With 3 goals and a shower, the Machine shakes a decade of losing to Chivas

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With mistakes from the referee in a pair of goals from the celestial team, Cruz Azul ended a winless decade against Guadalajara in the Blue stadium, beating them 3-1 yesterday in the afternoon in the middle of a downpour, the second in a row in this building.

The Ecuadorian Joao Rojas was the main figure of the Machine, scoring at the minutes 36 and 82 and Jerónimo Amione, defined the game at 84', while the goalkeeper Jesus Corona saved sung actions on the final stretch. Rafael Márquez Lugo tied for Chivas in the 50'.

Thus the celestial team cut the streak dating back to the Opening Tournament of 2003, which consisted of eight draws and two defeats and three games without a win in this tournament, totaling seven points and advancing to the eighth place overall. Meanwhile, the red and whites stopped at four units in the twelfth.

In a Blue stadium with greater support for the red and white frame, the game started at a slow pace, with no clear dominance and as time progressed they began to register arrivals of danger in both frames.

First there was an escape from Carlos Fierro on the left, who shot to the near post, where the goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona interrupted next to the right post.

The celestials answered with two corner shots, where the central defender won the ball thanks to his height. At the first shot he was blocked on the line by Abraham Coronado and on the second shot the goalkeeper Luis Ernesto Michel kept the ball to pressure Argentine striker Hugo Mariano Pavone, who worked hard as a winger.

Fierro reignited the thousands of fans of Chivas who attended the Blue stadium, when he finished off with a volley after another center of Coronado, but the goalkeeper was attentive to prevent the entry at the minute 27.

In a pass where Alejandro Castro surprised the defense of Chivas, Christian Giménez escaped through the right and on the entrance to the area, the ball was passed to the Ecuadorian Joao Robin Rojas, who advancing half a meter sent the sphere to the net for 1-0, at the 36th minute, as the goalkeeper Luis Ernesto Michel had been left out of action with the pass of Chaco .

Now with the rain as a guest to the game, in the 40th minute, Marco Fabian let go of the draw by sending his header through the top, when he came through the center of the frame of Corona, after an accurate service of Coronado from the right.

Chivas started the second half with pressure from the start and this, together with the ground that was slippery by rain, let him have a chance to match the cards, when Jesus Sanchez won a ball and put the service to the area where the Colombian defender Luis Amaranto Perea slipped and touched the ball with his hand to cause a penalty.

Rafael Márquez Lugo ran through the middle on the minute 50, while Corona dived to his left for the 1-1, which gave strength to Guadalajara.

Faced with a flood in the Blue stadium, both frames tried in the first place to not make mistakes and then to take advantage of the field conditions based on speed, but none took advantage of their options, while most of the fans remained in their places.

The shock was defined in the final stretch. Jerónimo Amione had seconds after entering the field when he put the service for the Ecuadorian Joao Rojas, who closed the clamp for 2-1, in the minute 82.

The third score of the Machine arrived a couple of minutes later, in a play where the linesman Juan Carlos Salinas raised his flag and Guadalajara stood there, the ball fell to Rojas, who now returned the ball so that Jerónimo Amione on the target area, only had to send it the visitor's goal, despite claims of the red an whites.

Guadalajara closed strong trying to offset the score, and there were three dangerous actions, but goalkeeper Corona blocked them. First a ball that Jair Pereira combed trying to reject and was close to own goal, but the keeper of the Tri kept away. Then a shot from Marquez Lugo went to the bottom, but the referee marked a foul on Corona, while it swerved to the right with a header from Miguel Sabah.

Roberto García Orozco, referee of the match and his assistants Marvin Torrentera and Juan Carlos Salinas, had an erratic afternoon, as their failures were reflected on the scoreboard.

In the celestial team the players that were booked were Gerardo Torrado (38) and the Argentinian Hugo Mariano Pavone (72), and in the red and white frame, Jesus Sanchez (82) and Kristian Alvarez (91).

Atlas ties with Pachuca

The Atlas foxes were about to lose at home to Pachuca, which scored through Fernando Cavanaghi at minute 61; by miracle, the red and black were saved with a goal from Matias Vuoso in the final stretch in the 93rd minute.

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