Once again, Guadalajara set foot in the United States and experienced a true Rojiblanco celebration at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago, as, spurred on by their fans, they came from behind to defeat León 2-1 in a preseason match.
The Chivahermanos of Illinois set the mood throughout the stands in Bridgeview, where the Rebaño Sagrado sought to find variations in their system, taking advantage of the break in the Liga MX for the September FIFA Date. This also allowed Gabriel Milito to observe all the players at his disposal for this match against La Fiera.
Chivas once again demonstrated the character and team strength that characterizes them, as they recovered from a first-half goal by the Esmeraldas to turn the game around at the end and defeat the team from Guanajuato, to the delight of the Rojiblanco Nation.
With this, Guadalajara begins its preparation to return to league action, where it will face El Clásico de México next Saturday, September 13, at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, once again with the support of the Chivahermanos from the Rojiblanco Capital.
The goals
- In the 16th minute, Emilio Rodríguez scored inside the area to give the Esmeraldas the lead.
- In the 80th minute, 'Hormiga' González appeared inside the area to send a combed ball from a throw-in into the back of the net.
- In the 85th minute, an excellent through ball from 'Guti' left Cade Cowell one-on-one, who fired a shot past Alfonso Blanco to score the Rojiblancos' second goal.
Dangerous opportunities
- In the 13th minute, Guadalajara combined outside the area until Miguel Gómez broke through, serving a diagonal pass to Javier Hernández, but a bad bounce prevented him from connecting with the ball in the six-yard box.
- In the 25th minute, 'Guti' almost scored a spectacular goal, taking a ball in the air in the penalty area that went centimeters over the crossbar.
- In the 39th minute, Cade Cowell entered the area to head a cross from the right, but it went straight to the goalkeeper.
- In the 59th minute, 'Chicharito' rose inside the area, turned his neck, but missed by inches.
Guadalajara 2-1 León
(Armando González in the 80th minute and Cade Cowell in the 85th minute)
(Emilio Rodríguez in the 16th minute)
Referee: Ricardo Montero
SeatGeek Stadium
Lineups
Guadalajara: 13 Oscar Whalley; 19 Diego Campillo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda (33 Raúl Martínez in the 87th minute), 4 Miguel Tapias; 2 Alan Mozo (5 Bryan González in the 73rd minute), 28 Rubén González, 15 Erick Gutiérrez, 24 Miguel Gómez (34 Armando González in the 66th minute); 7 Cade Cowell (11 Isaac Brizuela in the 87th minute), 10 Efraín Álvarez (18 Luis Olivas in the 87th minute) and 14 Javier Hernández (29 Teun Wilke in the 73rd minute).
Coach: Gabriel Milito
León: 12 Oscar Jiménez (1 Alfonso Blanco in the 45th minute); 2 Valentín Gauthier, 25 Paul Bellón, 3 Paolo Medina (31 Sebastián Santos in the 45th minute), 26 Salvador Reyes; 28 David Ramírez (22 Erick Torres in the 78th minute), 7 Iván Moreno (6 Fernando Beltrán in the 65th minute), 13 Daniel Arcila (AM in the 57th minute) (183 Alexis Valadez in the 65th minute), 16 Jordi Cortizo (29 Alfonso Alvarado in the 78th minute); 18 Rogelio Funes Mori (14 Ettson Ayón at 45’) and 19 Emilio Rodríguez.
Head coach: Eduardo Berizzo
