Despite the violent incidents that have left 26 injured so far in the Liga MX match between Querétaro and Atlas last Saturday at the La Corregidora stadium (central Mexico), Cruz Azul is scheduled to meet this Wednesday with Montreal ( Canadian club that competes in the United States MLS), in the Azteca, in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League.
After losing 1-3 to Puebla, last weekend in the Clausura 2022 tournament of the league, the Blues reached three consecutive defeats at the Azteca and need to change the trend against a rival who arrives motivated after eliminating Santos Laguna .
“Focused on @TheChampions,” the Aztec team posted on Twitter on Monday.
Machine Peruvian coach Juan Reynoso appears in fifth place in the Clausura with the fourth most lethal offense and the eleventh defense; the team has had ups and downs in its last outings, something that Reynoso will have to solve.
With six titles in eight finals, Cruz Azul is the second most successful team in Concacaf, whose league has been won 37 times by Mexico, followed by Costa Rica, with six titles, El Salvador with three, and Suriname, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago. , Honduras, United States and Haiti, with two each.
Montreal reached the 2015 final, which it lost to America and after its good start in the tournament, it aspires to the championship.
The Canadians, who lost their first two games of the MLS season, will try to come up with a defensive scheme to avoid as much damage as possible and try to get to the second leg in good condition, on March 16 at the Olympic Stadium in Montréal.
While Cruz Azul will go on the offensive, with the Mexican Santiago Giménez and the Ecuadorian Brayan Angulo as the main figures of the attack, the Canadians will consider themselves well served with a draw, although they will be attentive to possible facilities for the rival defense to do damage with the Honduran Romell Quioto and the American Djordje Mihailovic.
The winner will face in the semifinals the best of the key between New England Revolution of MLS and Pumas UNAM of Liga MX.
Incidents in the Mexican league
The incidents broke out around the 63rd minute of the match between the “Gallos Blancos” of Querétaro and the “Zorros” of Atlas when a group of fans of the local team threw themselves into the stands against the visitor’s bar.
This generated a brawl that led to the subsequent invasion of the field and suspension of the game. The balance of the brawl was 26 injured people who had to be hospitalized, some seriously. Until Monday the 19th they had already been discharged.
This Tuesday, an assembly of Liga MX team owners is scheduled to review the progress of the investigations carried out by the Disciplinary Commission of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).
Ten men were arrested as allegedly responsible for the incidents, as reported today by the AFP agency. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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