Cruz Azul, unstoppable; comes back against Pachuca and continues as leader

The leader Cruz Azul appeared late at the Hidalgo stadium. For more than 40 minutes, an erratic, unrecognizable team played in their place, going down with two goals on the scoreboard. But once their match plan worked, with the same degree of difficulty as always and the expulsion included of Sergio Damián Barreto for a strong tackle on Luis Romo, La Maquina came from behind to win 4-2 and remain at the top of the Liga Mx.

For at least five days, the level of the celestial team does not stand up to any comparison. On any court he produces countless chances, moves the ball and reaches the area with ease, which is not always reflected with scores. Last night, the Tuzos showed their hierarchy. They did not fear a stage full of blue shirts, nor the overflowing praise that accompanies their rival.

When the festive atmosphere of the stage forced them to compete, the players of the Hidalgo squad found greater alternatives to seek victory. Sergio Adrián Hernández (12) and Venezuelan Salomón Rondón (42), authors of the first and second goals, showed that with a shirt they do not feel intimidated. The two made the mistakes of Willer Ditta and goalkeeper Kevin Mier more acute, who stumbled in different actions and left the path clear to the net.

It was more than 40 minutes without any sign of The Machine. Difficult situation for coach Martín Anselmi, but enough to awaken a new demonstration of character in his team. The Greek Giorgos Giakoumakis, so questioned for his irregularity, tied the scores at the end of the first half and beginning of the second (45 and 55), already when the referee Adonai Escobedo had sent off Barreto for an iron on Luis Romo.

To put things in the expected place, the Uruguayan Lorenzo Faravelli made an acrobatic shot in the six-yard box, in a cross from Carlos Rotondi’s wing, and thus completed the celestial comeback (66). Ángel Sepúlveda crowned the great reaction in a counterattack to make it 4-1 (90+1)

With 25 points in 10 dates, the leadership of the Liga Mx remains in the hands of La Maquina.