5 – 2
“Santiago Sandoval broke the deadlock with a header from a corner after Ricardo Marín's earlier shot had been saved and an offside call disrupted momentum. The set-piece delivery found Sandoval unmarked and he made no mistake.”
Pivotal“Ricardo Marín converted from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time after Ramiro Árciga was booked for a foul, sending Guadalajara into the break with a commanding 3-0 lead that effectively ended the contest as a competitive fixture.”
Pivotal“Roberto Alvarado arrived as a second-half substitute and immediately made his mark, finishing off a move assisted by fellow substitute Brian Gutiérrez to make it 4-0 and confirm the rout just 13 minutes into the second half.”
“Diego Campillo capped a flowing move assisted by Roberto Alvarado to make it 5-0, completing a dominant performance from a Guadalajara side that had controlled almost every phase of the match.”
“Elias Manoel, introduced as a substitute at halftime, headed home in stoppage time to claim his second consolation goal of the evening, giving Tijuana a marginally more dignified final scoreline of 5-2.”
Outstanding performance

Guadalajara were ruthless from the first whistle, turning a home fixture into an exercise in systematic destruction. Goals from Santiago Sandoval and Ricardo Marín either side of the half-hour mark established early control, and Marín's penalty on the stroke of halftime left Tijuana with an insurmountable 3-0 deficit before the break. Chivas carried 59% possession and completed 563 passes at 89% accuracy, reflecting a match they managed rather than fought for. The second half brought fresh legs through a wave of substitutions, but Guadalajara did not lose their edge — Roberto Alvarado and Diego Campillo added further gloss before Tijuana's substitute Elias Manoel salvaged a pair of consolation goals to make the scoreline marginally more respectable. For Guadalajara, this result lifts the mood and form heading into the middle stretch of the Apertura campaign, while Tijuana must now regroup after a performance that offered 47 dangerous attacks on paper but converted none of their big chances into meaningful moments.
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