Goals and Highlights: Rayados 2-2 Cruz Azul in Liga MX
Cruz Azul started the match controlling the game, which gave them the lead at halftime, but in the second half, a penalty flagged by the VAR put them in the lead and Rayados with one less player, however, Monterrey put everything they had on offense and in the seven added minutes managed to tie the game.
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Rayados de Monterrey tied the game in the final minutes in a match that Cruz Azul had been winning since the first half.
Final score Rayados 2-2 Cruz Azul.
The team from the capital city has not won in the last three away games, if they do not win today they would be approaching their 2019 winless streak of 8 games.
Ahead of the game against Monterrey Rodríguez commented this at a press conference:
"We are working to go, play a good match and bring home the three points."
"It's going to be a nice match for me. Looking forward to the weekend."
"This group that Cruz Azul put together is very good, we are very united, we are very dynamic. We know we can do great things."
Welcome to the rebroadcast of the game that will close the Liga MX Saturday matchday, in today's game we will relive the playoff game between Rayados de Monterrey and Cruz Azul, as well as the confrontation between Romo and Charly against their former teammates, follow the minute by minute on VAVEL.
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Santiago Jiménez, a Mexican center forward who is only 20 years old, is responsible for scoring goals in this tournament, although he has only played 16 minutes in the tournament, the match against Monterrey will be important for Jimenez as it is expected to be his consolidation tournament, the young forward has already been called to the national team due to his great quality, so the Rayados must be attentive to his movements inside the box.
Rogelio Funes Mori, 30-year-old center forward, has been the Rayados' goal scorer in recent seasons, his performance in the northern team has been so good that it has earned him a call-up to the Mexican national team, although he has not scored a goal in the last four games, Funes Mori can surprise at any time since he is a great finisher, so the defenders will have to be very close to him at all times.
Cruz Azul and Rayados met for the last time in the playoffs of the previous tournament, the game ended with a score of 4-1 in favor of Monterrey, for this Saturday's duel there is a special complement and is that the change between Romo and Rodriguez, makes the expectation of seeing them facing their former teams is always great.
Cruz Azul had a bad tournament and the bad news did not end there since approximately 12 players left the institution so the reconstruction of the team started from this tournament, Cruz Azul made very interesting signings for the beginning of the Clausura 2022 tournament, Antuna and Mayorga arrived from Chivas, Charly Rodríguez arrived from Rayados de Monterrey, Erik Lira from Pumas and Christian Tabó from Puebla, the arrival of these five players promises a lot for the present and future of the institution, Cruz Azul started the tournament with a victory at home against Xolos, the newcomer Rodríguez, scored Cruz Azul's first goal of the tournament, for the second game Charly scored his second goal with Antuna's assistance to give Cruz Azul the victory against Juárez, the fast coupling of the reinforcements has made them one of the three teams with two victories in the tournament, to continue at the top they must beat Rayados de Monterrey, the game will not be an easy one for both institutions.
The Rayados de Monterrey did not have their best close of the tournament last season, however their greatest consolation was winning the CONCACAF Champions League, Aguirre closed the tournament saying he had a short roster, however for the Clausura 2022 tournament the Rayados had two great additions, Rodolfo Pizarro returned to the club after a couple of seasons with Inter Miami in the MLS, another of the additions was the Olympic medalist midfielder Luis Romo, who arrived in exchange for Charly Rodriguez, for the match against Cruz Azul, Rayados arrives with four points placing them in fifth position, For the match against Cruz Azul, Rayados arrives with four points, placing it in fifth position, the scoreless draw against Querétaro in the first matchday increased the streak of home matches without scoring, however, for matchday 2 they defeated Necaxa 4-0, in one of the biggest duels so far in the league, Rayados will have to get the victory to be able to travel to the Club World Cup with more confidence.
Day 3 of the Liga MXwill give us the clash between Rayados de Monterrey vs Cruz Azul, this clash shows us two of the best teams in Liga MX starting the season in a good way, no doubt watching these games at the beginning of the season is always attractive because although the teams are not complete at one hundred percent the squads are of great quality that can be reflected on the field, facing the break for the FIFA Date, the teams will seek to remain at the top of the table.
Good afternoon to all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the live broadcast of Monterrey vs Cruz Azul, a Liga MX match. The match will take place at BBVA Stadium at 10:00 PM ET.
