Last Wednesday, May 15, 2024, at exactly 8:00 p.m., the Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara They received a visit from Eagles of Americafor the match corresponding to the first leg of the semifinals for the Clausura 2024 tournament.
As expected, both teams took the field with modest expectations. Knowing that this story would be defined until Saturday, neither of them took too many risks and the game ended 0-0, on the Akron stadium field.
The second leg was played at the Coloso de Santa Úrsula, this Saturday, May 18, at exactly 8:00 p.m. For the azulcremas, who are led by André Jardine, it was enough to even draw to get into the final and continue with the dream of the two-time championship.
However, the memory of what they experienced a year ago was still present, when the Sacred Flock also left them out in the semi-finals, so they jumped onto the field determined to resolve, leaving nothing to speculation.
The result?
Exactly a year ago, Veljko Paunović, in his first season directing in Mexican soccer, took Chivas to the final of the then Clausura 2023 tournament, leaving none other than the Águilas del América on the way, in instances of semi-finals.
Now the story of the Argentine Fernando Gago takes on quite similar overtones. Like the Serbian, it only took Gago six months to lead Chivas to the final, and he also has in his record having left out the Azulcremas.
Of course, now the red and white fans do not plan to settle for just arriving, but rather they demand to win in order to once again be within a title of the Águilas del América, who won their fourteenth title last semester.
Chivas’ possible rivals, in the final for Clausura 2024, are Monterrey Soccer Club and the Blue Cross Celestial Machine. The Sacred Flock has never played a Liga MX final against Rayados. Against Cruz Azul yes, in the eighties, and Chivas won. This was the first time that the red and white squad won a title under the league format.
Furthermore, in the event that Cruz Azul is the one who reaches the final for the Mexican championship, the title would remain in the hands of a technical director who has recently arrived in national football, because like Fernando Gago, Martín Anselmi only arrived this year. semester to the cement complex.
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