00:00One of the big storylines of this tournament, the, how can I call this, the debacle of Tigres
00:08falling from the graces of the top of the table to a very, you know, uncertain future.
00:15Y hablando de dÃas de muertos, nadie más muerto que Juárez.
00:18Oh, dead last.
00:20Chiva, let's get into it.
00:22¿Qué está pasando en la frontera?
00:23¿Qué está pasando en la frontera?
00:25Well, they have the wonder kid, of course.
00:27Obviamente en Tijuana.
00:28The good side of the border, the cholo side of the border.
00:31¿Qué está pasando ah�
00:32Mira, te voy a hablar un poco más, vamos con Juárez.
00:34I think with Juárez, a lot of changes.
00:36They have a really good squad.
00:38I think for the past seasons, we've seen how they build this amazing squad with great players.
00:43Unfortunately for them, it feels like they are not connecting anymore.
00:48Yeah.
00:49A change needs to be done with the players.
00:52I think there is something going between them.
00:54And unfortunately for them, and good for them that there is no Ascensu de Ascenso, they're not being able to.
00:59We'll get into that in a minute.
01:01They're not being able to play the way they're supposed to play, right?
01:05I think Juárez, it's a team that wants to be relevant in the Liga MX.
01:11He's bringing big names, putting a lot of money into it, but not doing it the right way.
01:16Not doing it the right way.
01:17Juárez has been going up and down.
01:20Two tournaments ago, they were in the Liguilla.
01:23They were one of the teams that made it difficult to go play in La Frontera.
01:27And then Pedro Caixinha comes at the beginning of the previous tournament.
01:32Everybody's like a winning coach, a championship coach.
01:35This is what the team needs.
01:37And like you said, it seemed like he was never able to get the players to buy into the culture,
01:42to buy into, you know.
01:43It's hard.
01:44It's a hard venue.
01:45It's a hard plaza to be in the border.
01:47It's very cold in the winter.
01:49Incredibly cold.
01:50Juárez, often they post their trainings during the winter, and they're literally training in wide-out fields.
01:56So it's not an easy place when you compare that.
01:59You know, you get an offer to play in Mexico City, or in Guadalajara, or in Monterrey, where it's a
02:04little more friendly.
02:06But Juárez has been struggling.
02:08Pero we'll talk about it later.
02:10But las mujeres, las bravas de Juárez, they're performing at the highest level.
02:14They're in first place.
02:15Asà que no hay pretextos, que se pongan a trabajar esta bola de jugadores.
02:20Y la verdad es que we miss seeing Juárez.
02:22We wanted to have more games for you guys here in Latination.
02:25Maybe there's a miracle of Christmas, and Juárez has nicked themselves into the Liguilla.
02:29The other team that might have some opportunities is Tigres.
02:32They have been struggling.
02:34Again, they lost players.
02:36They lost an iconic coach in a very southern manner.
02:40They didn't have any transition plan for the post-Guignac era.
02:44He went out the back door with no homenaje.
02:48Se llama karma.
02:49Karma.
02:50That's what's happening to Tigres.
02:51Karma.
02:52You mistreat your players.
02:53Aquino.
02:54Over a hundred players with the team.
02:56Bah.
02:57Out.
02:57Out of the team.
02:59Multiple times we've seen it.
03:00And now we have Bruneta, a player that has been putting every single drop of sweat and
03:06blood into the field to keep this team relevant.
03:08He's the only one.
03:10Nahuel is aging, and he doesn't seem the passion.
03:13And since Guido left, that he was very close to him, we haven't seen that spark.
03:18Now, they have a new coach, El Rey Midas, Victor Manuel Bucetich, which is a coach that has
03:23won everything.
03:24Ya mejoró el equipo.
03:25Ya mejoró el equipo.
03:26The team is looking better, but even then, right now, they don't even know what is, besides
03:31being the coach, what is Victor Manuel Bucetich role in the team, because they want it to
03:35be like Pelado Almeida in Guadalajara, which is the coach, the president, the one who hires
03:40the players.
03:41They want to do something similar with Victor Manuel Bucetich, but right now, they cannot
03:45find that connection for him.
03:47The balance.
03:47And it's going to be difficult for him if they don't give him, like with Tuca Ferretti,
03:52that's why he was very successful with Tigres.
03:54They give everything to him, bring the players that you want, kick out the players that you
03:57don't need, but let's see what's going to happen with Tigres.
03:59Tigres is a team that is always not doing too good at the beginning, and at the end of
04:03the tournament, they close strong, and they win championships.
04:06La magia de la Liguilla en Liga MX.
04:08If you have four or five good games towards the end of the season, you might break it in.
04:13Now, let's talk about some...
04:14New coaches?
04:15New coaches.
04:16What are the biggest new coaches that you saw this tournament in Liga MX?
04:19Well, first, I want to focus on the teams that are doing well with these new coaches.
04:23A team that's doing well and a team that's not doing that well.
04:26I got to talk...
04:26I'm not going to talk about America.
04:29That's only on the women's side, and we'll get into that in the following segment.
04:34But we have to talk about Atlas doing incredibly well.
04:37I think this has definitely been a turnaround season for them with the new coach, Pumas.
04:43On the other hand...
04:44Let's talk about Atlas a little bit more.
04:45Okay.
04:46Before we get into Pumas, let's talk about Atlas a little bit more, because I wanted to
04:49talk about Hernan Crespo.
04:50Hernan Crespo is a player, an elite player.
04:53He was a legend in Italy, a legend for the Argentinian national team in the 90s and the
04:58early 2000s, and he brought a whole new brand of football to this team.
05:02Atlas, to your disgrace, Chivas, has always been a team that pushes Mexican football forward.
05:07Great players have come out of it, great goalkeepers, great Chivas players have come from Atlas.
05:14Some legends of Chivas have come from Atlas.
05:16So it's an important team, and for the longest time, you know, they were a wishy-washy team.
05:21They will have one good season, then they will go into, you know, oblivion for four or five
05:25years, and then they will come back.
05:26But right now, what's happening in Atlas is very interesting, and I think ultimately it's
05:30good for Mexico.
05:31And consistency.
05:33Yeah, let's not forget that the reason why Atlas is doing better, not that good, better
05:39is because they have a new owner.
05:41They're actually talking now about building a brand new stadium just for Atlas and Jalisco,
05:47and that's going to be something big for the region.
05:50I think the fact that Atlas will have their own stadium is going to make the rivalry even
05:54bigger between Chivas and Atlas.
