Toluca added its ninth consecutive victory, breaking the record of the short tournaments of Mexican soccer

Deportivo Toluca has earned the invincible team label in the Mexican soccer league thanks to its magnificent level of play. The team led by Argentinian Hernán Cristante is unstoppable and far superior to its rivals, so it has easily crossed the regular phase of the 2018 Clausura Championship.

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The 'Red Devils' secured the lead of the Mexican tournament, missing a date to end the regular season with 36 points, 7 more than Santos, which is in second place. The team just broke a record of the Aztec football: it achieved the ninth victory in a row. Toluca has become an invincible soccer machine.

The record of nine consecutive victories of the Toluca in the Mexican league is exemplary, and acquires great importance in Latin America if one considers the best current gusts of the most important leagues:

• In the Argentine league, the River Plate has just six consecutive victories.
• In the league of Chile, U. de Concepción has six straight wins.
• In the Colombian league, Deportes Tolima has five consecutive victories.
• In the Uruguayan league, Defensor Sporting has four consecutive games with victory.
• In the Brazilian league, Corinthians has only two consecutive victories.

The 'Red Devils' of Mexico dominate Latin America in this item, although they are still far from achieving the record set by the Nacional in Uruguay after winning 32 consecutive games in the league of this country between 1940 and 1942, this being the world record.

The holder of the Mexican record goes for more

Several teams owned the record for the most consecutive victories in a short tournament in Mexican soccer. Eight consecutive victories was the record that Cruz Azul won in the 2014, Chivas in the 2010 Bicentennial Tournament, Veracruz in the 2004 Apertura, and America in the 1997 Summer Tournament. However, the Toluca made these records dust by getting its ninth consecutive victory on April 22, 2018 by defeating Veracruz by three goals to zero.

The victims of Toluca in this new record of Mexican professional soccer in short tournaments were Santos Laguna, Querétaro, Pachuca, Pumas, América, Los Lobos BUAP, Tigres, Morelia, and Veracruz. The level of Toluca is on the rise, so they hope to get the absolute record of the most consecutive victories in Mexican soccer, as well as in short or long tournaments. The team wants to achieve 10 consecutive victories, which were won by Cruz Azul in the 1971/72 season. On April 27, the 'Red Devils' could achieve such a prestigious Mexican soccer record.

Toluca: A balanced devil

The coach of Toluca, Hernán Cristante, who as a player of the club knew how to win six first division championships, two Champion of Champions, and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, has been able to capture his success and his idea of ​​play in his players. Those led by the Argentine legend of Toluca have found a balance that has led them to make history in Mexican soccer.

Players like Mexicans Talavera, Salinas, López, and Ríos; Colombians such as Uribe, Quiñones, and Borja; Argentines Sambueza, Barrientos, Canelo, and Hauch; and Chilean Gonzalez, among many others, have interpenetrated their style of play with the ideas of the coach Cristante, achieving the desired balance.

The 'Red Devils' have secured the first position of the regular phase of the Mexican tournament thanks to the stability in their game. The team has not scored the most goals in the tournament, but has managed to distribute the 24 that has scored to get 11 wins in total, more than any other team. Similarly, the Toluca is, along with Tijuana, the club that has conceded the least goals in the entire championship, having only seen the ball inside its goal zone 12 times.

The scarlet club has more opportunities to keep breaking records in Aztec football. However, the most important thing for the club is to get the title of first division of Mexico at the end of the season, something that has not been achieved since May 2010. The first task is done, as it qualified as the first of the regular phase and will face the eighth classified in the final group. The 'Red Devils' already have the record of consecutive victories in a short tournament, now they go for the cup.

LatinAmerican Post | Javier Aldana
Translated from “ Los imparables ‘Diablos Rojos’ son una máquina de fútbol invencible”