Chivas fails to win even with a red card against Pachuca, Vega missed a penalty
Guadalajara was looking for its first win of the Apertura 2022 with the visit of the ‘Tuzos’ to Akron Stadium.
Chivas seems to be cursed. ‘El Rebaño’ sealed its worst scoring start ever to a tournament at home by going four games without scoring a goal, settling for a 0-0 draw against Pachuca, despite playing with numerical advantage throughout the second half.
Guadalajara's coach decided to shake up his scheme with respect to what was shown against Querétaro, taking off Tepa González, Hiram Mier and Cristian Calderón, to give their place to Luis Olivas, Roberto Alvarado and Carlos Cisneros, trying to impose their conditions in the center of the field and show a more offensive posture.
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In the first few minutes, the Rebaño tried to envelop the Hidalgo team with their dynamic attacks, although the Tuzos did not concede possession of the ball to the Guadalajara team, with Avilés Hurtado and Víctor Guzmán being the bets players for Pachuca.
Guadalajara tried to monopolize the ball and the door was opened because the team from Pachuca was down a man after Óscar Murillo made a mistake and hit Sebastán Pérez Bouquet in a play at the end of the first half.
Missed penalty by Vega
For the second half, Ricardo Cadena opted for a more offensive approach, abandoning his line of five defenders, but without being overpowering in front of the Hidalguenses. The most dangerous play came from a rebound when Roberto Alvarado took a powerful first-time shot, but Mauricio Isais cut the trajectory with his hand, which was reviewed by the VAR and confirmed as a penalty; however, Alexis Vega crashed the shot against the crossbar.
