Week 2: Apertura Tournament

By: Albert | August 8th, 2008

Ok, so Im late.

This past week of Mexican futbol was not bad.

First – Tecos vs Chivas 1-0. Chivas was robbed! Tecos went down a man, and still pulled out the win. Fatal error by the keeper resulted in the goal. Rodriguez thought the defense was going to play it back to him, but instead they returned the ball back to Tecos who shot at an empty net. Worst thing for Chivas, was Omar Arellano got injured and is out for about 3 weeks.

Jaguares vs Tigres 1-3. You know if you lose to Tigres your in bad shape. Blas Perez continues to impress. Kikin gets a boost as he is called up to the NT in Sven’s 2nd list.

Monterrey vs Indios 2-0. This one just shows how weak Indios are. They will probably give a good fight to Tigres for relegation. Monterrey is not bad, this dude, Carlos Ochoa aint bat at all.

Pachuca vs San Luis 2-3. Turned out to be a good one. San Luis really are gladiators and I hope they do well in Sudamericana. They recently beat Cruz Azul in a moved up week 6 game, so are officially Superleaders.

Atlas vs Cruz Azul, 2-4. Botinelli finally got owned. He gets a red card for diving. Cruz Azul played a good game, even though Miguel Sabah has been struggling to find the back of the net.

Necaxa vs Puebla, 0-0. If there arent any wierd junk from Pueblas coach, then this game was pretty much a bore.

Morelia vs Atlante, 0-0. Nothing much here either.

Toluca vs America, 2-1. An error from Guillermo Ochoa may have caused a goal vs Toluca. The ball came to him fast, a Toluca player cut in and Memo expected a deflection, when there was none, Memo mishandled the ball and it bounced back to a Mancilla for the score. Again a golazo from Cabanas.

Santos vs Pumas, 1-1. Champs couldnt beat the Pumas, but Pumas couldn’t hold on to the lead. Dante with another goal and the press goes crazy thinking he is the only person on Pumas doing anything.

Soon, a previow of Week 3!!