With everything and against everything, Chivas started the Clausura 2024 tournament league on the right foot by beating Toluca 1-0in a spectacular and disputed duel where the Guadalajara team led by the Argentine Fernando Gago, managed to overcome a goal disallowed by the VAR to celebrate in a big way its 108 years of history.
It is true that it would be a mistake for Guadalajara to think that the great goal scored by Víctor “Pocho” Guzmán At 86 minutes it is a guarantee that they will be able to eliminate Toluca next Saturday and advance to the semifinals. On the contrary, these first 99 minutes that were played in this eliminatory bracket gave the people of Guadalajara an idea of what can await them in the payment for the visit at the Nemesio Diez stadium.
But as they say in football, winning no matter what is worth it and now they have the advantage to be able to reach the Toluca stadium in search of adding the seventh consecutive victory and the fifth without conceding a goal, which has catapulted them to these instances.
The reality of things is that there were important things for Chivas such as the appearance of Javier Hernández in 69 minutes of action, after the 27 minutes he had played in his reappearance last night against Atlas. He now tried to get into rhythm after that long break due to a muscle injury that has not allowed him to become Guadalajara’s goal man.
Even with all this, Chivas accumulated the sixth consecutive victory, in a streak that began on matchday 13 by beating Monterrey 3-2 and where it has been accumulating victims such as Puebla 3-2, Pachuca 0-1, Querétaro 2-0 , Atlas 0-1 and now Toluca 1-0, which has made them a true contender for the champion title.
The reasons for the triumph
Chivas based their success in this game on an even effort from all their elements. Because they didn’t care that Toluca was a stubborn rival, that he didn’t give anything away and that with Alexis Vega, As well as with Juan Pablo Domínguez in the attack, they were a very dangerous opponent.
Then both Chivas and Diablos Rojos got involved in a very brave contest, with many inaccuracies, but with an offensive vocation for both teams, but where Guadalajara always gave the impression of being close to scoring the first goal than to receive the goal.
That’s how they went to halftime and for the second half, the Rebaño Sagrado coach sent daring changes such as the entry of Víctor Guzmán and Cade Cowell instead of Isaác Brizuela and Javier Hernández, resulting in the changes, because in the 86th minute Víctor Guzmán scored the winning goal and that will allow them to reach the final duel of this series with an advantage. the league
Inclusive Chivas overcame Pavel Pérez’s disallowed goal after reviewing the play by the VAR, which determined that the Guadalajara player had committed an infraction with his hand, rejecting the opening of the scoreboard in an action well judged by the whistlers.
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