Vieljko Paunovic anticipated it: April had to be the month of confirmation for Chivas, who this Saturday night went to the Nou Camp Stadium and with much personality and well played soccer defeated León by 0-2, a result that has catapulted El Rebaño to third place overall in the competition. With this, the most popular and beloved team in our country depends entirely on itself to finish within the first four places and travel directly to the Liguilla.
The goals:
- El Rebaño got the scoreboard moving at 58', when Alexis Vega put in a long line from midfield, which Pavel Pérez, who had been on the field for 1 minute, controlled as if he had used his hand inside the area and then defined with absolute coolness before Rodolfo Cota's shrinkage.
- Chivas extended their lead at 72' with an authentic goal, as Vega shook off the marking of 3 rivals and then put a pass between the lines to 'Oso' González, who entered the area and waited for Cota to beat him to define with a shot glued to the right post.
The dangerous ones:
- At 8' Alexis came close to robbing Rodolfo Cota of the ball on the goal line, but the goalkeeper managed to get away with it.
- At 9', La Fiera scored through Lucas Diyorio, but the striker was too early when he received a filtered pass from Ángel Mena.
- At 14', the 'Piojo'-'Nene'-Vega trident came together and came close to scoring, but Alexis' shot went just wide.
- At 15', Alexis pulled the trigger once again, this time from the front, but the ball missed the target by centimeters.
- At 27', 'Piojo' reached the back line and put in a cross that crossed the area to Alexis, who fired a shot that Cota managed to keep out with difficulty.
- At 50', 'Wacho' leaned to the right to block a violent shot by Iván Moreno that threatened to enter the net.
- At 51', 'Pocho' received an advantage inside the area, but crossed his shot too far.
- At 62', Pável tried a shot from outside the area, but the ball didn't go low enough to go in.
León 0-2 Guadalajara
(Pável Pérez at 58' and Rubén González at 72')
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández
Nou Camp Stadium
Lineups:
León: 30 Rodolfo Cota, 3 Iván Moreno (AM at 44'), 25 Paul Bellón, 22 Adonis Frías, 34 Oscar Villa, 26 Fidel Ambriz, 13 Ángel Mena (27 Jesús Angulo at 62'), 11 Elías Hernández, 12 Joel Campbell, 7 Víctor Dávila and 18 Lucas Diyorio (15 Brian Rubio at 62').
Coach Nicolás Larcamón.
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo (AM at 78'), 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 13 Gilberto Orozco (AM at 61'), 26 Cristian Calderón (19 Alejandro Mayorga at 68' (AM at 76')), 29 Eduardo Torres (28 Rubén González at 56'), 20 Fernando Beltrán, 25 Roberto Alvarado (6 Pável Pérez at 56'), 24 Carlos Cisneros (11 Isaac Brizuela at 56'), 5 Víctor Guzmán (4 Antonio Briseño at 90') and 10 Alexis Vega.
Coach Veljko Paunovic.
