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Facts related to Chivas facing newcomers

21/09/2020 15:09 / Joel González

Here are 7 little known factoids regarding Chivas results against 'newcomers'.

- During their first season in the Top-flight Division, Toluca faced Chivas on Sunday, October 11th, 1953. The expectation caused by the game was so great that prior to the start, a fence fell while fans were trying to enter the stadium fortunately there were no casualties or injured fans. The match took a few more minutes than usual to start, as fans needed to be removed from the very same pitch. The match ended up in a 2-2 draw. The Rojiblanco goals scored by Juan Jasso and Raúl Arellano.

- On July 10th, 1955, Zamora made their official debut in Liga MX and did so against Guadalajara. El Rebaño Sagrado triumphed 4-1. An outstanding factoid is that a goal was scored from midfield by the Guadalajara defender José Villegas.

- During the 1961-1962 season, ‘El Nacional’, from Guadalajara, debuted vs. Chivas. The match will always be remembered thanks to a superb goal from Héctor Hernández, whose great performance helped his team win 3-0. The “Chale” dribbled past 3 rivals to score a top-class goal.

- The reception for Pachuca during the 1967-68 season was a goal fest for Chivas: 5-1 win. Two goals by Manuel Sánchez, one of them flashy shot. The other scorers were Javier Valdivia, Carlos Calderón and ‘Paco’ Jara.

- During Torreón's debut in the 1969-70 season, there was a funny factoid. Minute 88, Javier “Titino” Martínez committed a foul on Gregorio Villalobos and while the team doctors were checking on the Rojiblanco player, the rival's water-boy hid the ball in a briefcase, this was detected by the referee, Alfonso González Archundia who sent the water-boy off along with Chivas' masseuse, Anacleto Macías "Tolán", who complained fiercely.

- Eduardo ‘Yayo’ de la Torre welcomed Cobras de Querétaro in the 1986-87 season with an early goal just 32 seconds after kick-off, this was the ninth fastest goal in league history for Chivas.

- While their stadium was closed, the first match played by Chivas against Toros Neza was held in Ciudad Universitaria on September 20th, 1993. Toros Neza won 1-0 nil.

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Position Teams Matches Points
8 16 26
9 17 25
10 16 21
11 16 18
12 17 17

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