The Liga MX Opening Tournament 2022 began for Cruz Azul and at the same time, for its coach, the Uruguayan Diego Aguirrewho debuted in the local Aztec football championship with a hard-fought victory over Tigres, whom they defeated in the Volcano by a score of 2-3, thanks to a last minute penalty executed by Santiago Gimenez.
The Celestial Machine It looked very good, although as usual, it had its faults, as well as personal errors on the part of the players, but in general there was a good understanding in each of the parts with players who showed their commitment to try to shine and look up the title.
At first, the match remained even, until the great play with which the visitors went ahead appeared. After a long pitch, the Uruguayan Christian Tabo took the round and took a center to the heart of the area, where Uriel Antuna he nodded back so that rafael baca arrived and volleyed the ball on to leave the goalkeeper without a chance.
Once this happened, the Celestials stopped pressing the accelerator, a conformist attitude so to speak, that could be the first complaint regarding what the Uruguayan helmsman did, which perhaps would not be criticized if tigers I would not have found the tie in the second half.
Until before the complement, the game of Blue Cross It was perfect, however, the Peruvian made a very serious mistake louis abram. After a long ball from the feline area, the South American already had the ball, however, instead of clearing or delaying, he lost possession at the insistence of Sebastian Cordova who yielded for the French Florian Thauvinwhich he scored.
The reality is that after the tie, the u He was much superior attacking constantly, especially the defense suffered with the overflows of Raymundo Fulgencio Y Thauvinsomething that the coach should work on more, since they were a headache for Alexander Mayorgathe Paraguayan John Escobar, abram Y Julio Cesar Dominguez.
However, as incredible as it may seem, Blue Cross without so much arrival it was effective and it is that in an attack orchestrated by Carlos Rodriguezthis filtered for Antunawho took out a thuggish diagonal that the entire feline defense was left watching without reacting, unlike the Paraguayan Angel Romero who came to close it and put his team forward again.
Once again, with the score in their favor, the sky-blues tried to wait and hold on, something they could pay dearly for because every time the felines arrived in the area, the danger was felt, although in the end, a gross mistake of Sebastian Jurado opened the door to the royals. Cordova He took a shot near the area that did not bring much, but it slipped from the goalkeeper in an unlikely way.
Just when it seemed tigers could take the victory at home, The Witch Antuna decided to face Not here inside the area getting a penalty when the Oaxacan knocked him down with his body, opening the door for The Bebote Giménez scored from the penalty mark and sealed the win in the 90th minute.
In general, part of the defense and the goalkeeper failed, the full-backs lacked more of the attack, they were very tied up, but Roof Y Erik Lyra were up to the task in recovery and liberation to go to the front, same case with Tabówhich now did look much better unlike the previous semester and the individualities of the forwards made the difference.
Another plus point for Aguirre is that he did not mess up his team, because in the absence of reinforcements, he concentrated on keeping the chosen ones for most of the game, so much so that his first change was made by starting the complement with Charliethen at 83 ‘relieved the Chilean Ivan Morales to look for the tie and already with the victory in the bag gave him access to Rodrigo Huesca.
“Many things happened for us to win, but the main thing is that the team gave everything they had. I think that if we analyze we were the just winners. We took advantage of the moments. Right now I prefer to enjoy what we are experiencing. It is not the time to talk about reinforcements. Winning today at the start of the championship was a very high point. Today is not an issue that worries me. We cannot imagine a better time than the one we had with such little time and that the team will show results. All the matches are very difficult and nothing works if we don’t continue the same”said the charrúa helmsman.
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