Cruz Azul coach does not want to ‘sell smoke’ for the Clausura 2022 tournament, nor does he talk about Brayan Angulo

Peruvian Juan Reynoso, coach of Cruz Azul, said on Wednesday that promising the best performance of his team for Saturday would be false because with the renewal of the squad, he will achieve that after a few games.

“I would sell smoke if I said that on Saturday the best Cruz Azul will be seen, when the players have been integrated little by little, but we know that the work and the ambition of the boys will accelerate the process,” said the strategist in a wheel press.

Los Azules de Reynoso made changes for the Clausura 2022 tournament in which they will debut on Saturday against Tijuana; They let go of leading figures such as Uruguayan striker Jonathan Rodríguez and Mexican midfielders Luis Romo and Orbelín Pineda, but they signed five players and have places for at least two more.

Uruguayan striker Cristian Tabó, midfielders Carlos Rodríguez, Uriel Antuna and Erick Lira and full-back Alejandro Mayorga are the new pieces of the team, who won the Clausura 2021 title, but were eliminated in the quarterfinals at the Apertura.

“They will see a different team, but to reach its fullness, it will take training, games and thinking about the game by game. For the second game, against Juárez we will have more variants, “he said.

In addition to seeking the league title, Cruz Azul intends to win the Concacaf Champions League, in which he will face the Canadian Forge in the round of 16. Reynoso accepted that they will assume the two challenges, although it does not give them to put together two different teams.

“For two teams, we are going to have to use imagination. It is not enough to make two teams, I do not say it as a pretext because that in Cruz Azul does not exist, “he added.

According to the technician, in Cruz Azul you have to reinvent yourself after the Apertura tournament was different than expected in results and in operation.

“Today the idea is to make a more aggressive, intense team with more variants up in speed,” he said.

Reynoso accepted that among those hired and those who arrive from the U-20 team, the majority will be new people in the group, which will allow him to work for the future as well.

“We not only agree that those who have more time here must demand from them, but they must demand and give a plus. They are guys with enormous potential. They are ambitious, winning people and that is what we want from our side ”, he concluded.

Next Saturday Cruz Azul will receive the Xolos at the Azteca stadium in a duel in which, according to Reynoso, it is likely that not all the reinforcements will be available because they adapt little by little.

He did not speak of Brayan Angulo

In days gone by the diary Record reported that the Ecuadorian striker Brayan Angulo, Cruz Azul is looking for a team, despite the fact that the Cuckoo has a current contract with the institution until December 2022.

The act of indiscipline of not reporting to the preseason caused the Cruzazulina leadership to intervene. The decision is drastic: get rid of the 26-year-old Ecuadorian.

“After Angulo’s show, who didn’t show up to train because of his shorts, the decision is not to renew and send him away at once. Well, not that far. My rotten ear tells me that they are offering to Cuckoo in various clubs, among them America, and they leave it to him ‘bara, bara (cheap)’, wanting him to take it away. The anger is that in Coapa (the Americanist facilities) do not need it “, says the note published by Record.

According to versions of the Mexican press, Angulo would receive a sports and financial sanction for his disciplinary offense.

However, coach Reynoso has not referred to Angulo’s case and did not mention it at the press conference on Wednesday. (D)