One Game Of Solitude

With the crazy health scares going on in the world Chivas will play in solitude. It won’t be exactly like in Marquez’ novel One Hundred Years Of Solitude, but Chivas will play away from the Jalisco Stadium. Chivas’ game against the yet unconfirmed opponent in the Copa Libertadores has been moved to Bogota, Columbia and will be played on May 6th due to precautions surrounding the swine flu in Mexico.

News Update: Chivas’ opponent will be Brazilian side Sao Paulo. If they were to get past Sao Paulo, Chivas would then play the winner of Cruziero/U. de Chile. Meanwhile Chivas has to find a new place to play because the Colombian government has refused to let them play there. Costa Rica has also denied their place, and a possible alternative looks like Chile.

San Luis, the other Mexican representative, will also play on the same date at the “Campin’ stadium in Bogota. The precaution is only for the current phase, and as of now hopefully will not be in effect in further rounds.

Jorge Vergara, owner of Chivas, also owns the Costa Rican side, Saprissa, and was looking to move the game to that venue, but the Colombian Federation of Football and the Mexican Federation of Football came to the agreement.

Despite the change, Chicaro thinks that Chivas will be ok.

“Mainly we’re happy about getting to the round of 16. Now, with this decision we’re happy because there’s a lot of people over there in Colombia. There’s a lot of Mexican people over in Colombia, and the Colombian people like the Mexican people very much. We hope to make that part of home advantage.”

Category: Chivas Team News, Copa Libertadores