León, Guanajuato - Guadalajara kicked off the Apertura 2023 in an unbeatable way, they went to the home pitch in León and defeated them 1-2. In addition, as if that were not enough, Veljko Paunovic gave their debut to 3 youth players and one of them scored the winning goal. Yes, Yael Padilla made his debut in the maximum circuit, giving the Rebaño Sagrado 3 points.
Raúl Martínez, Jesús Brigido and Yael Padilla will remember July 3, 2023 in a special way, as they played their first minutes with the team that trained them as players and did so with a win.
The goals:
20' In a chalkboard play, "Pocho" Guzmán took a corner kick from the left with a touch behind for Cristian Calderón, who sent the ball into the area, where Ricardo Marín beat José Alvarado to give a pass to "Pollo" Briseño and the latter sent it into the net with a right-footed touch.
24' El Rebañó was unable to get out clearly down the right flank, the ball was left to Elías Hernández, who sent it to the center of the area, where José Alvarado appeared to connect with his head and beat Miguel Jiménez.
80' Guadalajara scored the winning goal through Yael Padilla, who appeared on the right, after a service from Guzmán, and sent the ball into the back of the net with a right-footed shot at the near post.
The dangerous ones:
3' In a quick combination, Fernando Beltrán played to Isaac Brizuela, who played to "Pocho" Guzmán, who headed the ball to Pavel Pérez on the left to shoot, but the homegrown player's shot went wide.
8' After a long clearance by "Wacho" Jiménez, Ricardo Marín extended the ball to Brizuela, who took a touch in front of Rodolfo Cota, but Stiven Barreiro managed to keep the ball out.
14' Elías Hernández unleashed a right-footed shot that demanded that "Wacho" Jiménez reject the ball with two hands for a corner kick.
15' Stiven Barreiro shocked the red-and-white goal when he crashed the ball against the crossbar with a header after a pass to the far post by Elías Hernández.
17' Pavel Pérez took an early shot from a ball that "Pollo" Briseño crossed in, but his shot went just wide.
37' Miguel Jiménez managed to deflect the ball after a shot by Víctor Dávila from the edge of the area.
45' The Chilean Dávila tried a left-footed shot from outside the area, but the ball went wide of the red and white goal.
63' "Wacho" Jiménez safely saved a header at the far post by Stiven Barreiro.
75' Víctor Guzmán came within a whisker of giving the Rebaño the lead back after a great play by Jesús Brigido, who eliminated a rival, crossed to the far post and 'Pocho''s shot hit the post.
León 1 - 2 Chivas
(José Alvarado 24')
(Antonio Briseño 20')
(Yael Padilla 80')
Referee: Óscar Mejía
Stadium: León
Lineups:
León: 30 Rodolfo Cota, 7 Iván Moreno (28 David Ramírez 71'), 21 Stiven Barreiro (AM 41'), 22 Adonis Frías, 6 William Tesillo, 29 Lucas Romero, 27 Jesús Angulo (8 Iván Rodríguez 71'), 11 Elías Hernández, 13 Ángel Mena, 10 Víctor Dávila (9 Brian Rubio 71') and 20 José Alvarado.
D. T. Nicolás Larcamón (AM 21')
Chivas: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 4 Antonio Briseño, 13 Gilberto Orozco Chiquete, 26 Cristian Calderón, 28 Rubén González (29 Eduardo Torres 60'), 20 Fernando Beltrán, 5 Víctor Guzmán (AM 38'), 11 Isaac Brizuela (207 Yael Padilla 74'), 6 Pavel Pérez (59 Jesús Brígido 60') and 14 Ricardo Marín (7 Daniel Ríos 60').
D. T. Veljko Paunovic
