Goals and Highlights: Cruz Azul 0-0 Pumas in Concachampiosn 2022

Match ends, Pumas eliminates Cruz Azul and advances to the CONCACAF Champions League final

Rogerio's shot just misses Jurado's post.

8 minutes of compensation are added

Rómulo Otero replaces Ángel Romero

Talavera! The goalkeeper is able to deflect a ball to the ball's keeper

José Joaquín Martínez replaces Domínguez

After review at the bar, penalty revoked

Penalty for Pumas! Aldrete is swept aside and Diogo falls in the box.

Pumas change. Corozo comes off, Jeronimo Rodriguez comes on.

Yellow card for Erick Lira

Pumas substitution, Leo López exits, Ricardo Galindo enters. Free kick for Cruz Azul

Arturo Ortíz is sent off for a foul on Santiago Giménez on the edge of the area.

Changes for Cruz Azul. Christian Tabó and Santiago Giménez are substituted, Rafael Baca and Iván Morales are substituted.

Jurado gets two hands on Leo Lopez's shot

The match restarts, the teams will play the last 45 minutes.

End of the first half. La Máquina and Pumas tied at nil-nil

Yellow card for Uriel Antuna

The universitarios are saved! Leo López loses the ball and Mozo is forced to save on the line. The ball is flagged offside

Ortíz strikes against the blue goal but his header goes past Jurado's right post.

Offside. Leo Lopez sent the ball into the net but the flagman indicated an advanced position.

Rivero is chested in the area but Diogo manages to deflect the ball.

Foul by Pablo Aguilar on Dinenno

Cruz Azul tries to respond and in a counter-attack Iván Morales sends a shot over the goal of a defeated Jurado.

Diogo! The Brazilian crosses from the right and fires a powerful shot that goes just wide of the goal.

Rivero misses a huge chance alone against Talavera

Pumas hits Cruz Azul, Meritao's shot goes wide of the goal

Cruz Azul's header goes over Talavera's goal

Lira foul on Diogo, set piece for Pumas.

Dinenno controls in two stages and takes his first mid-range shot of the match.

Cruz Azul throws a long ball to Domínguez, but the ball goes out of bounds and it's Pumas' ball.

The match kicks off. The ball rolls on the Azteca pitch.

There are only a couple of minutes left until kick-off, stay tuned to follow the most relevant actions of the match.

Jeronimo Rodríguez, Omar Islas, Julio González, Rogerio, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Santiago Trigos, José Galindo

Alfredo Cabañas, Alejandro Mayorga, Rómulo Otero, Christian Tabó, Joaquín Martínez, Santiago Giménez, Rodrigo Huescas

It seems that Ángel Romero has recovered from his muscular discomfort and today appears in Juan Reynoso's starting eleven, Cruz Azul recovers an important element for this key match.

Alfredo Talavera, Alan Mozo, Niolás Freire, Arturo Ortíz, Efraín Velarde, Higor Meritao, Leonel López, Favio Álvarez, Washington Corozo, Diogo de Oliveira, Juan Dinenno

📋Esta es la alineación con la que salen nuestros Pumas para enfrentar a @CruzAzul en @TheChampions. 🏆#ComoDebeSer #SoyDePumas pic.twitter.com/tyaBD47pP7

— PUMAS (@PumasMX) April 13, 2022

Sebastián Jurado, Julio Domínguez, Luis Abram, Erick Lira, Uriel Antuna, Angel Romero, Ignacio Rivero, Adrián Aldrete, Ivan Morales, Rafael Baca, Pablo Aguilar.

 

Nuestra alineación esta noche. 🔥

¡Vamos por todo! 💙 pic.twitter.com/KmxAJikX5o

— CRUZ AZUL (@CruzAzul) April 13, 2022

Cruz Azul needs to score a goal and keep a clean sheet to advance directly to the final, otherwise in the event of a tie on aggregate, the teams will go to a penalty shootout.

In the last five games played between the two teams, the Pedregal team has the advantage, with three wins over the Cementeros. Four of these results are from Liga MX clashes, the remaining one corresponds to the first leg of the same series.

Sebastián Jurado arrived at the Azul's bench thinking he would be the natural successor of Jesús Corona, however, given the good performance of the veteran, Jurado has not had the minutes he was expected to play, which has been reflected in his unlucky performances. Today is a great opportunity to reverse the criticism from the fans towards the Veracruz native.

Mario Escobar will be the referee in charge of supervising the match as a center referee, the Guatemalan is known for a controversy in which he had words with people in the stands while refereeing a local league match. He has been an international referee since 2013.

S. Jurado. A. Aldrete, L. Abram, P. Aguilar, J. Escobar, Ignacio Rivero, R. Baca, E. Lira, C. Antuna, C. Rodríguez, S. Giménez

A, Talavera, Alan Mozo, Palermo Ortíz, Nico Freire, Efraín Velarde, F. Álvarez, L.López, Higor, W. Corozo, Rogerio, J. Dinenno

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This is the start time of the game Cruz Azul vs Pumas of 12th April 2022 in several countries:

USA (ET): 22:00 PM 

Mexico: 21:00 PM

Uriel Antuna has been in charge of keeping Cruz Azul's ship afloat when goals have been denied, although La Máquina has a strong presence in the box with Rodríguez and Giménez, the one who has been the best goal scorer is 'El Brujo', who match after match gets a standing ovation from the Celeste fans.

Juan Ignacio Dinenno scored a brace in the first match of the key and looked quite dangerous with several more shots on goal. Together with Mozo, they have stood out as two of the most important men in El Pedregal. This Tuesday he will have to dunk again in the cementera goal if he wants to keep the advantage for his team.

Cruz Azul has some important absentees for this Tuesday's match, although during the press conference Juan Reynoso did not rule out Jesús Corona from taking the field tonight, everything indicates that the goalkeeper is still not at 100% and it will be Sebastián Jurado who will continue to take his place; if so, it would be a litmus test for the Veracruz native, as his recent performances have been criticized for almost childish mistakes. In addition, Juan Escobar will be absent due to rib discomfort after a collision with Jurado and Ángel Romero will be absent due to a muscular issue. Charly' Rodríguez is the saddest news for the Cementeros, as after medical studies it was determined that he will miss the rest of the tournament due to a fractured tibia.

In the CONCACAF Champions League, their first test was against Saprissa, whom they defeated 6-3 on aggregate, and then New England complicated the universitarios in the quarterfinals, tying 3-3 and defining the result in penalties with a 4-3 score. Now, they have the advantage to eliminate the Celestes at the Azteca stadium.

La Máquina has a better record in the local tournament than the university team. Cruz Azul is in sixth place in the table with 21 points, six wins, three losses and four defeats. In the CONCACAF Champions League, the Celestes reached the round of 16 where they played against Forge FC, winning 4-1 on aggregate, and then faced Montreal in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 aggregate score in favor of the Mexicans. 

 

Cruz Azul and Pumas reach the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal in search of a place in the final of the tournament. Pumas holds a one-goal advantage, but the felines will have to close out the rivalry at the Estadio Azteca, with the stands in Cruz Azul's favor, a task that will be no more complicated than a mere formality. Lillini's team looks like a strong favorite to advance to the final round, with an enthusiastic and purposeful team, all signs indicate that La Máquina will have to row against the tide due to their heavy injury losses. In the other key, NYC FC and Seattle Sounders will compete for the other ticket.

 

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