Omar Bravo and Javier Hernandez scored second half goals as Chivas
beat Queretaro 2-0 on Sunday to equal their best tournament start
in club history.
Bravo opened the scoring in the 74th minute off a cross from
Adolfo Bautista and "Chicharito" Hernandez sealed the win in the
80th for Guadalajara who are now unbeaten from four games, their
best start to a season since the 1956-57 campaign when they
defeated Necaxa, Monterrey, Oro and Atlante.
After failing to qualify for the playoffs in the last three
championships, their perfect start has Chivas on 12 points atop of
the Mexican Clausura standings. Pachuca and Atlas are next with
nine each after wins over San Luis and America, respectively.
"We were committed to bring Chivas back where it belongs, we
owed it to the fans ... to us. We are very pleased with the results
but we still have a long road ahead of us," Chivas manager Jose
Luis Real said.
Bravo scored his second goal of the season and now has 105 in
his career, second best in Chivas history behind Salvador Reyes,
who finished with 122. Hernandez scored for the fourth straight
match and leads the Clausura scoring with seven goals.
Queretaro lost for the first time this season, and with seven
points, has a share of the fourth place in the standings with
Santos and Monterrey.
Chivas, the most successful club in Mexico with 11 titles,
will try to extend their streak when they play Atlante next week.
In Pachuca, Ulises Mendivil scored twice in the last six
minutes for a 2-0 win over the Gladiators.
Mendivil, did not waste his chance in his first start of the
season with goals in the 84th and 90th minutes as the Tuzos won
their second match in a row.
Meanwhile Atlas used a Mario Mendez second half goal to
secure a 1-0 win over a America for their third straight win.
In other scores it was: Cruz Azul 0, Santos 2; Tigres 2,
Pumas 2; Atlante 1, Puebla 1; Toluca 1, Monterrey 1; Ciudad Juarez
0, Morelia 1, Estudiantes 3, Jaguares 0.
