Guadalajara has confirmed its Resurgence in the Apertura 2023 Tournament after beating Puebla 2-0 away from home in matchday 13, taking its total to 21 points and placing it in fourth place in the general table on its way to the Playoffs, while awaiting the rest of the Matchday's results.
Piojo" Alvarado scored again from the penalty spot to give El Chiverío the lead, which was able to withstand La Franja's pressure in search of the equalizer until Ronaldo Cisneros sealed the match in the second half with a spectacular bicycle kick, a memorable postcard.
The goals:
24' "Cone" Brizuela fought for a ball in the area and when looking for the cross, Pablo González cut the trajectory with his hand. The referee called the penalty, which Roberto Alvarado converted into a GOAL with a left-footed shot.
71' YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! In a play from wing to wing, Mayorga sent a cross from the left corridor, Ricardo Marín brought the ball down fornRonaldo, who controlled it with his chest and adjusted his body to shoot a bicycle kick and put the ball into the net.
The dangerous ones:
1' In the first breakthrough of the match, Gustavo Ferrareis shot from half distance, but "Wacho" Jiménez was alert to deny the ball.
5' Alan Mozo made an excellent cross to prevent Guillermo Martínez from getting in front of the Red and White goal after a shot from Ferrareis.
10' In an attack down the left flank, Isaac Brizuela shot a promising diagonal at Gastón Silva.
13' Guillermo Martínez outpaced the Rebaño defense to head a dangerous shot that went just wide.
17' "Memote" headed again, and again the ball went wide.
18' CLOSE! Isaac Brizuela scattered opponents inside the box with his cutbacks and then pulled the trigger, but unfortunately the ball went just wide of the post.
19' "Wacho" made a strong save from Kevin Velasco's shot inside the box.
30' Martínez appeared in the area to shoot first-time, but the play was disallowed for offside.
38' Miguel Jiménez safely held the ball after Carlos Baltazar's header following a pass to the far post by Angulo.
45' +2 Diego de Buen took a shot that beat "Wacho", but fortunately for the Rebaño, it hit the post.
51' Pablo González took a shot from outside the area towards the net, but Santiago Olmedo made a screen on the way, opening his legs, which was flagged offside.
53' WACHO IS HUGE! In a spectacular intervention, Miguel Jiménez deflected a Ferrareis shot with one hand.
69' Ricardo Marín's left-footed shot from the edge of the area was miraculously blocked by Diego de Buen.
88' In a remarkable cover, "Tiba" Sepúlveda prevented "Memo" Martínez from making contact with the ball and scoring a goal with a deflection.
Puebla 0-2 Chivas
(Roberto Alvarado, penalty kick at 24' and Ronaldo Cisneros 74')
Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres
Cuauhtémoc Stadium
Lineups:
Puebla: 30 Iván Rodríguez, 2 Gustavo Ferrareis, 3 Santiago Olmedo, 21 Gastón Silva, 26 Brayan Angulo, 6 Pablo González (AM 55') (11 Horacio Carabajal 74') (AM 90' +3), 5 Diego De Buen, 22 Carlos Baltazar (28 Martín Barragán 62'), 7 Daniel Álvarez, 20 Kevin Velasco (18 Luis García 74') and 15 Guillermo Martínez (AM 56').
D. T. Ricardo Carbajal
Chivas: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 4 Antonio Briseño (AM 56'), 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda (AM 33'), 13 Jesús Orozco Chiquete (19 Alejandro Mayorga 16'), 28 Rubén González (AM 15'), 20 Fernando Beltrán, 5 Víctor Guzmán (18 Ronaldo Cisneros 64'), 25 Roberto Alvarado (AM 90'+2), 11 Isaac Brizuela (207 Yael Padilla 81') and 14 Ricardo Marín (15 Erick Gutiérrez 81').
D. T. Veljko Paunovic
