Alright, let’s gab about this whole Monterrey and Guadalajara thing, you know, the football match. Don’t rightly know why them young folks get so riled up about it, but it’s a big to-do, that’s for sure.
Monterrey versus Guadalajara, that’s what they call it. Sounds fancy, but it’s just a bunch of fellas kickin’ a ball around, far as I can tell. They got their teams, Monterrey and Guadalajara, and seems like they don’t much care for each other. Like them Hatfields and McCoys, but with more runnin’ and less shootin’.
Now, they tell me these two teams, they play each other a lot. Heard someone sayin’ they already played like, 25 times before. Guadalajara, they won more times, like 12 times, I think. Monterrey, they ain’t too far behind, winnin’ 9 times. The rest of the time, I guess they just tied, nobody winnin’ or losin’. Just a whole lotta huffin’ and puffin’ for nothin’.
- They got this game comin’ up soon, September 29th, they say. Gonna be in Guadalajara city, at some place called Estadio Akron. Don’t know what time, but it’s early in the mornin’, 3:05, somethin’ like that. Who in their right mind is awake then? Unless you gotta milk the cows, I suppose.
- Then, they gonna play again in October, the 21st. This time it’s in Monterrey. And it’s even earlier, 2:05 in the mornin’! Them players must be plumb tuckered out all the time. And them women, they play too, seems like. Same teams, Monterrey and Guadalajara, just the women’s version. Same fightin’ and kickin’, I reckon.
I heard some folks talkin’ ‘bout this ESPN thing. Said they show the game on TV, or on the computer, or somethin’. They got this “live coverage,” they call it. Means you can watch it happenin’ right then and there. And they got scores and odds and all that. Sounds like a bunch of numbers to me. Don’t rightly understand it, but folks seem to like bettin’ on it, who’s gonna win and all that. Waste of good money, if you ask me.
They even got these things called “substitutions.” Means one fella comes off the field, another one goes on. Happens a lot, seems like. Someone gets tired, or maybe they ain’t playin’ good enough, so they swap ‘em out. Like changin’ horses mid-stream, only it’s with people. Heard ‘em sayin’ somethin’ ‘bout Carlos Cisneros and Uriel Antuna replacin’ some other fellas. Don’t know who they are, but they must be important, I guess.
Now, they tell me there are other rivalries too. Like this Club America and Pumas UNAM. They call it the “Clasico Capitalino” ‘cause they both from Mexico City. But it ain’t the same, they say. This Monterrey and Guadalajara thing, that’s the real deal, the real fierce fight. Folks get all worked up about it. Yellin’ and screamin’, wearin’ their team colors. Reminds me of a barn raisin’, but with more arguin’.
And Club America, they got a whole bunch of trophies, 16 they say. And a whole lotta fans too. Biggest in some place called Concacaf, whatever that is. But Guadalajara ain’t too shabby neither. They won a fair few times themselves. It’s like a big ol’ family feud, this football thing. Always goin’ at it, tryin’ to prove who’s best.
So that’s the lowdown on this Monterrey – Guadalajara business, as best as I can figure it. A bunch of folks kickin’ a ball, yellin’ and screamin’, and gettin’ all riled up. Don’t rightly understand it myself, but it seems to keep ‘em entertained. And that’s somethin’, I suppose, in this crazy ol’ world. Just wish they wouldn’t play so darn early in the mornin’. A body needs her sleep, you know?
Guadalajara vs Monterrey schedule, Monterrey vs Guadalajara history, Monterrey Guadalajara rivalry, Liga MX schedule, them’s the words the young folks use when they talkin’ about this here game on that there internet. Guess it helps them find what they’re lookin’ for. Me? I just ask my neighbor Bessie, she knows everything that’s goin’ on ’round here, football or not.
