It is a secret to no one that Carlos Hermosillocurrent analyst for the Fox Sports network, experienced the passion of the “Young Classic” between Cruz Azul and América, from both trenches, but the reality is that when it comes to being honest about his tastes and preferences for the grand final between both teams of the tournament Clausura 2024, had no hesitation in ensuring that the Celeste Machine will be the “dark horse” of the final and at the same time through The opinioninvited to the cement fans to continue dreaming of the title.
“Cruz Azul is going to be the dark horse, obviously it can give a bang, because as long as there are minutes to play, anything can happen. During the championship, everyone put America as a favorite and obviously because they have a great team, but in the end they slowed down, their players are not doing well, from what you tell me. I’ve heard that because they didn’t do a preseason, and maybe it’s a reality because the preseason gives you enough to maintain all year long.”
And he added in this area that: “a lot has fallen. Diego Valdez is not doing well, Fidalgo is not doing well, Henry Martín is not doing well, Julián Quiñones is not doing well and the one who is doing best is called Jonathan Dos Santos, but what they do have is that they have a goal, which makes us lack”.
With everything that has happened to Cruz Azul in recent years and what is said, that Cruz Azul is afraid of the America shirt, what do you think?
That doesn’t exist if you told me with reason that Cruz Azul is a mid-table team at the bottom and some a little higher, I would tell you if they are faltering, but no. Cruz Azul is a great team, it is a team that, in addition to the team where we lost in the Clausura 2013 tournament, no one is left and life always presents the opportunity to take it as a revenge and say today we are presented with that opportunity, perhaps with a very Short, if you want, but with a great coach and great commitment from all the players.
Maybe this question might bother you, Martín Anselmi and Iván Alonso covered mouths in Mexican soccer?
I was one of the most “bastard” critics of Cruz Azul and today I have to tell Mr. Víctor Velázquez, president of the club, that by messing up you learn, he messed up a lot and it seems that he learned. They brought in a guy like Iván Alonso, who on the personal side, whether he did or didn’t do it in Pachuca or Toluca, I’m not going to get involved, it’s an issue that he would have to resolve, but on the professional side that he has done in Cruz Azul must be applauded.
I have to congratulate him and I have to thank him for bringing Martín Anselmi, his coaching staff, the players he brought, the rest is superfluous, because we all question and judge sometimes as we did at the beginning, because captain Juan left. Escobar, we questioned them too much, but they showed us and they covered the mouths of many of us with what he has done. Cruz Azul plays like I haven’t seen in a long time.
What should Cruz Azul do or not do in the final?
Cruz Azul must be a team defensively, very concentrated, not so risky, because I hope they have learned from the first league game against América, who have very fast players and Santos did the same, they doubled them very well and they beat us. That’s what Martín Anselmi has to learn to do
What message would you send to the Cruz Azul fans for the grand final?
May we continue dreaming, may we continue believing, we have a good coach, who does things well and may we dream and continue dreaming, that we are going to be champions.
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