To everyone’s surprise, the Cruz Azul Football Club entered the final of the Clausura 2024 Tournament, after at the beginning of the contest practically no one bet anything on them, at the end of the day they had a good regular phase being general sub-leaders and eliminated the Club Universidad Nacional and Club de Fútbol Monterrey arrive at the final fight for the Liga MX title.
The squad of Martin Anselmi He left the ghosts of the last two and a half years and will compete to win his tenth league championship.
The grand final against América will be the eighteenth in its history and the fifth against the azulcrema team. In this way we share with you how the Celeste Machine has fared in its last finals.
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After more than 23 years of drought, the Celestial Machine was finally crowned by the hand of Juan Reynosowon the trophy at the Azteca Stadium against Santos Laguna.
When it was thought that Cruz Azul would take revenge, Pedro Caixinha He couldn’t and the Machine fell to América 2-0. It should be remembered that the light blue team was the favorite due to the good performance shown throughout the regular phase.
Guillermo Vazquez lost what is perhaps the best final of the last 20 years against the Águilas via penalties. Once again they took the title from the cement team in the final minutes with an own goal from Castro after a header Moisés Muñoz which extended the game to extra time and ultimately to a penalty shootout.
Monterrey defeated Cruz Azul Enrique ‘el Ojitos’ Meza with an overall score of 6-4, overcoming the Machine in the blue stadium and maintaining the drought for more years.
Benjamin Galindo could not beat Toluca in a final that was decided on penalties and was marked by the blow of Jose Manuel Cruzalta to Cesar Villaluz. Without a doubt it has been one of the most painful finals for the capital team.
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