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Mexican Primera, Week 3: Fernando Quirarte Needs A Win To Save His Job

by Kim McCauley

There are two games on Friday before Chivas manager Fernando Quirante fights for his job on Saturday

  • Kim McCauley

    Kim McCauley

    Mexican Primera 2012, Week 3 Preview And Fixtures: Fernando Quirarte Needs A Win To Save His Job

    A fan of CD Chivas waits for the team buses to arrive prior to the game against Real Madrid. Chivas play Tijuana on January 21, 2012. (Photo by Kent Horner/Getty Images)
    A fan of CD Chivas waits for the team buses to arrive prior to the game against Real Madrid. Chivas play Tijuana on January 21, 2012. (Photo by Kent Horner/Getty Images)
    A fan of CD Chivas waits for the team buses to arrive prior to the game against Real Madrid. Chivas play Tijuana on January 21, 2012. (Photo by Kent Horner/Getty Images)
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    It’s Jornada 3, which means it’s time for a manager to get canned in the Mexican Primera.

    Wait...what’s that? Estudiantes Tecos already fired their manager? Oh, well then. It’s time for a REALLY REALLY BIG CLUB to fire their manager! Chivas Guadalajara has lost their first two matches of the season, and they’re going to can Fernando Quirante if he can’t engineer a home win against relegation-threatened Club Tijuana, according to all of the paper gossip. They probably won’t lose, but FMF is ridiculous and they look like trash at the moment, so who knows.

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