SANTIAGO DE QUERéTARO. Cruz Azul managed to reverse the scoreline against Querétaro. It was Querétaro to score first with a goal from Pablo Barrera. However, later Cruz Azul found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Ignacio Rivero (29′), Uriel Antuna (42′) and Gabriel Fernández (45′). Cruz Azul was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Estadio La Corregidora stadium in Santiago de Querétaro on Friday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina who had the assistance of Christian Kiabek Espinosa Zavala and Jaime Daniel González Ramírez. The 4th official was Gustavo Padilla Aguirre. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.2 degrees Celsius or 68.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Cruz Azul had a superior ball possession 62% while Querétaro was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cruz Azul was more pushing with 41 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cruz Azul won the match.
Querétaro shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cruz Azul shot 17 times, 10 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Querétaro received 5 yellow cards (Óscar Manzanárez, Pablo Nicolás Ortíz, Jordan Sierra, Emanuel Gularte and Samuel Sosa). On the other side, Cruz Azul didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Querétaro stays with 3 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Cruz Azul will has 17 points like Atlas to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
Querétaro – Formation
Querétaro
90'
58'
5'
Querétaro started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Mauro Nestor Gerk Larrea decided to play with the following team: Fernando Tapia , Óscar Manzanárez , Emanuel Gularte , Miguel Barbieri , Pablo Nicolás Ortíz , Pablo Barrera , Federico Lértora , Kevin Escamilla , Samuel Sosa , Jordan Sierra and Facundo Batista .
The home team had on the bench: Omar Mendoza, Jaime Gómez , Raúl Sandoval , Francisco Venegas, Brayton Josué Vázquez Vélez, Jesús Vega, Misael Domínguez, Nicolás Cordero , Rubio Rubín and Alejandro Arana.
Substitutions
Querétaro made 4 changes: Pablo Nicolás Ortíz for Raúl Sandoval (58′), Samuel Sosa for Rubio Rubín (59′), Federico Lértora for Nicolás Cordero (80′) and Facundo Batista for Jaime Gómez (80′).
Player of the match: Fernando Tapia
The most impressive player for Querétaro was the goalkeeper: Fernando Tapia. His rating is 7.85. He performed 7 saves.
Cruz Azul – Formation
Cruz Azul
Cruz Azul started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Martin Anselmi played with: Kevin Mier , Ignacio Rivero , Willer Ditta , Gonzalo Piovi , Carlos Rotondi , Carlos Rodríguez , Érik Lira , Lorenzo Faravelli , Uriel Antuna , Gabriel Fernández and Ángel Sepúlveda .
These were the players on the bench: Andrés Gudiño, Rafael Guerrero, Carlos Salcedo , C. Cándido , Alexis Gutiérrez , Rodrigo Huescas , Carlos Vargas, Amaury Morales Rosas, Mauro Zaleta and Bryan Javier Gamboa Galarza .
Substitutions
Cruz Azul made 4 changes: Gabriel Fernández for Alexis Gutiérrez (69′), Gonzalo Piovi for Carlos Salcedo (83′), Ignacio Rivero for Rodrigo Huescas (89′) and Ángel Sepúlveda for C. Cándido (85′).
Player of the match: Ignacio Rivero
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cruz Azul was Ignacio Rivero.
His rating is with 1 goal, 54 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
