More than a third of Liga MX players were infected with Covid-19

The club with the most infected was Xolos de Tijuana with a total of 26 positives; Santos Laguna follows with 19

MEXICO – In the Liga MX there are 459 registered players and 165 of them suffered Covid-19 at some point in the Guardians tournament 2020, which represents that 35 percent of First Division soccer players were infected, at some point, by coronavirus in the last six months.

The team with the most infections in the Liga MX were the Xolos from Tijuana, Pablo Guede’s team even had to postpone some of its commitments, due to the casualties it had due to coronavirus during Guard1anes 2020.

Blue Cross It was the team, of the four most popular, that had the most infections in Guard1anes 2020, reporting 17, on average one per day. The Roosters of Querétaro they only had three infections in the entire tournament, while America and Chivas reported 10 players infected with the coronavirus.

In the list made by ESPN Digital, only players were considered and the count was made from the reports of the Liga MX itself or clubs, since not all reports went through the official page of the Mexican championship.

In the case of Pachuca, the Hidalgo club had stood out for not having infections during almost the entire tournament, but on the last day it reported 14 infections and in the end its count closed at 15, playing on date 17 with several youth, in addition to its star, Erick Aguirre , was left out of the call of the Mexican National Team because he was one of those infected by Covid 19.

In addition to Just and Blue Cross, Santos was another of the teams most affected in the tournament, in addition to coaches such as Victor Manuel Vucetich They were also infected by Covid-19 and had to move away from the fields where they were recovering.

In Liga MX there were players who were subjected to up to three tests to detect Covid-19 per week and in the end the account was left at 165 infections.