For that, los pollos must have first cath one of the first 2 places of the group. I don't see them winning a repechaje round.
refs and schedule Come on now. the only thing that matters is the score at the end of the game. All teams in the league have to play each other once per torneo corto, no one gets to duck anyone. All teams play with the assigned ref, no one gets to choose. And during the course of a season, all teams get helped out and screwed by referee's mistakes sometime during the season. Any team can buy any player they want if they have the money. Just look at Cruz Azul with the Delgados and Chivas with Palencia. America plays by the same rules as everyone else.
speaking of best defense...if im not mistaken americrap needed a necaxista by the name of alvaro ortiz to run the defence.