Post Halloween Chivas Were Still Impersonating A Different Team

By: Andrea | November 2nd, 2009

3395 68170904DI APER SOC LEON Chivas lost. Again. Is anyone surprised? Even the slightest bit?

Yeah, me either.

I’m not even sure what happened here. Everything was going along well(as much as that word can mean for Chivas at the moment) and then BAM! 1-1, 2-1, 3-1.

There were some wacky moments but they don’t really justify what went on.

The 31st minute was when Chivas was awarded the penalty. Good play from the team, and it seems like the way that the goals will come under Arias. Not by penalties but by those types of plays. Anyways, Chicharo was brought down. Was it or wasn’t it? Replays make it look like Munoz tried to get his hands out of the way because he was anticipating what was going to happen and Chicharo just left his feet there. Chicharo isn’t really the type of player that goes looking for penalties so I’d have given it to him as well. He put it in and Chivas were 1-0 up.

In the 49th Esparza committed a foul in midfield but play went on. The ref went back and then gave Chicharo his second yellow because he had the players confused. That may have thrown the game off just a tad bit. The only good piece of news on that is that the card can be reversed by presenting evidence. It will then be taken off Chicharo’s record and put on to Esparza’s.

Then ensued Morelia’s goals. They were pretty great actually. I don’t think I really need to recount them. Two were top quality thought. One ‘chilena’ and another over the goalkeeper. Enough said.

Overall it was once again Michel that saved Chivas over and over again. The score could have been greater and that’s without Hugo Droguett and Miguel Sabah on the field.

Omar Bravo was useless…add in another game.

The defense was…not good.

That’s three straight losses.

The next stretch of games are all at home. Indios haven’t won either so finally Chivas will be able to play against a team that’s at the same level.

And some good news…several of the teams from the U-17 team are doing really well in the World Cup in Nigeria. They’ll play Korea on Thursday.