By Edgardo Avelar
01 Sep 2024, 01:53 AM EDT
Led by Greek Giorgios Giakoumakis, Cruz Azul suddenly and brutally ended América’s paternity in the last seven games by coming from behind to win with a resounding 4-1 that at least somewhat alleviated all the affronts that the cement team had received since the Apertura 2021 tournament.
Indeed, when the outlook seemed bleakest for the squad led by Argentine Martín Anselmi, who offered their worst opening 40 minutes since the Argentine coach took charge of the cement team, the “Greek God” Giorgios Giakoumakis appeared to tie the match and lead the sky-blue rebellion that led them to a resounding 4-1 win at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium.
Indeed, América, playing with a cautious but versatile style, managed to take control of the score when the sky-blue defense made a mistake in marking a header by América’s Néstor Araujo, leaving Uruguayan Brian Rodríguez alone to head the ball past Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier.
A controversial goal like that penalty in the last final, but now after being reviewed by the VAR, the referee César Ramos, refuted on many occasions by the América board of directors in the Referees Commission, for considering that it is a bad move, now had it on his side to validate the goal and put Cruz Azul against the wall at minute 17.
A goal that was undoubtedly a blow to the heart of the cement team and that made them react to get rid of the chaos of the actions and demonstrate why they are currently fighting for first place in the Apertura 2024 tournament.
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