Blue Cross shows improvement in the hand of the return of ‘Cabecita’ Rodríguez; while Chivas records its worst start in two years
After four days, the performance trajectories of the Blue Cross and Chivas are contrasted according to their general classification of the Guard1anes 2021. The Machine with a clear upward trend, with its second consecutive victory after thrashing Querétaro 4-1; while Guadalajara sinks to the bottom of the overall table by accumulating four games without a win and only two points.
The two teams could not win in their first two games of the tournament, the Cruzazulinos to add two defeats and a complex environment that included a new coach (Joan Reynoso), COVID-19 infections and the case of indiscipline of his goal scorer, Jonathan Rodriguez; whereas the Ramat bet on the continuity of Vucetich, that took to semifinals to them the previous match, but they could not count on Jose Juan Macías in the first parties, because it gave positive to Coronavirus.
Blue Cross and Chivas agree that they made few player moves for the tournament. A difficult economic environment, derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, added to the fact that the celestial institution still crosses a complicated transition to the administration of the cooperative, caused that two days of the closing of registries it confirmed his first refuero.
Alexis Peña, from Chivas, was the only official addition to the team; although the club also recovered players who were on loan at other teams, such as Guillermo ‘Pol’ Fernández, Walter Montoya and Bryan Angulo, who remain without participating with the team.
Chivas also did not record formal moves, except for the returns of Alejandro Mayorga and César Horta, players on loan to Pumes and Mazatlán, respectively, and who showed good performance away from Guadalajara.
Juan Reynoso’s team showed improvement since last day, got their first win against Pachuca and confirmed their upward phase with a thrashing against Galls Blancos. It was also confirmed that “Cabecita ‘Rodríguez was punished, as on his return he scored a goal and an assist.
Meanwhile, Chivas remains in two units, with his second setback and where the return of Jose Juan Macias was not enough to avoid defeat to FC Juarez and confirm his worst start to the tournament since the 2008 Open.