Not even all the dark forces that always conspire in favor of America imposing its conditions could prevent Chivas from surprising the Aguilas 1-2 this Saturday night in the 262nd edition of the classic of classics and also destroyed the celebration of the 100th victory of this rivalry.

A victory that came at the right time for Guadalajara, who immersed in a crisis of results, reached another chapter of this rivalry with everything against them and with the project of the Argentine coach Gabriel Milito on the tightrope, with which they calmed the waters with this unexpected victory for the tapatios.

As well as a triumph that broke an eight-year fast for Guadalajara of not being able to win a match of this rivalry in the regular tournament of the Liga MX and now it was achieved with more self-respect than with football skills.

But the task was not easy and as always happens when you face America, they had to overcome a thousand and one vicissitudes to be able to rise with an unobjectionable victory with goals from Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado and Armando “Hormiga” Gonzalez, in a favorable second half of a night that ended up being magical.

As we said, the triumph was not easy, because Chivas had to overcome a powerful rival who couldn't play at 100 percent of their capacity, but then also an overly accommodating referee like Oscar Mejia who let the Americanistas do and undo until there was a limit to this type of refereeing favors.

But now, with those mysteries that football has and that make it so different, the tapatios threw overboard all the negativity that surrounded them and that had only allowed them to add four points in the championship and placed them 14 points behind America, but on the field the Rebano Sagrado shortened the distance with self-respect and a better performance in the second half.

The facts

The duel really had two sides. A first half of much probing,with a vertical and spectacular America in the first half supported by the speed of the Frenchman Allan Maximin and the power of the Uruguayan Rodrigo Aguirre, but that little by little was diluted with the staggered marking of the tapatios. However, it was difficult for Chivas to generate danger in the goal of Luis Malagon, especially because Cade Cowell, Piojo Alvarado and Efrain Alvarez, could not triangulate in front, causing things to be calm in the Americanista goal, in a first 45 minutes that did not look at all like a classic. But things changed in the second half, when little by little Chivas was loosening up and taking advantage of the fact that America used Brian Rodriguez for Alvaro Fidalgo to try to open the field in a trident that would make the tapatios tremble. But they did not move an inch, trying to deceive the Americanistas so that the They would attack and thus begin to disturb them with dangerous counterattacks initiated by Armando Gonzalez and Roberto Alvarado. That's exactly how the 0-1 came about on a diagonal cross from left to right that went all the way across the area for “Piojo” to close the gap in the 62nd minute and put the Americanistas against the wall. America felt hit immediately, so coach Andre Jardine immediately called on Henry Martin and Jose “La Pantera” Zuniga in an effort to regain their offensive power and to replace Jonathan dos Santos with the injured Sebastian Caceres. But the tactic didn't work for them and although they kept the pressure on goalkeeper Raul “Tala” Rangel's goal, it was Chivas who had more scoring chances, like the 2-0 in the 87th minute on a counterattack that caught Jonathan off guard, started by Armando “Hormiga” Gonzalez, who went all alone and his soul to the edge of the area and, marked by Chilean Igor Lichnovsky, unleashed a tremendous shot that beat Malagon for the 0-2.

The inconceivable

That goal fell like a bucket of cold water on America, generating a rancor capable of provoking a brawl initiated by Erick “Chiquito” Sanchez and Erick Gutierrez, where both benches emptied and caused the referee to exaggerate in making up 16 minutes that were lost during the moments of greatest rancor in Mexico and that gave the impression that the referee would end the game until America tied after Alejandro Zendejas had shortened the distance at minute 90+6.

Thus the game went until minute 90+16, without the end of the game being generated, trying to reach a draw and avoid the embarrassment in this date of the Mexican soccer tournament.