The Chivas del Guadalajara they could not take advantage of the inertia of the victory of the past classic over Americathis Wednesday, after waiting almost 90 minutes for the storm that hit the capital tapatía failed a penalty and could only tie 0-0 with the Tigers in duel pending date 1.
Unfortunately, the squad directed by the Argentine Gabriel Milito He did not know how to take advantage of the best moments they had in the second half when Mexico American Efraín Álvarez A penalty failed in the 72nd minute when delivering it to the hands of the Argentine goalkeeper of the felines Nahuel Guzmánwhich ended up becoming the key man of the north to add a point.
A duel that undoubtedly had the challenge of waiting for more than an hour and a half of constant storm that seemed to the court of the court Akron stadiumbut that in the end the hard proof of nature passed and showed that it is ready to face a competition such as the World Cup however adverse the weather conditions.
In this way, Chivas He wasted the great opportunity to add the third victory of the championship and the second in a row, simply for not knowing not knowing how to put the ball into the goal of the Tigers When they went to the front, supported by the income of Javier Hernández and of Armando “La Ant” González which seemed to be the determining factor with a starry ball in the post of the visitors’ goal and then cause the maximum penalty that ended up being failed.
The details
So much Chivas as Tigersas well as 30 thousand fans who gathered in the Akron stadium They knew how to face a high magnitude storm that put everyone to the test and finally gave way the pending game of the first day regardless the delay of more than an hour and a half.
In this way the encounter went from less to more with a first half for oblivion, where both teams were very speculative, with excessive measurement of forces, until in the 26th minute Bryan “Cotorra” González He met a ball and by little causes a mess to Nahuel Guzmán.
Then, the Tigers reacted until minute 45 when Sebastián Córdova He released a shot that passed just above the crossbar, but that was all in a first half that will happen to history for his lack of colorful and football resources of both teams.
The other face of the currency
For the second half, Chivas He had better performance, despite the Tigers They were the team that caused danger with arrivals from Uruguayan Fernando Gorrar would and the Argentine Angel Correabut that the rojiblancos goalkeeper, Raúl Rangel He avoided the fall of his goal.
But after that the entry of Armando González and of Javier Hernández made that Chivas will change, because the entry of Ricky Ledezma He made more sense in the midfield than in the first half.
So González It began to be noticed with a hand in hand against Nahuel Guzmán At minute 58 that the Argentine goalkeeper sent to the corner shot. Then one’s own González The ball crashed in the crossbar.
Again, the Ant at minute 61 caused the penalty play that failed Efraín Álvarez At minute 62 when he delivered the ball in the hands of the Argentine goalkeeper and with that he went the clearest option to achieve victory in the match, complying with the goalless draw.
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The changes ended up cooling the duel that culminated with both paintings seeking possession, but it was the tigers who achieved it without much success.
Chivas could still in the last moves take the victory and in compensation time again was Armando González with the possibility and the feline rear removed the chance to leave the final 0-0.
After the draw, a few days of preparation will come for their respective duels of day 9, the Chivas receive Toluca at the Akron stadium and the Tigers will visit the Pumas in the University City.