An hour before the match, the Akron Stadium was a hotbed of emotions, which added to what Chivas showed on the field, turned into 90 minutes of union and thus, hand in hand, Guadalajara managed to score the goal that put them in the Semifinals of the Clausura 2023 by beating Atlas 1-0 (1-1 overall) and advancing due to the better position in the standings. Now, El Rebaño's next task will be the Clásico de México and the times for the first leg and second leg will be confirmed shortly.
The goal
- At 60', El Rebaño found the just reward for their insistence throughout the match, as 'Tiba' Sepúlveda appeared from a corner kick to send the ball home with a header that went in at the base of the right post.
¡GRÍTALO TIBA, GRÍTALO REBAÑO, GRÍTALO MÉXICO!
— CHIVAS (@Chivas) May 15, 2023
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The dangerous ones
- At 5', Víctor Guzmán took it in three-quarters of the field and tried his luck, but the ball went just wide.
- At 10' Alan Mozo controlled a defensive rebound and shot from the edge of the area, but his attempt was too wide.
- At minute 11, Isaac Brizuela shook off the marking of 2 opponents, reached the back line and put in a delayed pass that the defense deflected, just before Alexis pushed it into the net.
- At 30', 'Nene' left several defenders in his path and then put in a cross to the far post, but 'Pocho' Guzmán's header went over the top.
- At 37', 'Chiquete' Orozco played the role of hero when he saved a shot by Furch, who had already beaten 'Wacho' in the dive.
- At 63', controversy broke out after an Atlas defender prevented 'Piojo' from controlling the ball inside the box with his hand, but the referee refused to review the play in the VAR.
- At 70', Mozo stole the ball in the midfield, got on his motorcycle and, upon reaching the right corner of the opponent's area, tried his luck, but his shot went wide.
- At 75' Alan appeared again in the final third of the field to put a pass between the lines in search of Alexis, but the goalkeeper beat him to the ball.
- At 87', 'Wacho' came up big under the three posts to save a point-blank shot by Herrera with one hand and in the following play he flew to save a header by Furch with his fingernails.
- In stoppage time, 'Wacho' was once again outstanding, stealing the ball from the head of Quiñones, who had already tasted the goal.
Guadalajara 1-0 Atlas
(Gilberto Sepúlveda at 60')
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández
Akron Stadium
Lineups:
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 4 Antonio Briseño, 13 Gilberto Orozco, 28 Rubén González (29 Eduardo Torres at 45'), 20 Fernando Beltrán (AM at 64')(18 Ronaldo Cisneros at 76'), 5 Víctor Guzmán (30 Sergio Flores at 84'), 11 Isaac Brizuela (6 Pável Pérez at 76'), 10 Alexis Vega and 25 Roberto Alvarado (19 Alejandro Mayorga at 84').
D.T. Veljko Paunovic
Atlas: 12 Camilo Vargas, 14 Luis Reyes, 13 Gaddi Aguirre (AM at 33'), 15 Diego Barbosa, 2 Martín Nervo, 26 Aldo Rocha, 18 Jeremy Márquez (6 Edgar Zaldívar at 7'), 7 Ozziel Herrera, 29 Brian Lozano (AM at 47')(11 Mauro Manotas at 78'), 33 Julián Quiñones and 9 Julio Furch.
D.T. Benjamín Mora.
