By Lizzy Becherano Chivas de Guadalajara confirmed Fernando Hierro will be the team’s new Sporting Director, replacing Ricardo Pelaez. The team parted ways with Pelaez after a disappointing 2022 Liga MX Apertura campaign, concluding the regular season in ninth before losing to Puebla in the playoffs reclassification match. Hierro will now take over, arriving with plenty of time to make changes before the 2023 Clausura tournament kicks off on January 6. “Excited, is the word, with the new challenge, it will be a fantastic experience, there are different motivations and Chivas is one of them, we…