The Chivas del Guadalajara came out victorious in the third Clásico de Clásicos in a row by drawing 0-0 with América at the Akron Stadium, with which the coach’s work Argentinian Fernando Gago He stands firm at the head of the “Sacred Flock.”
The goalless draw clearly demonstrates that of the three classics that were played In the last ten days, he was the one with the least football prominence and in the end, the fans recriminated him with whistles at the end of the match.
Fortunately for the interests of the Guadalajara team, In this match corresponding to date 12 of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the MX League, América did not have enough aim to specify some of the options it had to win this match and that would undoubtedly have made Gago’s project look like an ant in the Guadalajara painting.
Chivas knew that to match América’s level they had to play with bulletproof intensity and so they did, prioritizing strength, brand, instead of football generation.
For this reason, in the first half, Chivas was miraculously saved from that shot by the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo that goalkeeper José Rangel of Guadalajara managed to deflect, causing the ball to hit the crossbar and in Henry Martin’s counter-shot, he was barely able to get the ball. ball before the goal line.
Unfortunately for Chivas, referee Fernando Hernández and the VAR members did not want to mark a header by Uruguayan Sebastián Cáceres on Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado as a penalty, which would have changed the course of the match.
However, on the American side there were also details that prevented them from continuing to fight for victory, such as the injury of Chilean Diego Valdés before the end of the first half, which caused the American squad to lose the offensive strength it had in the first 40 minutes of action. .
It is also true that Javier “Chicharito” Hernández remained unable to score goals against América throughout his football career and in this game, when he had the clearest chance for Chivas, fueled by a mistaken pass from defender Kevin Álvarez, he wanted to put the ball through. on top of goalkeeper Luis Malagón.
Thus, the final result shows that the match was overdue and to a certain extent the rivalry diminished a little.
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