Cruz Azul with good and bad news in the win vs. FC Juarez 4-0

The Blue Cross had good and bad news in the 4-0 win over FC Juárez in the activity on date 13 of the Apertura 2024 tournament, where, on the bad side, one of its best forwards like the Greek was injured again Giorgios Giakoumakis.

While in the positive sector it reaffirmed the good moment of Ángel Sepúlveda to score with a double in 36 minutes that saw action on the field of play and the icing on the cake was the reappearance of Uruguayan striker Gabriel “Toro” Fernández to score one of the four goals on this important night for the cement team that allowed them add his eleventh victory of the championship to reach 34 units.

The goals of the cement victory were scored by Sepúlveda on two occasions, Lorenzo Faravelli and Gabriel Fernández, before an entrance of 26,264 fans gathered in the Azul stadium, where the celestial public lives a romance with the squad led by Anselmi.

Now Cruz AzulIt served as a razor to visit Pumas next Saturday at the Olimpico Universitario in one of the bravest duels on date 14 of the Apertura 2024 tournament.

Giakoumakis’ new injury

Greek forward Giorgios Giakoumakis suffered a muscle injury in the left leg that has only allowed him to play a single full game in the current Apertura 2024 tournament, because he did not do the complete preseason with the team led by Argentine Martín Anselmi.

For that reason he has had a lot of problems getting into his rhythm, but with all that he has managed to score six goals tied with his teammate, Ángel Sepúlveda, who scored two goals in tonight’s cement victory over FC Juárez.

Now he was only able to play 21 minutes and the only game with 90 minutes was on matchday four against Toluca, while in the other nine games of the ten he has played in the 549 minutes he has so far in the light blue uniform.

Giakoumakis never felt comfortable on the field of play and that forced the Cruz Azul coaching staff to will send Ángel Sepúlveda to warm up immediately until the action came where the European striker looked for a split ball with the goalkeeper of the border team Benny Díaz to no longer get up and was relieved by Sepúlveda.

The details of the eleventh victory

But beyond Giorgios’ injury, Cruz Azul added the eleventh victory in the tournament in the thirteen games it has played and the best news was that the 3-0 victory allowed it to give Sepúlveda minutes to reach six goals and tie his European teammate as the best cement netbreakers of the championship.

As well as give minutes to rookies Amaury Morales and Mateo Levy that will allow both to fulfill the 180 regulatory minutes that will automatically activate the sum of 720 minutes for having participated in the Under 20 team in the Pre-World Cup in several cities of Guanajuato with which they will be able to fulfill the 1000 minutes required by the minor rule.

The reappearance of “Toro” Fernández

Finally another of the good news of the Machine It was the reappearance of Gabriel “Toro” Fernández after eight months of absence due to the rupture of the cruciate ligament in his left knee in a duel against Atlético de San Luis in the Clausura 2024 tournament.

Now he played 21 minutes and he began to show that he will be very helpful in the cement offense that is concerned about Giakoumakis’ frequent injuries.

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