MEXICO CITY. Cruz Azul defeated Monterrey to win 2-1. U. Antuna was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Cruz Azul to strike first with a goal of Uriel Antuna at the 49′. Then it was a goal in the 67′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Uriel Antuna gave the win to Cruz Azul in the 70′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the Estadio Azteca stadium in Mexico City on Saturday and it started at 9:05 pm local time. The referee was Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava who was helped by Marco Antonio Bisguerra Mendiola and Sandra Ramírez. The 4th official was Martín Molina Astorga. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 26.04 degrees Celsius or 78.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 30%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Cruz Azul was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Monterrey that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cruz Azul was putting more pressure with 39 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cruz Azul won the match.
Cruz Azul shot 16 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Monterrey shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Cruz Azul received 2 yellow cards (R. Huescas and Ignacio Rivero). Talking about the opposition, Monterrey received 4 yellow cards (Esteban Andrada, Édson Gutiérrez, Sebastián Vegas and Omar Govea).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cruz Azul has 17 points like Atlas to climb in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Monterrey will stays with 28 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Cruz Azul – Formation
Cruz Azul
66'
45'
49', 70'
Cruz Azul adopted the conservative line-up (4-5-1).
The manager Martin Anselmi decided to play with the following team: Kevin Mier , Willer Ditta , Carlos Salcedo , Rafael Guerrero , Gonzalo Piovi , Carlos Rodríguez , Ignacio Rivero , Lorenzo Faravelli , Alexis Gutiérrez , Camilo Cándido , Uriel Antuna and Carlos Rotondi .
The home team had on the bench: Andrés Gudiño, É. Lira , Ángel Sepúlveda , R. Huescas , Carlos Vargas, Amaury Morales Rosas, Jorge Luis García Rivas, Mauro Zaleta, Bryan Javier Gamboa Galarza and M. Levy.
Substitutions
Cruz Azul made 4 changes: Camilo Cándido for R. Huescas (66′), Alexis Gutiérrez for É. Lira (66′), Carlos Rotondi for Carlos Vargas (90′) and Carlos Rodríguez for Ángel Sepúlveda (76′).
Player of the match: Uriel Antuna
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cruz Azul was Uriel Antuna.
His rating is with 2 goals, 18 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Monterrey – Formation
Monterrey
Also Monterrey adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Fernando Ortiz played with: Esteban Andrada , Édson Gutiérrez , T. Leone , Sebastián Vegas , Jesús Gallardo , Luis Romo , Omar Govea , Jordi Cortizo , Rodrigo Aguirre , Víctor López , Germán Berterame .
These were the players on the bench: Víctor Guzmán, Sergio Canales , Maximiliano Meza , Jaziel Martínez , Érick Aguirre, Arturo González, Luis Cárdenas, Brandon Vazquez , Isidro Jesús Suárez Franco and J. Moxica.
Substitutions
Monterrey made 4 changes: Germán Berterame for Brandon Vazquez (63′), Luis Romo for Sergio Canales (63′), Omar Govea for Jaziel Martínez (80′) and Jordi Cortizo for Maximiliano Meza (73′).
Player of the match: Édson Gutiérrez
The player that probably impressed the most for Monterrey was Édson Gutiérrez.
His rating is with 36 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Liga MX.
- Tigres UANL – Pachuca – 0-3
- Guadalajara – Puebla – 3-2
- Cruz Azul – Monterrey – 2-1
- Santos Laguna – América – 1-1
- Toluca – Atlas – 4-1
