Atlas and Pachuca played the final of Clausura 2022 and since then, their campuses have changed
In the resumption of Liga MXA last revenge match will be played: Atlas will receive a PachucaReviving the definition of the Clausura 2022 in which the Red and Black team won the two -step championship. Three years later, the two clubs are going through very different realities.
Since May 29, 2022, Atlas has not been the protagonist of the MX League. Since then, he has barely managed to qualify once towards the quarter -finals in the Closing 2023Be eliminated by Chivas.
The current model has lost a large part of the referents of this title. At the opening in 2025, the club sold Jeremy Márquez to Cruz Azul and dismissed the contract of defender Martín Nervo to give the entry to Róber Pier. Only Aldo Rocha, Camilo Vargas, Gaddi Aguirre and Edgar Zaldívar remain in the team.
Instability in the technical direction was a constant. Diego Coca, architect of the double championship, left the club at the end of the opening in 2022. Benjamín Mora, Beñat and now Gonzalo Pineda followed, who did not manage to classify the game, in addition to paying the fine for the Quotient table.
After losing the final at home in front Atlas,, Pachuca He kept his base and six months later, he won his seventh MX league title by winning 8-2 Toluca.
From this team which played two finals in 2022, today, few players remain, including Carlos Moreno, Javier Eduardo López, Ilan Hernández, Israel Luna and Pedro Pedraza. In addition, this semester was completed by the return of Víctor Guzmán After crossing Chivas.
The Hidalgense team did not stop there. Although he was eliminated in the first round of the CONCACAF 2023 Champions League, he qualified again in 2024 thanks to the opening title in 2022. In this edition, Pachuca was proclaimed continental champion after beating Columbus Crew 3-0 at the Hidalgo stadium.
Under the orders of Guillermo AlmadaThe club has experienced an exceptional international step: it won the intercontinental cup by beating 3-0 Botfogo In the American derby, he beat al-Ahly in penalties in the Challenger Cup and reached the final, where he fell 3-0 against Real Madrid.
In recent months, Pachuca He had his first technical change during these three years. Almada left the team before the 2025 club World Cup and Jaime Lozano took the technical direction. Its beginnings were negative, with three defeats before RB Salzburg,, real Madrid Y Al Hilal in maximum international competition. However, the start of the opening in 2025 was perfect: three consecutive victories against Rayados, Pumas and Mazatlan, who places the Tuzos as leaders. In addition, they progressed around the quarter -finals of the cup leagues and aspire to return to CONCACAF champions cut.
