Much like the Dynamo win over Pachuca, Necaxa got a defining win over Brazil squad Sao Paulo.
It was Sao Paulo’s first loss in 29 games making it more impressive. Kleber and Juan Salguiero provided the goals in a game that could be seen on Fox Sports Espanol. Mexican clubs like Necaxa look to Argentine and Brazilian squads as a measuring stick much like MLS squads look to Mexican squads as a measuring stick. This is what makes this result significant.
Meanwhile Club America got smacked at Banfield in Argentina 3-1 and were never really in this one.
Was it a “Superclasico” hangover? Who knows but one thing is clear with Club America. Ever since Pavel Pardo moved on along with Claudio Lopez this team has never been the same.
Pardo was the “heart and soul ” of Club America, the calm in the storm and the type of player that was able to help hold things together for this team out of a holding role in central midfield.
Club America was lucky to beat Chivas this past Sunday night and it all game down to goalkeeping and Guillermo Ochoa who pulled off fantastic saves.
German Villa’s goal off a Salvador Cabanas cross was classic.
*For those of you emailing me saying the officiating was the reason Pahuca lost to the Houston Dynamo consider this.
Where is the accountability from Pahuca ? It’s staff? Players? I would be more concerned with not recognizing the opportunity to put the game away in the first half? Lack of emotional control? Not dealing particularly well with Dynamo pressure in the second half? Why the excuses? How could Pachuca not think that the Houston Dynamo would play better in the second half. This teams greatest strength is to play selflessly for each other. How could Pachuca and Enrique Meza (Mexican coaching legend) not see this coming. Naive to say the least in my opinion.
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29 consecutive games? I was not aware of that streak, you are right, it makes it more impressive, and what about the second goal of Necaxa?, a great goal.
The America game I did not watch, too early for me (and to be honest, 2 consecutive games would not make my wife happy
), I do not care the game was play in Argentina, Banfield is doing just awful in the AFA, loosing 3-1 to them is a horrible result. I can not comment on America, I have not watch them in a long, long time.
Today we also have some interesting games in Copa Libertadores, Libertad vs El Nacional, Emelec vs Nacional (not to be confuse with El Nacional), Gimnasia LP vs Santos and Boca Jrs vs Toluca, I will probably try to watch the last one (But Gimnasia-Santos also looks very interesting), I always watch Boca games when they are in the Copa Libertadores, they lost against Toluca in Mexico, so I´m sure they want to win this one, and forget the revenge aspect, they need the 3 points.
The Irony is that in this country you probably get more football games than countries in South America and Europe.
About the officiating in the Dynamo-Pachuca game, when I was a little kid and the Athletic Bilbao lost and I wanted to excuse them by blaming the referee my father use to tell me, \
About the officiating in the Dynamo-Pachuca game, when I was a little kid and the Athletic Bilbao lost and I wanted to excuse them by blaming the referee my father use to tell me, “The referee was not the one missing the goal chances”, that was so true then, it is still true today, great teams are not lucky, great teams do not care about the referee, great teams convert their opportunities into goals and they win.