Cruz Azul: injured and suspended vs América in the first leg final of C2024

Blue Cross left on the road Rayados de Monterrey to reach the grand final of the 2024 Clausura Tournament, of the Liga MXwhere he will face his greatest rival, the Americawith whom he has many pending accounts regarding the decisive duels for the title.

The Celeste Machine will receive the Águilas next Thursday, May 23, at the Sports City Stadium, where he will seek to take advantage. The Argentine coach Martin Anselmi He will try to close with a flourish, since just in his first experience in Mexican soccer he is already nowhere near lifting his first trophy.

Fortunately for the cement coaching staff, they do not have anyone suspended in their ranks to face the Young Classicwhile in the matter of the injured, only the Colombian Willer Ditta He was out due to muscle overload, but for the return duel against La Pandilla, he even came on as a substitute.

Likewise, it should be remembered that at the beginning of February, the La Noria team lost the Uruguayan forward Gabriel Fernandez, who suffered a torn ligament that kept him out of the entire championship. Likewise, in the month of April, Carlos Vargas He suffered a fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his left foot.

Despite these losses, Martin Anselmi He has the backbone of his team, the Colombian goalkeeper Kevin Mierthe Argentine defender Gonzalo Piovi and the defender Willer Dittathe Argentine left winger Carlos Rotondithe far right Uriel Antunathe pivot Charly Rodriguezthe Argentine midfielder Lorenzo Faravellithe youth Alexis Gutierrez and Rodrigo HuescasThe front Angel Sepúlveda and the versatile Uruguayan captain Ignacio Rivero.

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