The press is prepared by Cruz Azul after falling in his debut in the MX League

“New Year, the old car”, the most accurate pun corresponds to the cover of the Cancha.com portal, which opened its edition this month by reviewing the defeat with a minimum of The Blue Cross against Santos in TSC Corona Stadium within day 1 a 2021. Guard1anes.

With a goal from Diego Valdés in the 61st minute of the game, the locals defeated La Maquina in Juan Reynoso’s debut as a celestial coach. Those led by the Peruvian strategist failed to take over the game and, after a good half hour, the same ghosts from the past returned that led him to the elimination against Pumas in the semifinals last season.

This initial defeat did not go unnoticed by the sports press, which was prepared for a new fall and few invite optimism for what is to come. “She is OK“, is noted in Universal Deportes, where I make a detailed analysis of the development of the movements of the visiting group.

Another who did not miss the opportunity to reflect the fall of Cruz Azul was the newspaper Ovaciones, which even added the eternal mockery of the cement workers to report on another sport: “Pittsburgh Blue Cross”, entitled Fall smelter from his hand Cleveland Browns in the NFL.

A part above, and on the same cover, they drew irony for the fall of La Noria: “And the car is not disconnected”they wrote. This defeat at the beginning marks a precedent for what follows for Reynoso’s team, which will be forced to win the second match at the Azteca Stadium in the visit to Puebla.