Chivas Vs. America 2011, Super Clasico: Erick “Cubo” Torres Gives Goats The Lead

Chicharito who? Erick Torres is quickly establishing himself as a young legend for Chivas Guadalajara, and his headed goal against America to give the goats the lead in the 2011 Clausura’s Super Clasico will do nothing to slow down the massive hype train. The papers are already hailing Cubo as better than Javier Hernandez, and while that’s a massive stretch, he’ll hear a lot more of that in the coming weeks.

While Mexico’s media darling is the man who scored the goal, the man the media seems to love to hate, Guillermo Ochoa, was partially responsible for the goal and the pressure from the papers should heat up even more. The goal was created by a Xabier Baez cross to the center of the box, headed on net by Cubo Torres, but Memo should have done quite a bit better with the shot. He got a light tip on the ball as it went into the side netting when he probably should have kept it out, but regardless, Chivas lead and America must chase.