Millionaires: These are their real accounts to qualify for the BetPlay League semifinals.

Millonarios begins the second half of the Liga MX round-robin phase this Saturday, facing a challenging schedule and needing a significant amount of points to advance to the semifinals. Their first match will be in Valledupar against Alianza (4:10 p.m., with Win + Fútbol).

Hernán Torres ' team has only four home games left in Bogotá, against Fortaleza CEIF, América, Bucaramanga, and Once Caldas. Add to that the second derby against Santa Fe, in which they will be away.

And on the other side, apart from the trip to Vallenato soil, they will have to play against Nacional, Pereira, Envigado and Boyacá Chicó.

Is Millonarios good enough to fight for qualification? After sitting in last place, they have 10 points from their last 12 matches, moving within two of eighth place, currently occupied by Santa Fe.

Compared to the historical average for eighth place (30.4), the Blues are very far behind: they have 11 and would need at least 19 points out of a possible 30 to compete.

However, this semester the bar is lower, at least until the halfway point of the tournament. Santa Fe has 13 points, with a 43.3 percent performance. Projected for 20 rounds, that would be 26. Then the challenge for Millos would be less: they would no longer need 19 points, but 15.

The statistical trends of the games in Bogotá (calculated based on the last ten matches against the current opponent), including the away derby, favor him: he would beat them all.

Recent history against Nacional also helps, with the team unbeaten since 2017: five wins and five draws. The record elsewhere is also favorable: the trend is a draw in Pereira and wins in Envigado and Tunja.

The toughest match, especially given Millonarios' current form and the history of the heat wave, is this Saturday's. The only time they visited Valledupar, last year, they lost badly, more due to their performance than their score (it was just 2-1).

And this year, while they won in Santa Marta in the first half of the season, they struggled in Barranquilla against Junior and a B team, Real Cartagena, in the BetPlay Cup.

Therefore, looking ahead, a win this afternoon is absolutely crucial. Torres is confident Millonarios' game will develop to challenge.

Injuries continue to cause problems for the coach: Danovis Banguero and Álex Castro are two missing for the game against Alianza, in addition to the serious injuries of Juan Carlos Pereira and Andrés Llinás, and the absence of Helibelton Palacios, Mackalister Silva, and others. The numbers add up, but...