Goals and Highlights: Cruz Azul 2-0 San Jose Earthquakes in Friendly Match 2021

Cristian Espinoza con el golazo!

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Paul Marie with the strike!

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It's over! Cruz Azul can't and falls at Paypal Park.

Cruz Azul looks for, but fails to generate dangerous plays.

Rafael Baca's shot, but the ball goes wide.

Change of Cruz Azul. Alexis Gutiérrez and Luis Mendoza are substituted for Josué Reyes and Pol Fernández.

Goal, goal, goal for San Jose Earthquakes! Great driving by Espinoza, the player gets into the box and shoots into the goal.

San José changes. Cowell, Remedi, Espinoza, Abecasis and Ebobisse are substituted for Salinas, Thompson, Wondolowski, Carlos Fierro.

Goalkeeper! Vega deflects the ball twice after Giménez's shot and Aguilar's counterattack.

Cruz Azul changes. Andrés Gudiño and Lucas Passerini are substituted for Sebastián Jurado and Walter Montoya.

Goal, goal, goal by San José! Marie sent a blast that Jurado couldn't stop.

Close to Cruz Azul, Montoya receives and shoots, but sends the ball into the stands.

Start the add-on in Paypal.

Change of Cruz Azul. Santiago Giménez replaces Rómulo Otero.

The first half of the match ended with the score at zero and one player down on each side.

One more! Nathan, who clashed with Rodriguez, also leaves the game with an ejection.

He's leaving! The referee sends off Jonathan Rodriguez after he again got into a shoving match.

They are fighting! There is pushing and shoving between the Celestes and San José players, but it doesn't escalate.

Jurado made an excellent save to prevent the home side from shooting at his goal.

Cruz Azul changes. Sebastián Jurado and Josué Reyes are substituted for Jesús Corona and Joaquín Martínez.

Cruz Azul is not precise in the last line and gives away balls.

The ball is very hard fought in the midfield, both are looking for the rival goal

There is no control by Rivero and the ball ends up in the goalkeeper's hands.

Actions kick off at Paypal Park

Vega; Thompson, Beason, Nathan, Marie, Shakan, Yueill, Salinas, Andy Ríos, C. Fierro, Wondolowski.

J. Corona; R. Otero, J. Martínez, I. Rivero, A. Aldrete, J. Rodríguez, R. Baca, P. Aguilar, R. Alvarado, P. Fernández, W. Montoya.

The San Jose Earthquakes are also already at home, and the players will be looking for a good victory.

Cruz Azul, with Corona at the helm, is already at Paypal Park, ready to play this match.

Eduardo 'Chofis' López was chosen as MLS player of the month for his good performances in matches with the Earthquakes.

Marcos Lopez will not be able to participate in tonight's match with San Jose Earthquakes, the Peruvian traveled with his national team to play the qualifiers.

These are the players who traveled to the United States and that Juan Reynoso will be able to choose to participate in the match.

Reynoso's team will arrive at this match without a national team, a situation that has made it difficult for them when they have not been present.

The last time Cruz Azul played against an MLS team was in the Campeones Cup, the score ended in favor of Columbus Crew.

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After the victory against Xolos, Juan Reynoso spoke to the media: "The important thing was to win, both in Puebla and Columbus, we played well but the result was not in accordance with the way the game was played. Now we have made a small leap forward, we are in the top six, and we still have a tough game to play against León. We had to win no matter what and we kept a clean sheet".

"We recovered our memory of knowing how to suffer. We were ahead in the previous matches and we didn't know how to turn it around. What happened against Juárez didn't happen to us, as we fell into that fixed tactic. We have to reinvent ourselves in that area, and I'm sure that we are a rival that not many will want to see us in the finals". 

"Some will say that it's irregular, today more than ever anyone can beat anyone, you can't keep the eleven due to injuries and travel... We must be doing something good, because despite having two games pending, we were in a good position. We have to close well. 

"Luis (Romo), Orbelín (Pineda) did not have a preseason, now they are gradually finding their level and the collective is growing. They look better individually and that helps the team. We will now strengthen Jonathan (Rodríguez), Rómulo (Otero), to have everyone ready by the end of the tournament".

"Today we had to improve the result because the performance was there. Now we have to wait for the selected players and then face the rest of the season".

"An even tournament. Many may say that it is irregular, but it is not. I think that all the coaching staff and players are suffering from this schedule".

San José has not had a good tournament either and is far from entering the Playoffs zone, in addition to the fact that their last match they lost against the Whitecaps three goals to zero, in this match, they will be looking for a victory at home.

Cruz Azul arrives after achieving a very important victory against Xolos de Tijuana, however, the Celestial team has not had good results during the tournament, so they will be looking for a victory in this match.

The Cruz Azul vs San José Earthquakes match will be played at Paypal Park Stadium, located in San José, California, with a capacity for 18,000 people.

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