ESPN22 de oct, 2023, 01:18 ETLectura: 4 min.
Paco Gabriel on the defeat of Cruz Azul: ‘No one is saved here’
Our analysts highlight the keys that cost Cruz Azul the defeat against Tigres.
Cruz Azul dominated the offensive actions during the second third of the duel, but an error by Carlos Salcedo and an indirect free kick led to another celestial failure.
Blue Cross wrote a tragedy again in the last play of a match and compromises its classification to the final phase of Apertura 2023. La Maquina fell 2-1 against Tigers at the University Stadium. The cement workers opened the scoring with so much Uriel Antunabut the felines turned it around with notes of André-Pierre Gignac y Rafael Carioca He appeared in added time of the match to sign one more ‘cruzazuelada’.
The cats took possession of the ball in the first half hour of the game against a Machine that took a while to get started in the ‘Volcano’. At 15′, Tigers He missed an error by Kevin Castaño in an exit, who gave the ball to Sebastián Córdova, a footballer who served Fernando Gorriarán, but the Uruguayan took a battered shot.
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The home team had another chance to open the scoring, but the goalkeeper Blue Cross prevented it. Diego Lainez, at 24′, made a deep pass for Jesús Angulo, who took a powerful cross shot, which was blocked by Andrés Gudiño.
Blue Cross He knew how to get through the critical moments and leveled the game after half an hour of feline dominance. However, the celestial team struggled to generate dangerous actions, until Rodolfo Rotondi appeared in added time to send a cross to the far post, where Uriel Antuna appeared, who sent the ball into the nets with a right-footed volley under the eyes of Nahuel Guzmán.
With the score in favor, the Machine played with the need to Tigers to look for the equalizer. The cement workers opted for the counterattack against the more aggressive posture taken by the local squad. The formula worked for Blue Crossas the local defense caught badly, but they couldn’t get it on the scoreboard.
At the time that Tigers was struggling to get close to the celestial goal, a mistake by Carlos Salcedo, at 61′, ended in a tie. The ‘Titan’ delayed the ball, but did so without force, a situation that was taken advantage of by André-Pierre Gignac, who eluded Andrés Gudiño to send the ball into the nets of a goal that was already uncovered.
Both teams canceled each other out in the last half hour of the game. The ball spent more time in the center of the field, away from the goals, due to the inaccuracies of the two teams that appeared the closer they were to the rival area.
However, in the last play of the game, Tigers He turned the score around and took the three points. André-Pierre Gignac pretended that he would take a free kick directly, but gave the ball to Rafael Carioca, who took a powerful shot with his right foot to make it 2-1.
2023-10-22 05:18:00
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