The European leagues are undoubtedly the most important on the entire planet due to the high quality of their players. However, this week a new section was announced in which the Liga MX has surprisingly surpassed four of these tournaments, demonstrating that the changes made by Mikel Arriola’s board of directors have served as enormous fruit for the development of the players. and the tournament in general.
What happens is that the Clausura 2023 tournament of the Liga MX has registered a better effective playing time than championships such as LaLiga in Spain and the Premier League in England; This means that the ball is in dispute for a longer time than in the 90 regulatory minutes of other countries on the old continent.
According to the data offered by Opta Jorge, from Stats Perform, the Liga MX Clausura 2023 tournament presents an effective playing time of 55.1% in 106 duels; this means that the ball is in play for an average of 55:54 minutes per game.
This fact allows it to be ranked as the second league with the most effective playing time, only behind Ligue 1 in France; this tournament accumulates a total of 58.8% of effective time that is summarized in 56:37 minutes for each match.
Likewise, the MX League surpasses the other four major European competitions such as the Italian Serie A, the English Premier League and the German Bundesliga, which have an average of around 54 and 55 minutes of play. The competition with the worst level is La Liga in Spain, which barely adds 53:52 minutes of effective time, being the one with the fewest duels for the ball.
These results by the Aztec tournament are also due to the large number of commitments that usually have added time due to constant fouls and other problems that usually occur on the playing field; This has generated that each Liga MX commitment adds up to 15 minutes of added time between the first and second half to be able to compensate for what they lose.
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