The Machine can’t seem to pick up speedhowever, one of your passengers might not make it to the end of the journey: Santiago Gimenez. The youth is nothing to fulfill his European dream and get to Feyenoord from the Netherlandsbut before, to frame his farewell, he scored a brace in the tie between Cruz Azul and Puebla with a 2-2.
As soon as the fans took their place in the Azteca Stadium when they had to stop and observe the rival’s celebration, with Jordi Cortizo’s goal; It was a real gem by the soccer player, who received the ball from Omar Fernández, accommodated it and from three quarters of the field he shot. It was an impossible act for goalkeeper Sebastián Jurado.
The cruzazulinos did not lose heart and Charlie Rodriguez He raised the fans with a powerful shot on goal, which goalkeeper Anthony Silva saved.
At minute 19, things improved for Diego Aguirre’s Machine: one was marked Silva’s foul on Uriel Antuna for him referee Fernando Guerrero, penal in favor of the cruzazulinos; immediately, Santi took the ball and as an early farewell, he hit his shot.
the mexican youth Pack your bags for Europe. While his future is defined, he put on the blue cape: he scored his fourth and fifth goal at the start of this Opening Tournament 2022.
With the score at 1-1, La Maquina added more fuel and reached the somersault in three minutes, thanks to Santi with his fifth goal in the tournament; the striker rose to define the corner kick that Rodríguez took.
The joy was overshadowed by the second of La Franja. Although Cruz Azul seems to be an attacking machine, in defense it suffers and Julio César Domínguez is the weakest link. Beyond his years as a starter, the veteran player is not at his best level, with markings so weak that they are directly reflected on the scoreboard.
For sample, in Martin Barragan’s goal he did not do the least to bother the player in his shotL the camotero received from the left wing, where Gustavo Ferrareis easily beat Alejandro Mayorga to join the goal celebration with his partner.
THE ORDER OF SHOOTING ON GOAL
Diego Aguirre seems to have given a new instruction to his players: shoot at goal from anywhere. Con John Reynoso It was difficult to see so many attempts towards goal, but now they are polishing their shots and in the second half they challenged Silva on several occasions.
Finding no way to infiltrate the defense of the Strip, the cruzazulinos opted for powerful shots; the first he tried was once more Santi, a service from Charly that the La Franja goalkeeper avoided with a changed hand, with his right, to send for a corner kick.
then came Christian Tabó, who from the edge of the area sent the ball that crashed into the right post, before the blue lament. One more cannon shot, now Ignatius Riverowho came in for the complement, the ball came from a rebound and once more Silva with the right hand.
Without a doubt, Cruz Azul has improved offensively, but the defense is a headache for Diego Aguirrewho has not found a way to avoid harm. Nine goals in four games and today he had to send Cata Domínguez from central to lateral to give way to John Escobar in the experienced position.
