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Liga MX Apertura Week 12: Chivas embarrass themselves as América take the Clásico Nacional

Here are some of the main takeaways from the eleventh and twelfth week of play in the 2019 Liga MX Apertura.

Let’s be honest. After parting ways with Jose Luis Sanchez Sola aka “El Chelis”, the only way Puebla was going to go was up. La Franja had arguably their best week in recent memory as they finished with a perfect two wins in two matches following victories over Tigres and Club León.

You are blatantly lying if you had Puebla beating Tigres and León in back to back games. Even after the managerial switch, La Franja were struggling to put points on the board, and the fact that they did it against both of last season’s Liga MX finalists was a surprise to everybody.