My favorite soccer game I have watched happened last year. Chivas, a team from my city ,Guadalajara,and my favorite team was playing against America, the classic enemy of Chivas. The match was a semi-final; in the Mexican league, semi finals are played in two games, and whoever has the highest score at the end of the two games goes to the final. America won the first game 1-0, so Chivas in order to pass to the final, had to win by 2 or more goals the second game. They couldn’t tie or win by one either because since America wass higher in the leaderboard than Chivas, If they tied, America would pass to the final.
The game strated and not so long from the beggining, at minute 18 Ronaldo Cisneros from Chivas scored the first goal. The first half was basically just that, but in minute 56 America would tie the score with a header from Diego Valdez. Chivas did not have many opportunities of scoring 2 goals in 35 minutes. Actually, it was almost impossible, but in minute 76 a pass from a free kick from Roberto alvarado to Alan Mozo went in the net making the score 2-1 for Chivas. There was 15 minutes left and no hopes for Chivas, so they starting slowing down and being less agressive. In a last desperate try from Chivas to achieve the impossible, Fernando Beltran crossed the ball in minute 89, and I Remember seeing that moment in slow motion because it was the last hope that Chivas had. Chiquete Orozco headered and converted one of the most celebrated goals in Mexico that gave Chivas the pass to the final. I was so excited I strated yelling and crying because we had not been in a final in about 6 years. We horribly lost the final against Tigres UANL, but the semi final is still my favorite football match of all time.