Chivas Guadalajara, coached by Argentine Gabriel Milito, will seek to confirm their superiority over Cruz Azul this Saturday in order to qualify for the final of the Mexican soccer Clausura.
The Rebaño Sagrado will host La Máquina this Saturday in the second leg of the semi-final of the competition, after a 2-2 draw in the first game.
Guadalajara surprises with youth and character
Milito’s team will advance to the final of the tournament with any win or draw.
This was thanks to the better position they occupied in the regular phase of the Clausura, in which they finished second; Cruz Azul was third.
Guadalajara has been the surprise of this tournament thanks to the work of the Argentinean coach.
He boosted a team full of youngsters to take them to the finals, where they have made their way despite the absence of five of their regular starters.
Among them their striker Armando Gonzalez, who are in the Mexican National Team for the World Cup.
Despite these absences, the boys on the bench and the youth team have responded (Filed as: Chivas vs Cruz Azul semifinal).
Santiago Sandoval brings hope to Chivas
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One example is 18-year-old Santiago Sandoval, who scored a brace in the second leg of the quarter-final against Tigres UANL.
For the so-called ‘most popular team in the country’ to advance to the semifinals.
In the first match, they draw 2-2
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Chivas is the second most league-winning team in Mexico, with 12 league titles, four less than América.
Their most recent title was lifted in the 2017 Clausura with Matías Almeyda, another Argentinean, as coach.
Their most recent appearance in a final was in the Clausura 2023, when they lost the championship to Tigres UANL (Filed as: Chivas vs Cruz Azul semifinal).
Cruz Azul must win
Their rivals, Cruz Azul, must win if they are to reach the title game.
La Máquina arrives with renewed spirit, after the bad moment they experienced at the end of the campaign with the Argentine Nicolás Larcamón at the helm of the team.
He was fired to make way for Joel Huiqui, a former member of the team who put the team back on track and put them in the semifinals.
Despite the good momentum, Cruz Azul barely managed a 2-2 draw in the first leg.
The blue team has nine titles in its history, the most recent was won in 2021.
In their closest appearance in a final, they lost to América in the Clausura 2024 (Filed as: Chivas vs Cruz Azul semifinal).
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