Photo: Etzel Espinosa / Imago7
By: EFE
Wednesday, October 16
Madness in Chivas: an agonizing goal leaves the “Sacred Flock” alive in Liga MX
The Chivas de Guadalajara achieved this Friday a harrowing victory for 0-1 over Mazatlán to stay alive in their eagerness to access the quarterfinals of the Apertura of Mexican football.
In a fought duel, with little clarity in the area, Ángel Zaldívar accepted a ball from Ronaldo Cisneros and left-handed converted in the minute 100 the winning goal.
The Brazilian Camilo Sanvezzo was close to giving the home team victory, but was stopped by goalkeeper Raúl Gudiño and Sepúlveda, in the minute or 56.
Sepúlveda created danger in the 62, in a good move by goalkeeper Nicolás Vikonis, in two of the main offensive plays.
Guadalajara, which has had a tournament with ups and downs, climbed to ninth place with five wins, seven draws, five losses and 22 points, two more than Mazatlán, whose classification depends on a combination of results in their favor in the duels on Saturday and Sunday.
The best eight phase will be played by the four best of the table and the four that come out of a reclassification among the occupying tables of the places of the fifth to twelfth.
Today and l America by Argentine coach Santiago Solari and Atlas by Argentine Diego Cocca are the only ones with a guaranteed pass to the decisive stage of the championship, while León and Tigers , occupants of the third and fourth places in that order, rely on themselves to qualify.
A couple of hours before the victory of the Chivas, Uruguayan Christian Tabó converted a penalty and gave coach Nicolás Larcamón’s Puebla a 1-0 victory over Toluca.
In its stadium, Puebla consolidated in sixth place with six victories, six draws, five defeats and 24 units, the same as Toluca, which is fifth and ran out of possibilities of direct access to the quarterfinals.
This Saturday on León will host Necaxa , America to Monterrey