By Edgardo Avelar
Led by the Greek Giorgios Giakoumakis Cruz Azul suddenly and abruptly ended America’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 insults that the cement team had received. since the 2021 Apertura tournament.
Indeed, when the outlook seemed bleakest for the squad led by Argentine Martín Anselmi, who offered his worst initial 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 victory at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium.
In addition, Cruz Azul also A negative mark that was almost 30 years old was removed They were unable to beat América by coming back from a scoreline and now they have achieved it with a performance that reaffirms them as leaders of the competition with 16 points, the result of 5 wins and a draw, without yet knowing defeat.
Indeed, America, playing with a cautious but versatile style, managed to take control of the scoreboard when the sky-blue defense made a mistake in marking a header by America’s Nestor Araujo that left the Uruguayan alone. Brian Rodríguez headed the ball past Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mier.
A controversial goal like that penalty in the last final, but now that it was reviewed by the VAR, the referee César Ramos, refuted on many occasions by the América board of directors in the Referees Commission, considering that it was a bad decision, Now he had him 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 show that they were capable ofbecause currently in the Apertura 2024 tournament they are fighting for first place.
The goal by Uruguayan Rodríguez was the incentive for the cement workers to get their act together and little by little they were leveling the score and stripping the Eagles of their security on the pitch. Thus came the 43rd minute when Carlos Rotondi went down the left wing almost to the end line to send a cross into the heart of the area and then the Greek Giakoumakis arrived to head over the mark of the Spaniard Álvaro Fidalgo and beat Luis Malagón to tie the game 1-1.
Just then the Machine players smelled blood and went to the boarding area so that Luis Romo could get rid of his mark in the 45th minute to send a cross into the area. and that Ángel Sepúlveda managed to finish off a goal over a defender and put the ball in the net.
For the second half, America wanted to respond by going all out, but by being left without the Chilean Diego Valdés due to a shoulder injury from the first half, they lost their talent distributor who was replaced By Erick “Chiquito” Sánchez, he tried to do the job, but the task was too big for him.
It was then that the Machine went to the boarding and with goals from Alexis Gutiérrez and the Argentine Lorenzo Faravelli, they shaped the cement revenge that once and for all claimed affronts such as the 7-0 of the Apertura 2022 tournament and especially of the last final. in which they fell due to a controversial penalty called by referee Marco Antonio “Gato” Ortiz.
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