Goal and Summary of Cruz Azul 0-1 Pachuca in Liga MX

We're leaving, thank you for joining us in Vavel. Cruz Azul lost it 0-1 against Pachuca. With a goal from Salomón Rondon at 78'. The machine suffers its first defeat on its return to Azul and in the Anselmi era.

6 minutes more in the game. 

The goal is disallowed. The VAR says there is an offside, the goal does not count. Pachuca is going to win it.

Cruz Azul goal. The tie came, the machine tied it with the Angel of the goal. Sepúlveda ties and exploits the blue.

Erik Lira leaves and the Juvenil of the Mateo Levy machine enters. Little time and Cruz Azul pushes.

Pachuca goal. Salomón Rondon makes his debut in the league. Big mistake that he takes advantage of and Cruz Azul loses it.

Ángel Sepúlveda finishes and goes over the goal. How close the goal was going to be.

Enter the Angel of the Goal Sepúlveda, Cándido and Alexis Gutiérrez. El Toro says goodbye to the field and with Rotondi.

Magician Piovi. He takes the ball and Cruz Azul is saved. Pachuca is above.

Uriel Antuna shoots, a shot that goes into the goal. Cruz Azul continues looking for the goal.

Nacho Rivero shoots and goes to the goal covered. Cruz Azul looks for the goal

Rodrigo Huescas takes a long-distance shot and it goes wide.

Halftime. We leave with the 0-0 at the Blue Stadium. The great atmosphere in the stadium.

3 more minutes in the game. We are going to go into halftime without goals. The most important ones in Cruz Azul and Chiquito Sánchez. Impeccable shit.

El Toro Fernández misses a great opportunity. The shot goes over the top.

Kevin Mier saves and Cruz Azul puts himself behind solidly.

Charly seeks to command the attack. Touch of the ball, Pachuca steals the ball and the crossbar saves the machine.

Antuna almost scored a goal. Center that was very closed and was the first of the machine.

Chiquito Sánchez becomes big and Mier saves in a surprising way.

Charly Rodríguez misses a clear opportunity. Cruz Azul scores the first goal.

Gustavo Cabral gets a yellow card. The first tuzo that causes a foul.

Cruz Azul has the initiative, looking for chances and they take a direct free kick.

Cruz Azul has the initiative, looking for chances and they take a direct free kick.

The match is start.

Kevin Mier, Carlos Vargas, Willer Ditta, Gonzalo Piovi, Erik Lira, Lorenzo Faravelli, Nacho Rivero, Charly Rodríguez, Carlos Rotondi, Uriel Antuna and  Toro Fernández. 

Carlos Moreno, Daniel Aceves, Sergio Barreto, Gustavo Cabral, René López, Pedro Pedraza, Jesús Hernández, Alan Bautista, Erick Sánchez, José Rondón and Oussama Idrissi. 

Cruz Azul defeated Morelia 0-2. It was on Saturday, April 21, 2018, when at exactly 5:00 p.m., the machine said goodbye to Blue. With goals from Ángel Mena and Martín Cauteruccio.
From that last roster that was the following, there are no players left in the current squad. Not even the latest champions like Jesús Corona, Cata Domínguez and Adría Aldrete.

Both teams are already doing stretching exercises, prior to this start of the game between Cruz Azul vs Pachuca on matchday 1 of the MX League.

Martín Anselmi spoke before the game about the Escobar case.

"I like to talk about the game, people ask less and less about the game, that we are talking about all this, one day from something much more important that is above everyone, about any name that is Cruz Azul, which is going to start a new beginning. I have to keep my mind on tomorrow's game. Our goal is to build a team, it sounds divine, today I am going to build it and doing so is very difficult. A group of individuals leave their personal goals, they strive for the common good, to form a team, sometimes you have to do things that you don't like to do for the good of the team."

Martín Anselmí spoke about his debut against Pachuca.

“We are one day away from our debut against Pachuca, we are one day away from returning to the Azul Stadium, when I entered I didn't know it. Looking at the stands, it's really hard for me to describe what I felt, what I had inside. "It makes me hungry, I'm going to meet the Cruz Azul fans, there are no more seats for the game."

Everything is ready for the players from both teams to arrive, the locker rooms are already complete with all the players' accessories.

The two teams have already arrived at the venue, just minutes before they go out to warm up, after the actions in this matchday 1 match begin.

The fans of both teams have already arrived at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium, keeping an eye on their team and just minutes away from warming up.

