Liga MX 2025. Team of the week: maestro Árciga, sharpshooters Fidalgo and Dávila

From April 19 to 21, the matches of the 17th round of the Clausura of the Liga MX (Mexican Championship) 2025 took place.

On the first day of play, Necaxa narrowly defeated Puebla away.

On the second day, América thrashed Mazatlán, scoring five unanswered goals. Toluca and Cruz Azul ended in a draw, each scoring two goals. Tigres defeated Pumas. Atlas and Chivas played to a draw.

On the third day, Tijuana delivered a crushing defeat to Santos Laguna away, scoring four goals, San Luis snatched victory from Pachuca, León lost at home to Monterrey, and Querétaro, playing with a man advantage, defeated Juárez away.

Introducing the symbolic team of the 17th round of the Clausura.

• Goalkeeper: Esteban Andrada (Monterrey)

The 34-year-old Argentine kept a clean sheet for the second consecutive match. In the game against León, he made three saves and interceptions, came out successfully twice, cleared the ball once, punched it away once, and won an aerial duel.

• Left back: Jesús Gallardo (Toluca)

The 30-year-old Mexican scored in his second consecutive match. At his position, Jesús became the best player in the Clausura by the goal+assist system. He has scored 3 goals and made 4 assists.

In the game against Cruz Azul, Gallardo also made 3 clearances and 4 tackles. He provided 3 key passes and 2 long passes, and made 2 accurate crosses. Jesús won 10 of 12 duels on the ground and in the air, forcing opponents to commit fouls three times.

• Center back: Alexis Peña (Necaxa)

The 29-year-old Mexican made 6 clearances and one interception in the match against Puebla. Alexis won one aerial duel, delivered 50 (94%) accurate passes, three of which were long and one was a key pass.

• Right back: Jaime Gómez (Querétaro)

The 31-year-old Mexican registered his first goal involvement in the Clausura: an assist. In the match against Juárez, Jaime recorded 5 clearances and 2 tackles. Gómez provided 2 key passes and one long pass, created a goal-scoring opportunity, and won 3 out of 3 aerial duels.

• Left midfielder: Carlos Rotondi (Cruz Azul)

The 27-year-old Argentine was involved in both of the "Cementeros" goals against Toluca. In the 2nd minute, Carlos provided an assist, and in stoppage time of the first half, he scored himself.

Rotondi delivered one key pass and two long passes, and created another goal-scoring opportunity. He also recorded one tackle and one clearance, one successful dribble, and won two ground duels.

• Central midfielder: Álvaro Fidalgo (América)

In the match against Mazatlán, the 28-year-old Spaniard scored his second brace in the Clausura. With seven goals, he shares the title of América's top scorer with Víctor Dávila. Fidalgo could have scored a hat-trick but missed the chance for a third goal.

In addition, Álvaro delivered 87 (93%) accurate passes, including 6 long ones. He created two goal-scoring opportunities, drew one foul, and made one clearance and one tackle.

• Central midfielder: Ramiro Árciga (Tijuana)

Until the last round of the Clausura, the 20-year-old Mexican had no goal contributions. However, in 75 minutes against Santos Laguna, Árciga provided a hat-trick of assists.

Additionally, Ramiro made 7 accurate crosses, 5 key passes, one long pass, and created a goal-scoring opportunity. He successfully dribbled twice, drew two fouls, made two tackles, and one interception.

• Right midfielder: Hugo Camberos (Chivas)

The 18-year-old Mexican completed 2 out of 2 successful dribble attempts against Atlas, won 14 out of 15 ground duels, and one out of two aerial duels. Camberos made 6 tackles and one clearance, as well as two interceptions. Atlas players were forced to foul Hugo six times to stop him.

• Left winger: Alejandro Zendejas (América)

The 27-year-old American of Mexican descent recorded a brace of assists. With six assists, Alejandro became the club's best in this statistic in the Clausura.

Also in the game against Mazatlán, Zendejas won a penalty, created another goal-scoring opportunity, delivered 67 (93%) accurate passes, drew three fouls, and made two tackles.

• Right winger: Jesús Corona (Monterrey)

The 32-year-old Mexican was involved in both "Rayados" goals, recording two assists. This is also Corona's second brace of assists in this Clausura.

In the match against León, Jesús completed 7 successful dribbles, provided 3 key passes and 3 crosses, as well as one long pass. Corona made one clearance and one interception.

• Forward: Víctor Dávila (América)

Like Fidalgo, the 27-year-old Chilean scored two goals against Mazatlán, one of which was a penalty. Víctor also missed the chance to score a third goal.

Dávila provided one key pass and one long pass. He won 3 out of 5 duels on the ground and in the air, forced opponents to foul twice, and completed one successful dribble.

• Coach: Vicente Sánchez (Cruz Azul)

Until the 17th round, Toluca had hit excellent form, winning six consecutive matches. However, Sánchez's squad managed to break this impressive streak, securing a draw.

In three months, Vicente transformed the team, inherited in a difficult state after Martín Anselmi's departure, into the season leader, scoring 75 points and winning a prestigious prize of one million dollars for first place in the final table of the Mexican Championship.