Guadalajara is gradually regaining its level and tonight showed how to handle a match, knowing when to concede the possession of the ball, when to put the accelerator on the attack, as well as how to control its rival defensively during the 90 minutes and, although it lacked more effectiveness in front of goal to reflect their overwhelming superiority on the scoreboard, it ended up defeating Xolos 1-0 on Tuesday night at Akron Stadium, on the 5th Matchday of the Apertura 2023.
With this result, Chivas remains at the top of the Liga MX standings with 13 points, the result of 4 wins and 1 draw. Their next match will be this Saturday, August 26, at 9:05 p.m. against Santos at the TSM Stadium.
The Goal
- Chivas scored the winning goal at 66', when Rubén González received a defensive rebound in the left corner of the six-yard box, when he realized that Roberto Alvarado was entering unmarked from the other side, he set him up with a lobbed pass, which 'Piojo' controlled with his left foot to get to the goal and then let go a right-footed shot to send the ball into the net.
The danger:
- At 6', Chivas gave the first warning, after Roberto Alvarado received a filtered pass from Ricardo Marín, who resolved with a left-footed cross that 'Toño' Rodríguez deflected for a corner kick.
- At 8', Chiquete Orozco appeared on a corner kick, but his header went just wide of the right post.
- At 17', Alexis, Marín and Alvarado joined forces in a give and go triangulation that ended with a left-footed cross from 'Piojo', which went just wide of the post.
- At 21', from a corner kick on the left, the 'Pollo' took a header at the near post and Chiquete headed over the crossbar.
- At 24', Alan Mozo appeared on the right, cut back to the center, entered the area and shot with his left foot, but the goalkeeper managed to get a hand on the ball, which crashed against the crossbar.
- At 42', 'Pocho' Guzmán missed a penalty kick for a handball by Francisco Contreras, Rodríguez managed to stop the ball with his left foot.
- At 68', 'Pollo' won a corner kick and sent the ball into the back of the net, but after the referee reviewed the play in the VAR, the goal was disallowed by a foul.
- At 74', 'Pollo' appeared again in the box with a header that went straight to Rodríguez's spot.
- At 87', Yael came close to increasing the score, Ríos tried to control and the ball was left to Padilla, who shot with his left foot but Toño managed to save his goal with his leg.
- At 90'+1', Pavel Pérez drove the ball down the left flank, faced his marker, entered the box and shot right-footed at the near post, but again Toño saved the ball with his foot.
Guadalajara 1-0 Tijuana
(Roberto Alvarado at 66')
Referee: Adonai Escobedo González
Akron Stadium
Lineups:
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 13 Gilberto Orozco (AM 46') (19 Alejandro Mayorga at 83'), 28 Rubén González, 5 Víctor Guzmán (207 Yael Padilla at 78'), 20 Fernando Beltrán, 25 Roberto Alvarado (AM 62') (6 Pável Pardo at 87'), 10 Alexis Vega (15 Erick Gutiérrez at 83'), 14 Ricardo Marín (7 Daniel Ríos at 84') (AM 90'+5').
D.T. Veljko Paunovic
Tijuana: 2 Antonio Rodríguez, 15 Diego Barbosa, 4 Nicolás Díaz (AM 90'+6'), 35 Kevin Balanta (AM 46'), 20 Francisco Contreras (33 Rodrigo Godínez at 80'), 23 Iván Tona (8 Fernando Madrigal at 45'), 14 Christian Rivera, 10 Kevin Castañeda (7 Silvio Martínez at 45'), 11 Lucas Rodríguez (3 Rafael Fernández at 80') al, 9 Lucas Cavallini (EXP at 45'+4'), 32 Carlos González.
Coach Miguel Herrera
