El club chino Guangzhou Evergrande, el equipo que se gastó una fortuna con el delantero colombiano Jackson Martínez y el mediocampista brasileño Paulinho, ha llegado a los cuartos de final de la Liga de Campeones de la AFC tras derrotar al Kashima Antlers de Japón con sendos goles desde el mediocampo.
There is no other way to say this: Raul Jimenez ran around for 48 minutes of Benfica's league cup final Sunday with a luchador mask in his pants.
It's a good thing he had it handy, too:
Raul Jimenez played 48 minutes with a lucha libre mask tucked into his shorts. A+ commitment to a celebration. pic.twitter.com/cn9ZPMiu8s
— Jon Arnold (@ArnoldcommaJon) May 28, 2017
It had been over 10 years since Chivas last captured a Liga MX title, but the final 20 minutes of the 2017 Liga MX Clausura Final must’ve seemed an even longer period for supporters in Guadalajara.
Much like the first leg, Chivas built a 2-0 lead behind goals from Alan Pulido and Jose Vazquez only to surrender a late goal to Ismael Sosa in the 87th. With the likes of Andre-Pierre Gignac, Jurgen Damm, Javier Aquino and Jesus Duenas desperately searching for a Tigres equalizer, long-suffering fans of Mexico’s most popular team were made to sweat over the match’s final minutes.
Over 62,000 Mexico supporters bore witness to a bit of El Tri history on Saturday night at the Los Angeles Coliseum as Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez moved clear of Jared Borgetti as the national team’s all-time leading goal scorer with 47.
Remarkably, Chicharito and Borgetti share the same strike rate for Mexico. The Santos Laguna legend scored 46 in 89 matches, and the Bayer Leverkusen striker has scored 47 in 91 — both make for an average of 0.52 goals per game.
Juventus and Bologna wrapped up their Serie A campaigns with a meaningless match featuring the champions-elect and the side in 15th. For a match with absolutely nothing riding on it, this game still had its moments.
The first was provided by Bologna midfielder Saphir Taider. The Algerian international opened the scoring in the 52nd minute with this sensational effort from distance.
Emre Can has deservedly been awarded the EPL goal of the season award for his magisterial bicycle kick against Watford.
Here are the nominees Can's goal beat out:
Jordan Henderson for his strike against Chelsea... and Emre Can for his against Watford.
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) May 22, 2017
Chivas were on the verge of taking a 2-0 lead back to Estadio Chivas for the second leg of the 2017 Liga MX Clausura Final, but Andre-Pierre Gignac scored two remarkable goals, in the 85th and 88th minutes, to level the tie for Tigres.
For Chivas, the first 45 minutes in Estadio Universitario really couldn’t have gone any better. For Tigres and goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman, it was a disaster.
The opening 20 minutes were no indicator of what was later to come as Tigres saw Gignac, Jesus Duenas, Lucas Zelarayan and Ismael Sosa all fire shots at Rodolfo Cota in the Chivas goal.