The Chivas de Guadalajara They suffered a lot in the Leagues Cup and they returned to Mexico with the frustration of having been eliminated in the group stage, despite having created chances to win the two matches they played.
Amidst the sea of criticism that fell upon him Sacred Flockalmost everything was focused on the precarious forcefulness up front, so the situation in the lower zone was overshadowed, where something crucial happened for the development of the Opening 2024.
The Chivas suffered the loss of Jesus Chiquete Orozco and this opened the door to Luis Olivas and the young Leo Sepúlveda, who tried to take the baton together with Gilberto Sepulveda; However, beyond his actions, this made it clear that Fernando Gago has deleted one of its most experienced players.
He Chicken Briseno is completely erased by Fernando Gago at the beginning of this semester with Chivasas the 30-year-old defender has remained on the bench for all of the matches Liga MXand in the Leagues Cup He only came on as a substitute against San José in the 90th minute.
The Argentine coach preferred to give way to a youth player, like Leo Sepúlveda, before putting Briseño back in the starting eleven, despite the loss of Chiquete Orozco; a decision that is surprising given that Gago bet on him when Sepúlveda was injured last semester.
It is worth remembering that Antonio Briseno was practically out of Chivas before the tournament started and several teams were interested; however, his farewell to Green Valley It has not been finalised and everything seems to indicate that he will continue as a substitute until the end of the transfer market.
“WE WERE SUPERIOR (TO LA GALAXY), WE ARE SAD AND IT HURTS BECAUSE CHIVAS SHOULD FIGHT FOR TITLES.”
Antonio “Pollo” Briseño, player of #Chivascommented that he feels disappointed to be eliminated from the #LeaguesCup2024: “Penalties are not about luck, they are about ability. No… pic.twitter.com/DB56GsqpgW
— Filtered Pass (@pasefiltrado) August 5, 2024
Despite this situation, the Briseño Chicken He came out at a press conference after being eliminated and stood up for the ChivasIn the mixed zone he assured that they had been superior in both matches and made it clear that they must improve.
The Mexican defender appeared confident and like one more of the team, as he even said that “on behalf of my teammates, we were very hurt” by the early elimination of the Leagues Cup.
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