By Edgardo Avelar
Nov 29, 2024, 10:15 PM EST
César “Chelito” Delgado and Óscar “Conejo” Pérez, two of Cruz Azul’s historic players, showed their optimism and faith that the Celeste Machine will be able to overcome the 3-0 loss in which the teams have placed them. Xolos Tijuana to move forward in the league for the title of the Apertura 2024 tournament.
Both former cement squad players in talks with The Opinion They recognized that last Wednesday’s score was a real surprise and that at the end of the day, when playing their worst game, a rival like Xolos Tijuana did not hesitate to take advantage. the very poor first half of the team led by Argentine Martín Anselimi.
From his native Argentina, “Chelito” Delgado took the call from this publishing house to ensure that: “It is a super difficult scenario, but I believe in the team, I believe in the comeback. Obviously, if Tijuana could score three goals, I think Cruz Azul can also do it at home.”
César Delgado, who at the beginning of the new millennium made fans of the Machine vibrateHe also added that: “To be able to come back, I think Cruz Azul is going to have to play a perfect game, be attentive in all lines, not lose individual duels, not make mistakes and that is what has to happen for it to move forward. in the league.”
Regarding last Wednesday’s game, he said he was surprised by the result and the score: “Of course I was surprised, I saw the game and I was surprised that it wasn’t Cruz Azul that we had been seeing, he did not play a good game, due to the fact that in front of him there is a rival that plays football well and that has good players and knew how to take advantage of Cruz Azul’s mistakes.”
To finish, the Argentine striker who won over the fans of the Machine Due to his great skill in the sky forward, he recognized that the elimination would be a hard blow for the cement organization: “It would be a hard blow for everything he did in the tournament, but it will not be a failure as they always say, I think now for What he did in the tournament would be sad, but it would not be a failure like in other tournaments.”
Oscar Perez
For his part, the former goalkeeper and director of Cruz Azul, Óscar “Conejo” Pérez, considered that the defeat was a surprise, but there are still options for the Machine: “The truth was it was a surprise because of how well Cruz Azul was doing things”But we know that the league is another tournament, since it is often said that it is the same and what happened to him reaffirms that the finals are another ticket.”
In his analysis, the “Rabbit” also said that: “I think Xolos finished very well playing in the tournament and found a way to hurt Cruz Azul, playing behind the central defenders’ backs, because they advance the lines a lot.”
Finally, he acknowledged that if he does not achieve his goal, it will be a great disappointment and a huge failure: “The truth is that if the result is regrettable, they must find a way to overcome the score. Cruz Azul is not dead, but it is a strong marker, but you know that many things happen in the league, they are emotional and there can be somersaults.”
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