The Chivas suffered their third defeat, now in a friendly match, 3-1 against Cincinnati in the Leagues Cup Show Case.

The reinforcement that was rumored in the Chivas environment and that Ricardo Peláez even admitted to approaching to know his status, was the one who nailed the final nail in the red-and-white defeat, Brandon Vázquez.

A few weeks ago, the red-and-white defense was proud to be the best in the Liga MX, but against Cincinnati, that was forgotten and the facilities granted led to a comfortable scoreline for the opposing team.

Despite the result, the good news for Ricardo Cadena is that he used Jesús Molina and Jesús Angulo as starters after seven and four months inactive due to injury, respectively.

The Rebaño showed more desire to make a difference from the first half, they went forward and opened the scoring with a goal from Pavel Pérez.

Just 7 minutes in, Rubén González shot from outside the box, but the goalkeeper controlled it without any problems.

Four minutes later, Chivas were saved after a cross from Sergio Santos from the left side that Dominique Badji failed to finish at the far post.

In the 19th minute, they found their reward, Pérez tried his luck from outside the box, the ball rebounded off Tyler Blackett and he scored the 0-1.

The match had to be stopped in the 35th minute due to heavy rain, the resumption took about 40 minutes, the teams warmed up for 10 minutes, and halftime lasted the same amount of time due to the delay.

The second half told a different story and Chivas suffered from defensive errors.

They had a bad ball distribution and their mistakes cost them dearly, in the 53rd minute, Yuya Kubo took advantage of a rebound at the edge of the penalty area, created space, and shot with his right foot to equalize 1-1.

Another defensive lapse impacted the scoreline, they lost the ball in the buildup, Calvin Harris dribbled and, facing weak marking from Hiram Mier and Miguel Ponce, shot powerfully to score the 2-1 in the 69th minute.

In the 76th minute, the home team scored their third goal, Barrera sent a low cross from the right side, Vázquez comfortably entered the box and scored to seal the match.

The next match for Chivas will be on Saturday against América in Atlanta.

MGC