Leon beat Chivas 1-0 and advances to the Liga MX Final.
León reached the final of LIGA MX and eliminated Guadalajara’s Chivas Rayadas by an aggregate score of 2-1 in Nou Camp stadium. The Costa Rican Joel Campbell became the figure of the match, scoring the only goal of the match.
In the first minutes, El Rojiblanco team started with slight dominance, as they were forced to score to get ahead on the aggregate score. However, Ignacio Ambriz’s team changed and controlled the ball very calmly.
The good performance of Los Esmeraldas paid off quickly and made it 1-0 in the match. At the 17th minute, the Ecuadorian Ángel Mena beat Miguel Ángel Ponce’s back and hit a low cross to Joel Campbell, who finished with a soft touch to defeat Raúl Gudiño. That’s how we went into the half.
In the second half, the strategist Víctor Manuel Vucetich made changes in his strategy and advanced the lines in search of cutting distances. In the 57th, Uriel Antuna overflowed on the right-wing and took a strong cross-shot, however, the ball bounced off the post.
Guadalajara’s team kept pressing and was close to scoring in Nou Camp. It was in the 68th minute when Antuna himself beat the defensive back and sent a cross to Oribe Peralta to finish off, but Rodolfo Cota saved the ball. Leon’s defense held up with the 1-0 score to end the game.
With this result, Chivas was eliminated from the 2020 Guard1anes tournament and will have to prepare for the following season. On the other hand, Los Pansas Verdes led by Ignacio Ambriz is already in the final and will seek to get title number eight on December 12.
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