The upcoming weekend will be quite a thrilling one for football fans in the United States, as the first playoff matches in the Mexican top-flight are scheduled to be played between Saturday and Sunday, and Univisión's TUDN will bring detailed coverage of those games for fans to enjoy.
The recently created Wild Card Round will keep fans on the edge of their seats, as three of the most popular teams in the league will be involved in this round. All the action in the Spanish-speaking network will begin on Saturday evening, when Puebla welcome Chivas del Guadalajara at Estadio Cuauhtémoc. La Franja finished the regular season in seventh place, while Chivas concluded in tenth despite a managerial change.
Sunday will also give fans a chance to feast with a couple of games. The first one will feature Toluca and Pumas, two teams that make it to this round in very different situations. Toluca enter the Wild Card Round not being able to win any of their last five games, while Pumas made it to this round after a thrilling come-from-behind win over defending champions Cruz Azul in their last regular season game.
The last game of the weekend will feature none other than Cruz Azul, the defending champions, who were paired up against Monterrey, the recent winners of the CONCACAF Champions League. La Máquina will be eager to prove that their title run last semester was not a matter of luck, while Monterrey will want to see their massive investment pay off with a good run for the title that gives Javier Aguirre his second Liga MX crown after more than 20 years.
The winners of these games, added to whoever comes out victorious between Santos and San Luis, will be facing the top-four teams in the league: América, Atlas, León, and Tigres UANL.
