Mauled by Tigres

By: Andrea | August 2nd, 2009

Oh jeeze. This was horrible. So horrible that even “Kikin’ Fonseca scored. Do you know how many goals he scored last season? A grand total of 2. That means that he’s halfway to beating his total…by scoring on Chivas. I never thought I’d say it, but we definitely missed Reynoso in the back. And Aaron Galindo and Johnny Magallon are supposed to be considered starters for the Mexico game against the US on the 12th? And against Barca? Is anyone else worried?

Guadalajara
1 Luis Michel
17 Sergio Amaury Ponce
3 Aarón Galindo
19 Jonny Magallón (YC 6′)
25 Juan Ocampo (Julio Nava 68′)
11 Ramón Morales
7 Gonzalo Pineda
16 Édgar Solís (Marco Fabián 44′)
18 Xavier Báez
14 Javier Hernández
10 Alberto Medina
DT Francisco Ramírez

Tigres
1 Cirilo Saucedo
3 José Antonio Castro (YC 48′)
19 Fernando Ortiz
5 Alfredo González
4 Antonio Molina
15 Édgar Castillo
8 Lucas Ayala
17 José Toledo (YC 19′)
26 Francisco Fonseca
11 Itamar Batista
16 Lucas Lobos (Armando Pulido 82′)
DT Daniel Guzmán

Tigres didn’t wait very long to start their game. In the 5th minute Kikin received a nice pass from Itamar Batista(who was a beast during this game), and he feinted and went up against Michel to put it past him for the 1-0 lead.

Between the 13th and 14th minute Chivas had so many chances to score. Chicharo was at the forefront of the attacks, but the ball kept on alluding him in front of the net and it stayed the same.

Itamar scored the second of the night in the 35th minute. The Brazilian received a pass from Fonseca who had drawn most defenders to himself, and he chipped it over poor Michel. 2-0.

In the second half, Tigres once more had a chance in the 47th, but Lobos headed just wide.

Finally, in the 50th min Chivas scored. ‘Chicharo’ headed the ball into the net after receiving the pass from Medina and cut the Tigres’ lead in half to 2-1.

Tigres wasn’t done, and in the 61st min Itamar scored his second after outpacing Aaron Galindo. Score, 3-1.

And there’s been more disciplinary problems already. We’ll be without Amaury Ponce against Queretaro on August 15th for a red card.

Overall, a very disappointing game. If it had been lost like last weekend’s at Toluca, I would be more understanding. We came back and fought until the last second in that game. We lost, but there was that fighting spirit in the players that gave hope. Today, the team fell apart. It was horrible to watch from beginning to end. Where was the defense? Where was the leadership?

I dunno, but I’m not liking the look of Ramirez at the head of the team.

Everyone stood around, and just let it happen.

There’s also something going on with poor ‘Tepa’ Solis. That’s another game where he’s subbed out early. Another time where mistakes that should have been meaningless cost us dearly.

The only semi-bright spot in this game was Chicharo. He could have scored another, but at least he’s scoring.

But that’s still 2 losses. It’s the start of the season, but we’ve started with 2 losses. Tigres hadn’t won at the Jalisco since the Apertura 2003, and they broke that today.

Up next…Barcelona. They really need no introduction. This game will be played on August 8th in San Francisco. We were originally supposed to play ~~Tecos~~Estudiantes, but that will be moved to October 10th instead.