fact that he might not be the right person
04:28for the position of pantalón largo.
04:32He's fighting with Efraín.
04:34He's not giving him what he wants.
04:35Efraín is giving results.
04:36I don't know who's going to last longer.
04:38Now, a little bit more about Pumas.
04:40They're not playing the best football.
04:41You know, the style is not the best.
04:42But the fact that they're putting la garra de los Pumas,
04:45that they finally understood what that jersey represents.
04:48And with a Mexican soccer coach, you know, that just gives me hope
04:51and La Liga de México's hope that Mexican coaches have it, too.
04:55They can, you know, deliver when it comes to the job.
04:57And even if it's not tactically, mentally, I love a coach.
05:02But then how does a Pumas overtake later on a Chivas, a Cruz Azul later on?
05:09Let me tell you, the results are with us.
05:11Because if you see, we've been defeating the big ones consistently.
05:15I feel like Pumas just needs a little more discipline up front.
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