Spain’s Serbian coach Veljko Paunovic’s Chivas de Guadalajara held off champion Pachuca on Saturday and drew 1-1 on matchday six of Mexican football’s Clausura 2023.
Víctor Guzmán gave Guadalajara the lead and Roberto la Rosa saved Pachuca’s equalizer from Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almada, in a well-paced match in which both goalkeepers showed high performance.
In the 27th minute, Guzmán accepted a serve from Carlos Cisneros and with his right leg gave Paunovic’s team the lead, after which both teams had goal options until the 57th minute. , the Tuzos take advantage of a counterattack in which the Colombian Avilés Hurtado gave a ball to De la Rosa, deadly in the shot.
The tie prevented Pachuca from jumping to first place and found themselves third with 13 points, two less than Rayados de Monterrey and one less than Tigres UANL.
This Thursday, the Rayados beat Atlas 0-2 with goals from Argentinian Rogelio Funes Mori and Mexican Arturo González.
In a duel on Saturday, Frenchman André Pierre Gignac scored twice to lead Tigres UANL to a 4-2 win over Pumas UNAM.
The Tigres won with two goals from Gignac, an Argentinian Nicolás Ibáñez and an own goal from Ricardo Galindo, while Argentinians Gustavo del Petre and Juan Dinenno picked up for the capital.
A few hours earlier, World Cup player Henry Martín converted the goal with which América beat Necaxa 2-1, confirming himself as the league’s top scorer, with seven goals, two more than Funes Mori.
América prevailed with signings from Chilean Diego Valdés and Martín, while Necaxa foiled with a target from Uruguayan Maximiliano Silvera.
In the other results of the day, this Friday Puebla beat Mazatlán and Tijuana 3-1, San Luis 1-0 and Thursday León beat Querétaro 0-3, with scores from Chilean Víctor Dávila, Ecuadorian Angel Mena and by Colombian Yairo Moreno.
The sixth day of the championship will end this Sunday with Toluca-Cruz Azul.