This Wednesday at Olympic Stadium, CF Montreal and Cruz Azul tied 1-1, a global score of 1-2 in favor of the cement producers, with which they advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League.
last minute, Sebastian Jurado was in charge of defending the three posts of La Maquina, since Jesus Crown suffered a sudden injury.
Here the three successes and two errors of The Machine in the match:
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The presence of Uriel Antuna
During the first match in the Aztec stadiumthe person in charge of scoring the only goal of the duel was The Wizardwho was again the determining man to increase the global advantage.
At minute 15, Antuna had already given the first notice when Santiago Gimenez He sent him a filtered pass that ended his shot, which was deflected with his leg by the goalkeeper Sebastian Breza. It was not until 43′ when the Paraguayan Angel Romero He sent a precise center to the area that the national team correctly connected to overcome the goalkeeper.
Do not go out to lock up in Canada
With the minimum advantage in the series of quarters, Blue Cross he could have decided to protect that one goal, but he didn’t, Reynoso he took it seriously by sending the best he had.
Paul Aguilar, Ignatius Rivero, Charlie Rodriguez, Erik Lyra, Adrian Aldrete, Rosemary and Antuna They were some of the names that came out from the start to try to define the duel.
The decision worked because before the end of the first half they managed to increase the advantage, after certain warnings.
Great commitment for the two tournaments
There are times when some teams throw out participating in a tournament to fully focus on Liga MX, but this is not the case with La Maquina and Reynoso.
In previous instances, the bobblehead He sent an alternative eleven, but now he decided to put all the meat on the grill and the commitment of the footballers is totally noticeable, because they want another trophy.
However, he did give minutes to elements that have deserved it like Rodrigo Huesca and Joaquin Martinezaside, he gave entrance to the Uruguayan Christian Tabo so that it can be coupled again and to the Chilean Ivan Morales.
Jurado’s bad start that gave life to the rival
Just like The Machine did, The Impact He also gave warnings to the cement arch, until finally they were made, although in the end it was partly due to an error of Jury.
With just over ten minutes to go, a corner kick came from the right side, which was taken short, where Jury he threw himself to try to take the ball, but the Frenchman Rudy Camacho connected to discount. However, there was also complicity on the part of the defense, since while the Americans were getting paid, Aguilar was helping to lift an opponent, covering Rivero so that it covers well.
Backing down and the passing game that cost the defense
Throughout the match, the central defense made up of Aguilar and the peruvian louis abram had difficulty winning by air, because normally the Honduran Romell Quito came out graceful
The matter got worse because the team backed down very soon, when there was still half an hour left to finish the match. At 52′, Kyoto centered for the Sierra Leonean kamara keipassing by one side. Two minutes later, the African again beat the defense in the air but without giving direction to his header. Even at 85′ they were beaten by three continuous headers in the area. In the end, it was in the aerial game that the Canadians managed to discount, thanks to camacho.
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