Santos Laguna gave a great lesson to Cruz Azul in the duel on date 11 that they held at the TSM Corona Stadiumby beating them with a resounding 3-0, which showed them that in football not everything is attacking, but knowing how to hit at the right moment to add the third consecutive victory and at the same time give the Machine its second defeat of the Clausura 2024 tournament of the MX League.
This analysis may seem lapidary, but the defeat of Cruz Azul, It was based on a reality that after you fail to hurt your opponent, you would simply have to regroup and try again. But the cement team led by Argentine Martín Anselmi got greedy and wanted to kill an opponent at any cost, which he considered weaker and was able to do so, but the work of the Laguneros goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo prevented them.
Yes, because Cruz Azul had three clear options to get ahead on the scoreboard, But not even the Argentines Carlos Rotondi and Gonzalo Piovi could realize their opportunities, much less Uriel Antuna, which is why they let their adversary live, who in a rush began to carve out his victory and the painful mess for the Celeste Machine.
Thus came the 35th minute for Diego Medina to score the 1-0 and with that generated confusion in the cement team, simply because the old sea dog, Ignacio Ambriz, coach of Santos, cut off the circuits and with that, surprised them in off the hook that were fatal in the rest of the match.
In the second half the night came for the cement workers, because the Colombian Willer Ditta lost his head again and left his team with 10 men when he was sent off and once again generated a whole confusion in the cement scheme.
This was the nail in the coffin for the light blues, since the 2-0 later came through the Uruguayan Franco Fagúndez, which practically sealed the result and made the enterprise that the visitors tried to undertake almost impossible.
The celestial ones were still able to get closer on the scoreboard, but Gonzalo Piovi missed a penalty in the 80th minute by throwing it into the hands of goalkeeper Acevedo and with that he opened the way for the locals’ third goal through Santiago Múñoz, who in a dangerous drop put the final 3-0.
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