It had been almost 1,095 days since Chivas had started a Liga MX tournament with three consecutive wins, as they are currently doing by defeating Queretaro 2-1 Queretaro and maintain their perfect record with nine points, keeping them at the top of the standings.

The last time Chivas started a championship with three consecutive victories was under the leadership of Serbian Veljko Paunovic, when they began the 2023 Apertura tournament spectacularly, just as Guadalajara is doing now.

On that occasion, they defeated Leon 2-1, San Luis 3-1, and Necaxa 2-0, while now they have added victories over Pachuca 2-0, FC Juarez 0-1, and Queretaro 2-1, in what is expected to be a spectacular tournament for Guadalajara, because, as they say, a drop in the ocean is better than a torrent of bad luck.

A reaffirmation of the high level of play of the team managed by Gabriel Milito, who has found the formula to make a team function with a combination of pieces, and where very valuable things are being done combined, such as the scoring streak of Armando “Hormiga” Gonzalez, the reaffirmation Brian Gutierrez and Richard Ledezma have brought a new dimension to Guadalajara's performance. Guadalajara didn't have an outstanding match like the first game, where they dominated Pachuca in the first 45 minutes. This time, on the contrary, they relentlessly pressured their opponent, forcing them into mistakes that paved the way for victory. Meanwhile, "Hormiga" Gonzalez, inspired by Japanese anime characters, celebrated the first goal of the Sacred Flock with a Kamehameha blast from Armando Gonzalez and a bite from "Piojo" Alvarado, allowing Guadalajara to comfortably sit atop the standings. One might attribute Chivas' current form to coincidence, but the reality is that, thanks to Milito's work, the team has acquired the style the Argentine strategist wanted to instill: short passes, runs into space, which often, due to haste, don't turn out well, but at least they try.

Furthermore, with each passing matchday,striker Armando Gonzalez continues to demonstrate that the more the matchdays go by, the more important things can be expected from this young striker, who has scored at least one goal in six consecutive matches at the Akron Stadium.

The Match

Unlike the match against Pachuca last week, Chivas' style wasn't as devastating, although they always maintained an offensive approach against Guillermo Allison's goal, who only saw the ball go wide.

After that, the match fell into a back-and-forth style with little clarity, until the 35th minute when the 1-0 came from a great run by Brian Gutierrez who passed to Roberto Alvarado, who in turn did the same for Daniel Aguirre; The Chivas center-back reached the end line and delivered a precise cross to Armando Gonzalez at the far post, who headed it in for a 1-0 lead. The goal was important, but even more so was the celebration, where Gonzalez used gestures from Japanese anime to further emphasize the 1-0 score at the Akron Stadium, which seemed to revive Guadalajara and led to two very dangerous shots from the Mexican-American Gutierrez. The score went to 2-0 in the 61st minute when Roberto Carlos Alvarado capitalized on an assist from Richard Ledezma, making no mistake inside the box to extend the lead and put the game beyond doubt. However, suddenly, Argentinian Mateo Coronel took advantage of the Chivas goalkeeper's error in parrying a shot towards the center of the box, allowing the Argentinian to put the ball in the net for a 2-1 lead in the 80th minute.