The Chivas Femenil comeback that rocked Estadio AKRON | OneFootball

Every time a week begins in which Chivas Femenil is set to play at home, the excitement bubbles over—especially when the most recent precedent set the bar sky-high.

This Sunday, Matchday 5 of the Apertura 2026 brings us another clash between Guadalajara and Pumas, a match that promises plenty in every respect, but one in which it’s impossible not to remember the last edition at the Fortaleza Rojiblanca.

For that, we go back to AP25, in a Matchday 14 showdown. The Rebaño came in on a four-game winning streak against a university side eager to lock up a playoff spot. While the first half was evenly contested, with more of the play tilted toward the team from Guadalajara, it was the visitors from the capital who took a 0-2 lead through a couple of key plays.

It was clear: Chivas Femenil had to respond in the second half, looking to score as soon as possible and fueled by the changes from the bench. What happened next couldn’t have been predicted by even the best fortune-teller.

Joseline Montoya and Viridiana Salazar came on with the aim of adding verticality from the wings, while also giving Chiverío a much more attacking face. They kept knocking on the door until it finally gave way. In the space of just two minutes, our team had already leveled the match: Denise Castro pulled one back in the 65th minute with a precise header inside the box, while in the 67th, Salazar fired home an unstoppable volley that brought the Chivahermanos to their feet.

However, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. In an unfortunate sequence, Casandra Montero couldn’t properly clear Ribeiro’s shot in the 73rd minute, allowing the Pumas women to make it 2-3 on the scoreboard. But that only brought out Guadalajara’s strength and drive.

With the same mindset that produced her first two goals, ‘Viri’ pulled an acrobatic finish out of the hat in the 76th minute to level things once again; in the process, she stirred up a hornet’s nest that wanted more and more.

The rojiblancas pinned their rival deep in its own half, pushing for the win attack after attack, with the feeling that the fourth goal was only a matter of time. As stoppage time was winding down, the one who always delivers appeared: amid a flurry of rebounds and flick-ons inside the box, Alicia Cervantes reacted at just the right moment with a point-blank header that set off an explosion at the Casa de los Mexicanos, amid the celebrations of a hard-fought but more than deserved victory for the Rebaño Sagrado.

Expectations for this weekend are sky-high, because we all know what Chivas Femenil is capable of, and if we add this unforgettable precedent, we can expect a performance to match.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.