The first leg of the Quarter-Finals was very difficult for Guadalajara, who were unable to impose their conditions on the field and lost by the minimum difference against the city's rival. With this result, Chivas needs to win by 1 goal at the Akron Stadium to advance to the semifinals, as they benefit from their position in the standings.
The goal:
- Atlas made it 1-0 at 42' through Julián Quiñones, who after a long ball was left facing the goal and scored with a right-footed shot.
The danger:
- The first dangerous action came at 13' and came from the boots of Carlos Cisneros, who tried from long distance but his shot went just wide of the red-and-black goal.
- At 28', Chivas missed an unbeatable opportunity, as Víctor Guzmán missed a penalty kick that had been caused by Cisneros on the right flank.
- The Foxes gave a serious warning at 34', when Brian Lozano rattled the crossbar with a long-range free kick.
- Just at the start of the second half, Víctor Guzmán came close to scoring the first, as he took a powerful shot from the right flank, but the red-and-black goalkeeper sent it to the corner.
- At 70', Ozziel Herrera came close to extending the lead, but his shot went wide and deflected wide.
- The red and white crossbar rang out again at 78', when Quiñones shot from long distance and smashed the ball against the crossbar.
Atlas 1-0 Chivas
(Julián Quiñones at 42')
Jalisco Stadium
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava
Lineups:
Atlas: 12 Camilo Vargas, 15 Diego Barbosa, 2 Hugo Nervo, 13 Gaddi Aguirre, 14 Luis Reyes, 26 Aldo Rocha (AM at 45'), 18 Jeremy Márquez (6 Edgar Zaldívar at 85'), 7 Ozziel Herrera (4 Javier Abella at 74'), 29 Brian Lozano, 9 Julio Furch (11 Mauro Manotas at 85'), 33 Julián Quiñones (AM at 14').
D.T. Benjamin Mora
Chivas: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 13 Gilberto Orozco, 26 Cristian Calderón (AM at 71') (19 Alejandro Mayorga at 82'), 28 Rubén González (AM at 36')(29 Eduardo Torres at 58'), 20 Fernando Beltrán (6 Pavel Pérez at 58'), 5 Víctor Guzmán, 24 Carlos Cisneros, 10 Alexis Vega (11 Isaac Brizuela at 58'), 25 Roberto Alvarado (18 Ronaldo Cisneros at 70').
D.T. Veljko Paunovic
