In less time than a rooster crows, Cruz Azul recovered from the emotional blow that last day’s defeat against América 1-0 represented to surpass Chivas del Guadalajara 3-0 in a duel on matchday 10 of the Clausura 2024 tournament and where former Rebaño Sagrado striker Uriel Antuna scored two goals.
Cruz Azul, in an explosive first half, understood that the best way to prevent Chivas from doing the same thing as América was to take the initiative from the beginning of the game and he did so so that Argentine Marcelo Faravelli opened the way to the Cruz Azul victory with his goal in the sixth minute of action.
Later, the two goals by former Chivas player Uriel Antuna at minutes 26 and 32, wrapped in cellophane the result of the Celeste Machine that on its return to the Azteca Stadium had no mercy for Guadalajara.
The “Sacred Flock” for its part wanted to respond with the arrivals of Roberto “Piojo” Alvarado and the Mexican-American Cade Cowell and the young Ricardo Marín sought to respond supported by the work of Erick Gutiérrez, Fernando “Nene” Beltrán and Víctor “Pocho” Guzmán , but the great work of Colombian cement goalkeeper Kevin Mier prevented a catastrophe.
The reality is that in the first half only Cruz Azul existed with that intensity that, except for the duel against the Águilas, has allowed them to add seven victories and a draw that has them perched in the lead of the competition tied with Pachuca with 22 points.
While for Chivas it represented the third defeat of the championship, despite the fact that they tried to change history against Cruz Azul by sending their gunners Juan José Macías and Javier Chicharito Hernández to the field, but not even with them on the field of play could they change the situation. history of the meeting.
The truth is that the team’s eleventh team led by Argentine Fernando Gago was never able to get into the rhythm of the game and only had glimpses of last week’s great performance when they eliminated the UNAM Pumas.
The only certainty here is that Cruz Azul was able to get back on track and continue on its way to the league for the title.
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