After Blue Cross lost to Pumas In the last regular day of the Apertura 2025 of the MX League, the La Noria team suffered a sensitive baja facing the league. Kevin Mierstarting goalkeeper, will miss the rest of the tournament because they leaked the medical report of the goalkeeper after the blow he received from Adalberto Coco Carrasquilla.
This Sunday, November 9, the report emerged that Kevin Mier had a tibia fractureso he will be away from the courts for several months. This will force Nicolás Larcamón, technical director, to rethink his alignment in the league phase of the championship.
According to Adrián Esparza Oteo, journalist from YOU CANhe medical body from Cruz Azul confirmed the fractureit was through social networks that he shared the information. Santiago Fourcade, from FOXexplained that the official announcement by the club will be on Monday, October 10, as they are also in a process before the Disciplinary Commission of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) to request Carrasquilla’s disqualification.
On the other hand, Fernando Esquivel, sports journalist, revealed that the La Noria board has already submitted his request to the Disciplinary Commission to sanction the Pumas midfielder. And, once the goalkeeper’s fracture is confirmed, the club will put pressure on the Panamanian to not be able to play.
Cruz Azul is about to play the league of Apertura 2025 as well as the Copa Intercontinentalgames in which the goalkeeper will not see activity. In addition, the Colombian would move away from activity with his team ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
The request for disqualification against Adalberto Carrasquilla is already in the power of Liga MX and the Disciplinary Commissionwho will analyze the case and issue a decision in the coming days. Blue Cross submitted the application along with the medical diagnosis that certifies the fracture of the tibia suffered by Kevin Mierwho will be out of action for several months, as well as graphic material from the moment of the play.
According to 365Scoresthe cement team formalized the action after learning of the loss of their Colombian goalkeeper, attributing the injury to a play by Adalberto Carrasquillaso they officially requested the disqualification of the player involved.
Efraín Juárez’s reaction after the game did not take long to fuel the debate about Mier’s injury. At a press conference, the Pumas coach responded as follows:
“I haven’t seen it, the truth is that I don’t see it. If we are going to talk about that, then we would also have to ask for the disqualification of the last one that falls on Macías… please. I think that my team has always shown itself with circumstances, but never with bad temper. It’s football, don’t screw around, you don’t have to screw around.”he expressed.
These words provoked indignation among both the followers of the Machine as in the Colombian press, which interpreted the technician’s position as a minimization of the seriousness of the incident. Meanwhile, Carrasquilla publicly expressed his regret over Mier’s injury and reiterated that he had no intention of causing harm. “I want to apologize to Kevin, because I know that my intention was never to take advantage of him,” the Panamanian midfielder told YOU CAN.
