By Edgardo Avelar
Sep 19, 2024, 02:39 AM EDT
Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez and Andrew Savedheld an unprecedented and peculiar meeting on Wednesday on the Akron stadium field with a 2-0 victory for Chivas over León and where the so-called “Little Prince” received to the Chivas forward with a “fraternal” hug, which was claimed as a penalty by the current striker of the “Rebaño Sagrado”.
This action stole the spotlight and merited the fans gathered at the Guadalajara home They will focus more on what the two former members of the Mexican national team did or did not do on the field, and who had never faced each other as adversaries, thus generating an unprecedented duel in the MX League.
In this action Guardado went down to the León area to mark the Guadalajara striker and he did so in a way that seemed to embrace the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, West Ham United, Sevilla and LA Galaxy striker, with the intention of preventing him from causing damage to the León goal, but which was reprimanded by Javier Hernández, demanding that the referee award a penalty.
Without a doubt, the presence of both players on the Akron stadium pitch overshadowed Chivas’ victory over the Esmeraldas del León. with goals from Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado and an own goal from Paul Bellón which allowed the squad led by Argentine Fernando Gago to remain undefeated at home and extend their historic streak without conceding a goal at home to seven games.
And the history of both players in the Mexican national team has been peppered with controversial issues, as claimed in unofficial versions. that both the former Atletico player and the current Chivas player do not have a friendly relationship for a long time due to various issues within the Mexican national team.
Among them it is assured without having The true arguments that Andrés Guardado asked for Javier Hernández’s veto for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar as a result of the indiscipline incurred by the Guadalajara striker when he allegedly brought prostitutes into the Mexican national team’s training camp.
From that moment on and as leader of the Aztec team, along with Guillermo Ochoa, Hector Moreno and Hector Herrera, It was the former player of La Coruña, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, PSV Eindhoven and Betis Sevilla who took a firmer stance against Chicharito’s call-up to the World Cup.
The reasons for this are not known for certain, But it is unofficially stated that Guardado and Chicharito had several verbal clashes. for the direct and outspoken style of the red-and-white forward, which contrasts with Guardado’s more conciliatory personality.
All these details framed the confrontation between the two. on the field and obviously with the “fraternal” embrace in the Leonese area as the central point of what happened this Wednesday in the activity of the 8th date of the Apertura 2024 tournament of the Liga MX.
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