Rivero’s failure that could cost Cruz Azul the championship

The first forty-five minutes of the game, on the Azteca stadium field, after the doubt as to whether it would be played or not due to the electrical storm, was full of emotions, despite everything America and Blue Cross They jumped onto the field with doubt under their arms.

And, in this first half, the Blue Cross Blue Machine, without neglecting its defensive sector, created three clear goal-scoring plays; two of them frustrated by the azulcrema goalkeeper: Malagón, who dressed as a hero and saved the zero for América, and then a serious failure by Rivero.

A cross sent by Uriel Antuna, who had already missed a goal, was connected by Sepúlveda and the ball was served to ‘Nacho’ Rivero, who had everything to define and defined in a bad way, sending the ball into the clouds , drowning out the cry of a goal for the cement fans and filling the azulcremas with peace.

It is true that in football nothing is certain, that ghosts are there to be overcome and that today Rivero, why not?, can reinvent himself and end up as a hero. However, it would not be the first time that Cruz Azul misses a clear goal option in a final where América is the rival.

For now, the first half ends 0-0, on the Azteca stadium field. The overall score is 1-1. If everything ends like this, we would go to extra time and then to penalties, because in the final, neither the away goal nor the overall table counts as a tie-breaking factor.