Blue Cross sails at the top of the general table of the 2024 Apertura Tournament, of the Liga MXsince the Argentine coach Martin Anselmi He has managed to impose his style and do a great job, with the desire to be able to lift the title.
Likewise, the performance of its elements has not gone unnoticed and that has led the Colombians Kevin Mier and Willer Ditta were summoned by their country, while Erik Lira, Charly Rodriguez, Jorge Sanchez and Luis Romo were called by the mexican team.
Here is the latest news from La Maquina:
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Cruz Azul remains in the Top 10 of CONCACAF
The area announced its ranking for the month of October, highlighting that La Maquina is among the ten best. The light blue team appears in the sixth step with 1,221 points, rising two places, surpassing the Inter Miami (1,221), Pachuca (1,219), Toluca (1,209) and Orlando City (1,206). He Top 5 they make it up Columbus Crew (1,254), Tigers (1,232), America (1,231), Los Angeles FC (1,223) and Striped (1,222).
Víctor Velázquez felt robbed in the last final
In interview with ESPNthe president of La Maquina accepted that he felt ‘robbed’ in the Clausura 2024 final, where everything was decided by a controversial penalty converted by Henry Martin.
“If I answer you with the liver and the stomach, yes we feel robbed, but we know that it is football, they are decisions that are made and turning the page. It hurt us a lot because it was the tenth, but that helped us move forward. “We know perfectly well that the tenth is going to happen in the short term.”indicated the manager.
Roberto Alvarado, with the doors open in La Noria
In the same interview with ESPN, Victor Velazquez He confessed that in the celestial club they do want the return of Lousewho currently defends the Chivasalthough at La Maquina they keep 50 percent of their menu.
“Any Mexican soccer team would like to have Piojo. If at a given moment we can recover that 50 percent, it will be welcome and if the conditions can be met, go ahead. He knows his doors are open. He is having great moments in Chivas”he mentioned.
Gabriel Fernández, not far from returning
Little by little the return of the Bull. After eight months of recovery from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, the Uruguayan could play a few minutes in a U-23 category match, according to sources consulted by ESPN.
The network breaker would have participation against the Pueblanext October 18 on Court 1 of the BUAP Training Center. The coaching staff’s plan is for him to add minutes with the U-23 team to regain his competitive rhythm, with the expectation that he can return to the first team towards the final stretch of Apertura 2024.
Lack of space halts stadium project
For some years now there has been talk of the new building of the celestial team, there was even talk of Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, but it seems that that was left behind.
On that topic, Victor Velazquez He said that the main idea is that the venue is built within Mexico City, with the intention of rewarding loyalty to his fans. However, there is a big problem: the lack of space and land available in the country’s capital, to be able to establish the project. In addition to this, he blamed the former administration of Billy Álvarez for not acquiring the land in the past to do so.
“We want you not to leave Mexico City, we know that the properties are not as abundant as they were years ago; Unfortunately a lot of time was lost. We have five or six properties located, but we want them to have services, accessibility to be able to arrive safely.”the manager explained to ESPN.
Cruz Azul could lose the top of the table
More than half of the championship has been played and more than half of the teams have not complied with the minor rule, a situation that could affect many in terms of points, since three would be subtracted from them, causing them to drop in positions. . And although The Machine is at the top, it could lose its privileged place because it has not complied with the minor rule. The cement box has 387.4 minutes played and 612.6 to gobeing the one that has collected the fewest minutes of the 18 teams. Those who have already fulfilled are only Pachuca, Necaxa, Santos Laguna, Chivas and Xolos.
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