Match Week 13 of the Mexican Torneo Apertura proved to be unfavorable for my beloved Chivas de Guadalajara which fell 1-0 against archrivals America at the Azteca stadium. Chivas have now droped to third place of Group 2 stadings with 15 points and a minus 6 goal differential!
While Chivas is only two points behind second-place San Luis they are only one point ahead of cross-town rivals Atlas and two points of newcomers Gallos Blancos. Group leaders Toluca sit comfortably in first with 26 points. Toluca's coach is of course Jose "Chepo" de la Torre who last guided Chivas to a league title; ironically against the Diablos Rojos.
Needles to say Chivas has not been the same since Chepo was ousted. Worse yet is that the team has missed out in the last two league playoffs and missing for a third time is not out of the question. The question now remains what went wrong aside from Vergara going through a Merry-go-Round of coaches.
The Chivas Supermo already admited that having brough Jared Borgetti and Carlos Ochoa, last season, caused a disturbance in the lockeroom. However, neither Borgetti or Ochoa went to the media or were ever involved in any scandal. The Borg never complained despite being benched and Ochoa never lashed out despite being unjustly sent to the club's reserve team.
Obviously Chivas problem resides in the chaos created with the constant change of head coach. The tinkering with the teams line up, players losing continuity, tactical changes, etc have all led to the clubs downfall. The only hope that remains is that the latest changes; Raul Arias at the helm and Rafael Lebrija as sporting director, will straighten the club's path.
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