A new effect of the pandemic of covid-19 in Liga MX. Aside from the many positives in the teams, failures in sanitation protocols, constant scheduling issues, and game postponements due to disease outbreaks, Day 3 nothing but will have a match on Saturday, day which is usually the day with the most games.
These are turbulent and strange times in the world, of course in the Liga MX is no exception and for this date 3, will be the lone game on Saturday Atlas vs. Tigers, at the Jalisco Stadium that will be played in 7:00 PM Central Mexico Time.
And it is worth remembering that this date began Thursday the 21st with the victory of Atlético de San Luis above Chivas; on Friday the Puebla vs. Tijuana and the Mazatlan vs. Saints, while they are played on Sundays Toluca vs. Necaxa and Gallos vs. Cougars; Monday closes the date with the Pachuca vs. Blue cross, while two games had been delayed by Covid-19: America vs. Juarez (by February 3) and Striped vs. Lion (for March 10), both originally scheduled for next Saturday.
The last time there was only one game on Saturday was almost 16 years ago
To find the antecedent in which only one game was played on Saturday on a regular season date, go back to Date 17 of the 2005 close with the Puebla 0-3 Tigers (double from Aldo de Nigris and one from Ireneo Soares), played on May 7, 2005 in the Cuauhtémoc Stadium at noon.
The rest of the games were played Sunday, May 8, all at the same time, noon. The reason was that since it was the last date, the games used to be played at the same time, trying not to ‘take advantage’ of the rivals’ results, to fight for a ticket to the League.
However, the match between The edge and the felines were the only ones to be played on Saturday ever since Puebla at that point in the tournament he was relegated and only played for honor Tigers with the triumph he sealed his ticket for the Fiesta Grande.
Two other antecedents date from 20 years ago
Apart from that End of 2005 is the closest time antecedent of a single game played on Saturday, this also happened in 1997, as both in the Summer Tournament just like in the winter, it happened in their 17th matchday, with one game on Saturday and the rest on Sunday.
The fact is, you don’t have to worry.