By Edgardo Avelar
Sep 15, 2024, 01:53 AM EDT
The Cruz Azul Cemeteries They came from behind to beat the Esmeraldas del León 1-2, to strengthen their lead in the Apertura 2024 tournament where they set the pace with six wins and one draw, maintaining their undefeated streak just like the Tigres de la UANL and Toluca.
With goals from the Argentines Lorenzo Faravelli at minute 45 and Carlos Rotondi at minute 83the “Máquina Celeste” was able to recover from the initial goal at the beginning of the match scored by the Venezuelan Johnder Cádiz in the fourth minute of action.
The sky blue squad grew in the face of adversity to obtain victory and was able to crush a rival that was highly motivated by the debut of its coach, the Argentine Eduardo Berizzo, who gave a new face to the Bajío squad, but who never took into account the lack of physical fitness that his players suffered from and that prevented them from responding to the current leader of the competition.
Among other aspects, the Lion did not know how to take advantage of the fact thatCruz Azul started up front with rookies Amaury Morales and Mateo Levy, with the intention of Argentine coach Martín Anselmi to recover the missing minutes that the Machine has in the 20/11 rule implemented in the current competition.
The reality is that “Toto” Berizzo’s team could only hold out for 43 minutes of playsince the 1-1 draw with a goal by Lorenzo Faravelli at the end of the first half gave Cruz Azul enough oxygen to dominate the match in the second half and thus secure an important victory.
It is true that the Esmeraldas wanted to grow within their own limitations, But his main obstacle was the reaction in the divided plays. against a team that worked very well and that really felt little of the absence of Ángel Sepúlveda in the first half and throughout the match of its lethal striker, the Greek, Giorgios Giakoumakis, who could not be present in the game due to a muscle overload.
The truth is that Cruz Azul once again demonstrated that the 19 points it has in the lead of the competition It is not a coincidence, but now they have a squad with resources, unlike last tournament, to face the demands of each match and that allows them to withstand the onslaught of Tigres and Toluca, who are only two points away.
The Machine will now go to the Atlético de San Luis field next Tuesday in the activity of the 8th date within the double date that the calendar of the Mexican soccer tournament has, while León took the marked ticket from the raffle by visiting the battered Chivas who arrive with the weight of the defeat in the classic against América.
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