Guadalajara's 4-0 victory over Santos left many aspects to highlight, beyond the result, the team shows great progress in the understanding of the game model that Veljko Paunovic is looking for. Which is why we will now talk about the match with a special guest, Ricardo Flores, sports advisor and ChivaBrother at heart, who has worked on several national and international soccer projects.
What were the highlights from yesterdays match? Join us.
The highlights:
1. Guadalajara's pressure
Chivas pushed the rival towards the inside and forced them to look for long balls, aware that 'Pollo' Briseño's greatest virtue is to cut off advances over the top and yesterday he was impeccable.
El Rebaño were able to steal many balls in three quarters of the field, thanks to the fact that he was always very attentive to the players that Santos left on the flank every time they came out. How was this executed? The red and white elements that pressured the exit protected 2 passing lines including the goalkeeper's and forced the rival to play long to steal from the divided ball. Incidentally, this is something that has stood out throughout the Rebaño's preseason.
Another of our guest's conclusions is that Chivas became a team that defends very well inside and that Eduardo Torres has been very good at defending secondary balls.
2. What to do with the ball?
When the Red and Whites stole a ball inside their own area, most of the time they tried to play short in order not to throw away the ball and generate advantages on the way out, which tells us about the control that Veljko Paunovic is looking for. Two key players in this were Zahid Muñoz and 'Sebas' Pérez Bouquet, who took turns going down and receiving the first pass, while the other started to move to give various passing options to the ball holder.
The latter can also translate into something very important. Despite the fact that the team defends close to goal, Paunovic found a way to keep all players involved and attentive, in order to take advantage of a possible ball theft and counter-attack.
3. The moves that attract attention.
Eduardo Torres is in a great moment with and without the ball, since in addition to his striking and criteria for distributing the ball, yesterday he was an element that, with his unmarked runs to the near post, freed the post nearest to Ormeño on several occasions.
But the most important thing is that the players understand better when and where to make clearances, when to close support for those who have the ball and when to get rid of it. There has been a very favorable evolution in decision making.
The most outstanding performances in the victory against Santos:
To finish with his analysis, Ricardo Flores left us with his 5 favorite players from the match against Los Laguneros:
- Antonio Briseño, Eduardo Torres, Santiago Ormeño, Zahid Muñoz and Isaac Brizuela.
Honorable mention goes to Sebastián Pérez Bouquet.
