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The Chivas were left with the Árbol de Gernika trophy after defeating Athletic Bilbao 4-2 on penalties of Spanish soccer, a game that also helped to see for the first time the Mexican Erick Gutiérrez and also Oscar Whalley, both recent signings of the team.
After the Basque team defeated the Mexicans 2-0 in the first leg last Decemberhe Guadalajara prevailed by the same score in this Sunday’s duel, which forced the series to be decided on penalties.
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The duel against the Spanish marked the debut goalkeeper Oscar Whalley and midfielder Erick Gutiérrez, former PSV Eindhoven player and who arrived as the club’s star signing. The duel also served to the return of striker Alexis Vega, after an injury.
“The team has been able to win against one of the best teams in Spain, that gives them a lot of confidence. We must know that if the ball is lost, we must recover it immediately, the reaction times, the responses and the proposals are less and less, this in a game like today reinforces a lot ”, considered.
Guadalajara will travel to the United States to participate in the Leagues Cup, which will bring together clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX on July 21 and August 19 and in which he will face FC. Cincinnati and Sporting Kansas City in the group stage.
In the future of the team, we can see how Paunovic reported that the squad will have two days off and on Wednesday they will resume training and then travel to the United States. place where said tournament will play against the MLS teams.
“It is important to get used to aganar; now we have the Leagues Cup, I think it’s a good introduction to what we want to becompete whatever the competition is and give everything as this team has always done”, said Paunovic.
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