Sports media covered the 2-0 loss by the Cibao Football Club to the Mexican giant Chivas de Guadalajara. The Cibao FC won the Caribbean Clubs Championship after only three years participating in the tournament, earning the right to match the Mexicans in the CONCACAF Champions League elimination rounds held on Thursday, 22 February 2018, in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Sports media called the match an “historic occasion for the soccer club in a region in which baseball dominates.” The Cibao FC is coached by Albert Benaiges, from Barcelona, who for a short time was in charge of Chivas’ youth system.
The Round of 16 CCL series is a battle between two teams at opposite ends of the CONCACAF spectrum: Chivas’ stadium is 10 times bigger than Cibao’s 5,000-capacity ground; the Dominican club was founded in 2015, 109 years after Chivas and the Mexican giant boasts 3.74 million Twitter followers compared to Cibao’s 6,000.
Next the DR will travel to Guadalajara to play their Mexican opponent on their home turf. Few give the Dominican squad much of a chance against the superior Mexican team. A much higher score is expected for the game to be played at the home stadium of the Mexicans.
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Listin Diario
26 February 2018
