A great goal by Pavel Pérez and a pair of superb saves by 'Wacho' Jiménez in stoppage time allowed Guadalajara to beat Necaxa 1-0 this Saturday at the Estadio Akron, in Matchday 14 of Clausura 2023, which keeps El Rebaño strong in the fight to clinch a straight spot to the playoffs, having reached 25 points and placing them in fourth place for the time being.
The play that defined the match:
- El Rebaño found the fair reward for their insistence at 71', when Alan Mozo cut back towards the center and then, noticing Pável Pérez's movement inside the box, set him up with a pass between the lines, then Pável controlled the ball, got away from the goalkeeper and simply pushed it into the net. GREAT GOAL!
¡VUÉLVELO A VER, CHIVAHERMANO!
— CHIVAS (@Chivas) April 9, 2023
EL PASE DE MOZO
LA DEFINICIÓN DE PAVEL
¡AL FRENTE EL GUADALAJARA! pic.twitter.com/9vh6lLo5Ks
The danger ones:
- 3' Damián Batallini took advantage of a delayed pass from the red-and-white defense that fell short to head towards goal, but 'Wacho' blocked his shot.
- 6' Alexis Vega was supported by Fernando Beltrán, who noticed Cristian Calderón's movement into space and tried to set him up inside the area, but 'Chicote' couldn't control the shot inside the box.
- 9' Batallini came close to opening the scoring, but the 'Chicote' dived to miraculously deflect the ball.
- 18' 'Charal' Cisneros projected Mozo, who cut back to his marker and then left the ball for 'Piojo' Alvarado, who hit a first-time shot from the front zone, but the ball went just over the top.
- 19' 'Charal' put in a powerful header that Vega came close to sending into the net, but Alexis Peña cut off the action with a shot.
- 23' Alexis put in a cross to the heart of the area, which 'Pocho' Guzmán headed, but into the goalkeeper's hands.
- 42' Vega put a pass between the lines to give the advantage to 'Chicote', who rushed his shot and crossed it too far.
- 62' 'Lalo' Torres tried his luck from long distance, but it went over the goal.
- 66' Alexis shook off the mark and then pulled the trigger from the left corner of the big area, but Hugo Hernández stretched as far as he could to claw the shot away.
- El 'Wacho' blocked a violent attempt by Domínguez.
- In stoppage time, 'Wacho' flew to save with his fingernails a power shot by Heriberto Jurado that threatened to enter the goal in the last minute of the game.
Guadalajara 1-0 Necaxa
(Pável Pérez at 71')
Referee: Brian Omar González Veles
Akron Stadium
Lineups:
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 4 Antonio Briseño, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 26 Cristian Calderón, 29 Eduardo Torres (28 Rubén González at 72'), 20 Fernando Beltrán (6 Pável Pérez at 64'), 5 Víctor Guzmán (13 Gilberto Orozco at 78'), 24 Carlos Cisneros (11 Isaac Brizuela at 78'), 25 Roberto Alvarado and 10 Alexis Vega (9 Daniel Ríos at 72').
D.T. Veljko Paunovic.
Necaxa: 22 Hugo Hernández, 2 Josecarlos Van Rankin, 3 Agustín Oliveros, 4 Alexis Peña, 6 Juan Pablo Segovia, 16 Joaquín Esquivel (21 Maximiliano Silvera at 78'), 8 Fernando Madrigal (25 Vicente Poggi at 63'), 18 Brayan Garnica (27 Heriberto Jurado at 86'), 7 Edgar Méndez, 10 Damián Batallini (17 Juan Pablo Domínguez at 78')and 11 Facundo Batista (30 Ricardo Monreal at 63').
Coach Andrés Lillini.