We are back for the minute by minute match between Cruz Azul vs Pachuca. We will soon share the confirmed rosters, as well as relevant data about the confrontation between these two teams.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting rosters Cruz Azul vs Pachuca live, as well as the latest information from the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium such as statements from the protagonists, players to watch and interesting facts about these two teams. Don't miss any details of the match with VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage.

USA Date: Saturday 13 January 2024

USA Time: 8:00 PM ET

USA TV channel (English): No transmission

USA TV channel (Spanish): In TUDN USA.

USA Internet Commentary: VAVEL

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Martín Anselmi did not hide his excitement at making his debut on the field of the Sports Stadium, formerly known as the Blue Stadium, the safe place for many celestials, the coach was happy for the game against the Tuzos.

“We are one day away from our debut against Pachuca, we are one day away from returning to the Azul Stadium, when he came in I didn't know him. Looking at the stands, it's really hard for me to describe what I felt, what I had inside. It makes me hungry, I'm going to meet the Cruz Azul fans, they told me that there are no more seats for the game.”

There will not be one more soul in the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium, the building will have the return of the celestial fans, where it is expected that a welcome mosaic will be made, after the long wait that Cruz Azul did not play a game there. Furthermore, in these first home games of the season, due to the return of the Noria team to the Naples neighborhood, a full house is expected in most of the first home games.

The Paraguayan defender, Juan Escobar, ended his relationship with Cruz Azul, one of the last players who obtained the ninth. The discussion he had with Martín Anselmi, current coach, led to this. The exact reason was that Juan would not be part of the plans of the new coaching staff. Because he did not play in the game against Gallos Blancos, where he won the machine. Escobar had no activity with either team, this led to several meetings, the final result was that Juan and Anselmi apologized to each other. But the best decision is to abandon the machine, with several polls from Liga MX teams interested in him. Just like teams abroad, his representative has declared that a good offer from Mexican soccer would keep him in the country, despite offers outside of Mexico.

Pachuca is recognized for having winning vintage teams, lately that has not happened after obtaining its most recent title in previous years, Guillermo Almada has lost key players in his eleven, discovering new gems in the quarry and finding important elements in the market of passes.

The bad news for the Tuzos has come, Celso Ortíz will be out for 6 to 8 weeks after meniscal surgery in his left knee. América acquired the services of the forward, Illian Herández will be on loan. Likewise, José Castillo went to Chivas and Marino Hinestroza to the MLS.

The additions for those from Bella Airosa were Andrés Micolta from Nacional, Luis Puente from Chivas, Nelson Dossa from Atletico Nacional, Alonso Aceves returns after his time in the MLS, Salomón Rondón left River for his first experience in Mexico and it is rumored in the last hours the arrival of Josue Colmán from Mazatlán. Almada was close to leaving, but the Tuzos foreign coach is recognized for his courage and endurance.

The machine brought a new deck of players seeking to revolutionize the team, leaving the ghosts behind, Iván Alonso's project will be present on this date 1. With a new coach, Martín Anselmi who seeks to bring that blue blood that excites the celestials. New players arrived such as forward Gabriel Fernández who seeks to make a new history in the machine, Luis Jiménez and Kevin Mier are going to compete with Gudiño for the goal. Gonzalo Piovi, Camilo Cándido and Lorenzo Faravelli were three other foreign reinforcements who closed the celestial market for the moment. Alexis Vega and Poncho González will be left wanting to play a game with the blues shirt.
The casualties were Jesús Dueñas who had his contract terminated, Alonso Escoboza and Carlos Salcedo waiting on the exit ramp after not entering into plans. Sebastián Jurado went on loan to the Braves, seeking revenge for him. Moíses Viera went to Brazil, just like Kevin Castaño and his friend Diber Cambindo ended up leaving.

The wait is over, Cruz Azul returns home. Napoles will once again hear the sound of the machine that will pass every weekend, during this tournament, due to the reconstruction of the Azteca Stadium, the celestials had to look for a new alternative to go to their old home after 6 years. More than 22 years supported the legendary Azul Stadium, some remember it fondly for the afternoons spent there, others not so much after not winning any title there, losing two finals against Pachuca and Rayados. The last game they had in 2018 when they faced Monarcas winning 2-0, on August 10, 1996 was their first game there, now this January 13 Cruz Azul will return to what was their home.

The League MX returns to activity with several games on a day 1 that remains in preparation, some teams have not yet finished assembling their squads. Some signings have not been closed, other departures have not been established to make way for new faces. The champion is América, they will be the rival to beat in this championship. The others will seek to increase their record or add their first cup of the year.

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