We are back in the final after nine years!!!
By: Marcos |
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After what seemed like forever, Cruz Azul is finally back in the final of the first division of the Mexican League. Most importantly, today finally marks the end of the nine year wait to return to the big celebration.
Being a celeste has been a cruel, cruel, cruel thing at least in the last 28 years but it is days like this were its hard to believe that we are actually back in the position to win the tournament.
San Luis gave up quite a fight but Cruz Azul showed the colors of what it means to be a big team. Though we did not play to the best of our ability but the tactical ability of Markarian has made this team go farther than most people thought.
AZUL! We are back in the fight!
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Cruz Azul vs. San Luis: Semifinals plus Suspensions
By: Marcos | 1 Comment
So here comes a major opportunity for the boys in blue to win the championship though they are surely not the number one contenders for winning the tournament. Cruz Azul has faced San Luis ten times and only two times have the maquina ever come out ahead. During the regular season, Cruz Azul beat San Luis four-nil but I doubt its going to be that easy in this phase of the liguilla.
San Luis is a difficult team specially with the offensive power that they have with the Argentinian Moreno and the intelligent tactics of Raul Arias. I expect an even series with a slight upper hand for Cruz Azul because they have the home advantage.
Fortunately, after Saturdays little scuffle with Jaguares only two players from the squad got suspended. Huiqui and Riveros will both miss a game but the rest of the team will face no penalties or sanctions for what occurred at the Stadio Azul.
Category: Cruz Azul Team Newskicking and punching to Semifinals
By: Marcos | 2 Comments
Cruz Azul might just become the most unintentionally violent team of the Mexican Primera Division. Punches were thrown earlier in the season againts America and once again today in the quarter final bout with Jaguares.
Cruz Azul fought hard to recover from the one nil defeat they had suffered on Wednesday but it was to no avail in the first forty five minutes. The second half started with a downer when Itamar scored a soul crushing goal that seemed to send Cruz Azul to an early grave. Amazingly, in the matter of three minutes, Cruz Azul was able to score the tying goal thankfully from Zeballos and a minute later we were celebrating the goal that was sending us to the semifinals.
Unfortunately the game became rigid and violent as time went on and continued until Jaguares decided to violently attack the Cruz Azul sqaud because of a rightly given red card. Chaos ensued and it was an embarrassment to see that a professional squad could not contend with defeat. It did not seem that any of the players from Cruz Azul pulled any punches but the likeliness of some players getting banned from playing semifinals is likely as this happened againts America.
The next semifinal is undecided but it won’t be easy as it might be Santos, the most popular pick for the championship now that Chivas are out. WOOT! Always hated those goats but it is kind of a bummer that a 1st seed can get knocked out by a tenth seed in two games. The dramatism makes people fill up the stadiums but I would not call the liguilla a democratic method of winning.
Category: Cruz Azul Team NewsThe word of the day is “consistency”
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Four games and four wins. The boys in blue have not last in their last four games and are looking as definite candidates for the championship. Before looking to the liguilla, amazingly even though they are second in the general table, la maquina might have to face requalification. “Requalification” is just a fancy word for “making more money before starting the actual playoffs” in which the 3rd best teams in each group play againts each other to qualify for the last two spots in la liguilla.
San Luis needs to lose or tie for Cruz Azul to avoid requalification but San Luis is a good squad that is difficult to defeat mainly because of its A class South American players.
PS. I will be try to post more often now that the heavy duty early weeks of school are over and the liguilla is closely coming into view.
Category: Cruz Azul Team NewsPreview: Cruz Azul vs. Jaguares
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Cruz Azul WILL suffer in this game as Jaguares has been playing out of their minds these last couple of weeks under the hand of ironically an ex Cruz Azul footballer by the name of Sergio Almaguer. The weather in Chiapas will definitely be a disadvantage because very few teams can play their normal style because of the extreme humidity in Chiapas. Cruz Azul did not play a great game againts Puebla last week and if they continue to play like that then they will suffer in the claws of Jaguares.
Category: Cruz Azul Team NewsLuck Was With Us
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Cruz Azul was lucky to come out of the Stadio Azul with a win againts Puebla. Puebla played a more effective and beautiful football but the goals only came from the boys in blue. Villaluz scored the first one in the 16th minute and it was a a beauty. After that the game was wholly dominated by Puebla who could not capitilize on a mediocre Cruz Azul that started the game with a large amount secondary players. Andrade scored the last and final goal in the 91st minute which gave La Maquina the much needed three points.
Sabah and Vigneri were severely missed as there was a lack of offensive danger from Cruz Azul. Unfortunately, they will not be back until the last game of the season and the team definitely has to improve if they want to qualify to La Liguilla. Luck might have been with us today but the type of football that we saw from the team today was missing that special spice that makes Cruz Azul one of the best in Mexico.
Category: Cruz Azul Team NewsFight! Fight! Fight!- Here comes the teacher!!!
By: Marcos | 1 Comment
Ah! the lovely days of youth when people use to scream “Fight!” at the sight of a punch or two, before you knew it the whole school would be huddled in a circle to watch the madness. I remember that at worst the culprits would get a two or three day suspension but not for Sabah and the Vigneri.
After the Cruz Azul and America game on Sunday there was an onfield slugfest againts players from the opposing teams, and in reality it looked pretty emberassing with America players trying to hold Sabah down. Vigneri tried coming to the rescue of his teammate but it only made things worse. Unfortunately both Sabah and Vigneri will have to sit the next six games on the bench while all the nice kids get to play.
Honestly though, a six game suspension??? Come on!
Sabah did not instigate the fight but he recieves the same punishment as those damn bastards in America, whom I remind you are in last place in the league so what do they care if they lose anymore players. I agree in giving them a suspension but is it justifiable to take away a third of the season to players who were put in a position in which they had to defend themselves at least in the case of Sabah? Cruz Azul said they will fight the suspension but I don’t think it will be enough to change the mind of the FMF who has become increasingly volatile at any violent act that is committed on the field. Its good that the FMF is trying to avoid this type of petty situations but a six game suspension (a third of the 18 fixture season) is an exaggeration but at least Villaluz and Andrade are back for the Maquina Celeste.
Category: Cruz Azul Team NewsWelcome to all those with Sangre Azul
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Well for those who follow Cruz Azul you already know our sad history. We are one of the biggest teams in Mexico but we’ve only won the Mexican league once in the past 28 years. Its amazing that we can retain our prominence even after all this years but the fanbase is still ardently looking for that ninth championship. This is looking like the year where we can gain some sort of silverware since we have a combination of both youth and experienced players such as Villaluz and Torrado. The team is also finding some new tactical progress with Markarian who has dinamically changed the manner in which the team plays though one could argue that it is not the typical beautiful football that we are accustomed to.
I’ll be here for all the ups and downs of the league but hopefully by the end of May, I’ll be writing “Champions” in the title.
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