Friday, September 25, 2009

Omar Arellano



A double salvo by Omar Arellano, in the span of five minutes, helped Club Deportivo Guadalajara defeat Chivas USA 2-0 in a friendly exhibition match at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Arellano, who entered the match in the second-half, looked like his old self; fast, agile, and very lethal.

What makes Arellano special for the Chivas faithful is not his potential but that he is Chivas Royalty. Arellano is the son of Omar Arellano Nuno who won a league championship with Chivas in the 86-87 season. Arellanos granfather, whom he takes his nickname from, is Raul "La Pina" Arellano was part of the lengendary Campeonisimo squad.

Indeed, the young Arellano is a third generation Chivas player. And one of the most promising upstarts Chivas has seen since Carlos Vela was whisked away by Arsenal. All that remains for Arellano, who has proven to be very injury prone, is to remain healthy enough to prove his worth.

Arellano already missed the first-half of the Mexican Apertura season but already he has been called to the Mexican national team for the friendly against Colombia.

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