Atlas, The Men Who Stare At Goats

By: Andrea | November 8th, 2009

Omar Bravo Aaron Galindo Atlas Photo Credit to Mexsport.

They sure did a lot of staring…into the back of their own nets.

Who missed the first goal? I did.

I was barely settling down when the second was scored.

Finally, a Chivas team that plays like what a Chivas team is supposed to play like.

Atlas
1 Mariano Barbosa
29 Mario Méndez (YC 80′)
2 Ismael Fuentes (YC 22′)
16 Hugo Ayala
8 Jorge Torres Nilo (Saúl Villalobos 46′)
4 Luis Enrique Robles
30 Darwin Chávez
22 Édgar Pacheco
10 Darío Botinelli (Christian Díaz 58′)
20 Hebert Alferez (Néstor Vidrio 71′)
11 Daniel Osorno
DT Ricardo La Volpe
Guadalajara
1 Luis Michel (YC)
6 Omar Esparza (YC 68′)
4 Héctor Reynoso (YC17′)
3 Aarón Galindo
19 Jonny Magallón
11 Ramón Morales (Édgar Solís 62′)
7 Gonzalo Pineda (YC 10′) (Patricio Araujo 64′)
20 Édgar Mejía
10 Alberto Medina
14 Javier Hernández
99 Omar Bravo (Omar Arellano 73′)
DT José Luis Real

Four goals.

Two came in within the first three minutes of the game. Atlas cut the lead in half with their goal in the 13th minute, mostly because Chivas were a little cocky at being ahead.

The team had plenty more opportunities to score, and if Ramon Morales had not been taken off in the 62nd minute there could have been many more. Chivas settled after the ex-captain was off.

But I’m liking this new coach. Jose Luis Real. Chivas looked better midweek against Indios(sorry about missing that…) but ended up drawing 2-2 at the last second. However, the team played heaps better. Medina looked impressive, Morales was back, Michel wasn’t forced too much and you could actually tell that Bravo was on the pitch.

It was more or less the same against Atlas.

Michel wasn’t too troubled and his performance wasn’t as outstanding as in previous games, mostly because it wasn’t forced to be.

The defense was positioned much better and didn’t have too much trouble.

The midfield was helpful and created many chances.

And up front the goals clearly weren’t lacking. The team could have added a few more but four goals are good enough.

The only bad thing about a win at this point is that Chivas will have to depend on others for a possible place in the Liguilla. Chivas in the Liguilla? It’s a possibility. Because of how they played today, I would say that they deserve it.

Unfortunately, San Luis won as well so a draw next week would give them the spot.

Chivas have to win against Cruz Azul. The Maquina has been doing well and have the top goalscorer(Villa) so it won’t be the easiest thing. The game is at home which should help a bit.