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Cruz Azul forced to beat Necaxa to pocket a million dollars

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By Edgardo Avelar

Tremendous debut will have the duo of technicians from Blue CrossJoel Huiqui and the Portuguese Jorge Paulo Pinto, who led the Under 21 and 19 teams of the cement team, as they will have to manage so that the cement workers can obtain the million dollars as the best football team of the year.

Cruz Azul has 65 points in the sum of the Apertura 2025 and Clausura 2026 tournaments, followed closely by Toluca and Chivas del Guadalajara, which makes the matches that these squads will play against Necaxa, León and Xolos de Tijuana very interesting..

WHO WILL WIN THE MILLION DOLLARS?

The fight for the million dollars is closer than ever. Cruz Azul, Toluca and Chivas go for the prize.
Everything will be clarified the next day…3 teams, 1 winner. pic.twitter.com/em3HAmaUxm

— RECORD DIARY (@record_mexico) April 23, 2026

The interest in obtaining the million dollars makes the last date attractivesince in the previous edition Cruz Azul kept this amount and now will want to repeat in obtaining this juicy cash prize that Liga MX has to justify the dispute in the league for the title.

The million dollars is awarded to the team with the highest score in the Liga MX Apertura and Clausura tournaments, which has undoubtedly been the special incentive so that the teams put a little more interest in the dispute of the first phase of the championship.

The award highlights the most consistent squad, promoting competition and raising tension heading into the final date. Currently, Cruz Azul has 65 points, while Toluca and Chivas have 64which allows any of the three teams to aspire to the crown and the financial amount.

The last date factors

Cruz Azul, as a matter of principle, must solve the internal mess that cost coach Nicolás Larcamón his job and that prevented them from break a streak of nine games without winning that made them fall to fourth position in the royal competition.

But even with all its ills and an interim coaching staff, the Celeste Machine is the owner of its destiny and for that reason it must recover the path of victories, first to remain among the top four teams in the league and that until now ranks them as the best team in points annually.

PENULTIMATE DAY!

-Chivas is master and lord of the MX League
-Pumas, Pachuca and even Cruz Azul fight for second place
-Am only aspires to 5th place. pic.twitter.com/S449xsNXcJ

— RECORD DIARY (@record_mexico) April 23, 2026

The Machine has enough reasons to win and receives a Necaxa that has not done well in the championship and now faces the cement producers with that motivation of seeking theor better of the two tournaments and that represents getting the million dollars.

Toluca, for its part, arrives under pressure from two defeats, against América and Mazatlán, so the duel against León de los Escarlatas is one of life or death. The Red Devils will play the last day against León, a team that is still fighting for a ticket to the Liguilthe.

The Chivas issue is very different, as they come from a streak that combined 5-0 over Puebla and 0-0 against Necaxa, But they believe that the definition is where the option of being able to take away that amount from Cruz Azul becomes worse.

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