5552 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Guadalajara retained top spot in the Mexican Clausura, although they came close to following up last weekend’s first defeat of the season with a second loss at Atlante. Javier David Munoz gave Apertura champions Atlante the lead on 57-minutes and Chivas only drew level five-minu...

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5535 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk League leaders Guadalajara tasted defeat for the first time in the current campaign in going down 1:0 away to Necaxa. Argentinean defender Pablo Quatrocchi scored the only goal of the game on 10-minutes and even though Necaxa were reduced to 10-men midway through the second-half a...

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5492 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Guadalajara continue to set the pace in Mexico, with Sergio Avila’s 86th minute strike earning them maximum points in a 2:1 win over Pachuca. Omar Bravo had given Chivas the lead on 32-minutes, only for Pachuca to level things up through substitute Luis Gabriel Rey on 81-minutes. ...

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5490 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Guadalajara continue to set the pace in Mexico, with their 2:1 win at Veracruz maintaining their unbeaten record this term and edging Veracruz ever closer to relegation. A goal from Edgar Ivan Solis gave Chivas the advantage on 28-minutes and Omar Bravo looked to have made the poi...

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5474 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk The two teams with the biggest support in Mexico, Guadalajara and America, find themselves at opposite ends of the table following the latest round of matches, with the former extending their lead at the top of the table following victory over Toluca, while the former slumped to th...

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5450 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Despite a third successive draw, Guadalajara remain top of the table after Toluca failed to take advantage of Chivas finishing all square at Cruz Azul. A 0:0 draw in Mexico City was not a bad result for Guadalajara, but it still presented Toluca with a chance to go top when they...

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5428 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Table-topping Guadalajara retained both their leadership and their unbeaten record, but they made hard work of securing a 2:2 draw with San Luis. The visitors were two goals to the good within 18-minutes, with Alfredo Moreno and Malher Tressor Moreno both on target. The game took...

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5390 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Now under the stewardship of veteran former national team coach Manuel Lapuente following the dismissal of Americo Gallego, UANL Tigres secured a decent goalless at home to table-topping Guadalajara. The visitors were reduced to 10-men for the majority of the second-half following...

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5389 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Guadalajara extended their lead at the top of the Mexican Primera to four points with a 3:2 victory over one of their potentially chief title rivals, Santos. First-half goals from Omar Bravo and Ramon Morales looked to have made the game safe for Chivas, but Santos battled back af...

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5384 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk A 2:0 victory over city rivals Atlas at the shared Estadio Jalisco was enough to send Guadalajara three points clear at the top of the Mexican Primera, with a goal from Omar Bravo early on in proceedings and enough in the final minutes of the match proving sufficient. Those in the...

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5350 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Guadalajara climbed above Saturday’s opponents Morelia at the top of the Mexican Primera after three rounds of matches after ending the only remaining 100% of the season with a resounding 6:0 thumping of the visitors. Morelia didn’t make things easy for themselves, with defender M...

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5321 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk Although we are only two rounds of matches into the Clausura season, Morelia are the only team that can still boast a 100% record after the weekend’s games. David Patino’s men secured early leadership of the table following a 3:2 victory over Pachuca, with Colombian midfielder Ald...

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5320 Mexico Clausura 2008 Weekly Re

by : Cody Strunk The opening round of fixtures in the Mexican Clausura produced no fewer than five draws from nine matches. The season started on Friday with Veracruz, who probably face a straight relegation scrap with Puebla, going down 1:0 at home to Morelia for whom Ignacio Carrasco scored the ...

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4483: Mexico Clausura Weekly Review

by : Cody Strunk The play-off, Repechaje and relegation places were all decided after the last round of matches in the regular league season in Mexico this weekend. Pachuca cemented their position at the top of the table and go into the play-offs as top seeds following a 4:1 victory at Atlante. T...

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4464: Mexico – Queretaro And Santos

by : Cody Strunk One of the joys of the latter stages of any league season is in trying to ascertain which teams need what to win titles, secure promotion or avoid relegation and attempting to speculate the likely outcome. The number of hours frittered away with such conjecture at this time of yea...

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4449: Mexico Clausura Weekly Review

by : Cody Strunk The penultimate round of matches in the regular league season has left four teams – Pachuca, Guadalajara, America and Cruz Azul – all assured of their play-off places. However, so tight is the scrap for the remaining berths, that the only team without any hope of qualifying for th...

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4428: Mexico Clausura Weekly Review

by : Cody Strunk With just two rounds of matches in the regular league season remaining, the picture is beginning to look a little clearer at both ends of the table. Table-topping Pachuca maintained their excellent form with a 2:0 win at Toluca, unquestionably the most under-achieving team this se...

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4408: Mexico Clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk Martin Hansen One of the first foreign players to be signed directly for the academy, Hansen moved to Liverpool from Denmark last summer and in a matter of weeks established himself in the U18 side despite still being 16 years old. A number of impressive early season performances ...

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4383: Mexico Clausura Weekly Review

by : Cody Strunk Pachuca all but ensured their place in the end of season play-offs with a comprehensive 5:0 victory away to Veracruz, with Argentinean striker Christian Gimenez opening the scoring and claiming the last goal, adding to his hat-trick last week. America also made a decisive move tow...

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4339: Mexico clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk Pachuca lead the way in the Mexican Clausura following a 4:2 win at home to Atlas, with striker Christian Gimenez bagging a first-half hat-trick, including two goals in a minute. The visitors had actually been 2:1 ahead after scoring twice in three-minutes just after the midway po...

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4322: Mexico Clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk America won the big game of the weekend (and arguably of the season) in beating Guadalajara 1:0 at the Estadio Azteca courtesy of a single goal from veteran former national team midfielder German Villa on 24-minutes. The win enabled America to regain leadership of Group 3, althoug...

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4294: Mexico Clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk In a shortened round of matches partly due to the Copa Libertadores commitments of some clubs, Cruz Azul took advantage to move to the top of the regular league table for the season with a 3:2 win at home to Morelia. Isaac Mizrahi’s team were made to work for their victory, during...

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4275: Mexico Clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk It was a good weekend for the bottom two in the percentage table in Mexico, with both Queretaro and Santos securing victories to bolster their own survival hopes and to pull closer to the pack above them. In a low-scoring round of matches, only the San Luis v Santos game managed t...

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4249: Mexico Clausura weekly review

by : Cody Strunk Defending champions Guadalajara secured a 2:0 victory over relegation threatened Queretaro to move top of the general league table ahead of city rivals Atlas on goals scored. A penalty from Omar Bravo and a goal from Ramon Morales sealed the win for Chivas and pushed Queretaro bac...

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