Guadalajara made their home advantage count against the tournament leaders and beat Tigres 1-0 on Thursday at Verde Valle, in the first leg of the CL23 Quarter-Finals, meaning that the red-and-white team now needs a win or a draw in the second leg, to be played on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Zuazua, to maintain their aggregate advantage and advance to the semifinals.
The goal that made the difference:
- 10' goalkeeper González failed to clear with his fists after a cross from the right, the ball slipped and Ariel Castro appeared to push the ball into the back of the net.
The dangerous ones:
- 6' Talento's players appeared, Yael Padilla served a first-time pass to Ariel Castro, who took off his marker with an oriented reception and inside the area shot a shot that went just wide of the feline goal.
- 20' Ariel set up Hugo Camberos, who took a first-time shot across the face of goal and the goalkeeper kept the ball out twice.
- 42' Castro took a free kick that went over the wall and the ball went over the crossbar.
- 48' Isaias Galván cut inside the six-yard box and took a left-footed shot that Robinho made a great save.
- 70' Gibran won the ball in three-quarters of the field, entered the box and shot, but the goalkeeper managed to deflect it with his foot.
- 85' Ortíz received a pass from Castro in the heart of the area, he threatened his marker and shot with his left foot, but González managed to deflect the ball away.
Guadalajara U18s 1-0 Tigres U18s
(Ariel Castro at 10')
Referee: José Luis Alba Dorado
Valley Green
Lineups:
Guadalajara U18: 281 Robinho Romero, 186 Javier Guerrero (253 Guillermo Gallardo at 76'), 233 Diego Ochoa, 254 Mario Anaya (250 Juan Luna at 76'), 244 Diego Modesto (AM 48') (248 Josué Vázquez at 59'), 245 Osvaldo Plascencia, 205 Ariel Castro, 234 Yael Padilla (240 Sahid Durán at 67'), 283 Hugo Camberos, 185 Gibrán Ortíz, 252 Eduardo Ochoa (257 Alan Salgado at 67').
Coach Luis Felipe Peña
Tigres U18: 233 Erick González, 136 Israel Aceves, 236 Edgar Villavicencio, 238 Rolando Flores, 271 Óscar Ruiz, 272 Adrián López, 196 Isac Galván (243 Isaac López at 83'), 252 Marcelo Salinas (245 Juan Pizano at 88'), 255 Rodrigo Ramos (269 Diego Ojeda at 59'), 262 Diego Sánchez (240 Axel Pérez at 83'), 264 Isaias Galván (270 Joel Santana at 88').
D.T. Francisco Gómez
