By Edgardo Avelar
Giorgios Giakoumakis, Greek striker for Cruz Azul, appeared when his team needed him most and almost like a “Greek God” descended from Olympus, he began his odyssey with two goals that helped the celestial team turn the score around, recovering from a 2-0 loss with Pachuca and end up winning 4-2.
Just when the celestial fans do not agree on social networks What nickname to give the new leader of the cement attack with names ranging from “Greek God”, “Greek Yoghurt” and the “Son of Zeus”, Giakoumakis managed to score the first two goals that tied the match and then collaborated in the third to turn the score around 2-3.
Then Ángel Sepúlveda came to put the cherry on the cake with the fourth goal in an important victory where the Cement Machine led by the Argentine Martín Anselmi, knew how to take advantage of the expulsion of the Argentine defender Sergio Barreto to head towards their eighth victory that allows them to consolidate the leadership of the championship with 25 points.
Cruz Azul had to come from behind to recover from a 2-0 loss, in which the Tuzos put them with goals from Sergio Hernández in the 11th minute and another from King Salomón Rondón, a Venezuelan striker from the Hidalgo squad in the 41st minute and which made one think of a tragedy for the cement team.
Just after this entry, Giakoumakis put together his odyssey to close the distance in the 45th minute and went to half-time with a minimal disadvantage that paved the way for Cruz Azul to wake up and turn the score around
This score was key, since after Pachuca was left with 10 men Due to the expulsion of Argentine Sergio Damián Barreto at minute 48, the cement reaction began with Giakoumakis’ second goal at minute 55 that put things at 2 2.
It was precisely That’s when the La Noria squad let their hair down and in the 66th minute the Argentine Lorenzo Faravelli made it 2-3 with collaboration that led Cruz Azul to the important victory. It is true that Pachuca wanted to react and had two opportunities for Salomón. Rondón, but the performance of Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier saved Cruz Azul and preserved their advantage on the scoreboard.
The Cruzazulinos already in added time through Ángel Sepúlveda made it 2-4 definitive to seal an important victory for Cruz Azul that allows them to add their eighth victory, a draw and a single defeat for 25 points, putting them four ahead of their closest pursuers Toluca and Tigres de la U. de Nuevo León.
The team led by Martín Anselmi will return to the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium the next day to receive to Necaxa in the activity on date 11.
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