▲ Argentine coach Martín Anselmi was booed yesterday at the Azul stadium by the fans, who missed defender Juan Escobar. Photo AFP
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ariopinto start of tournament for the favorite teams of the fans: Águilas and Pumas celebrated victories, Chivas tied and Cruz Azul lost. The champion América, aware that in the Liga Mx there are only about six serious contenders for the title, decided to pamper its starters and sent players from its basic forces to face Xolos, a handful of young Mexicans with talent and eager to show themselves, but whose immediate destiny is to return to the attic to collect dust, to age, to make way for the stars… The Auriazul attack is simply promising.
The yellows have jewels and could compete face to face with Chivas, but they prefer to keep them under the mattress, their historical priority is and has been the buying and selling of foreigners to whom they pay large salaries and prefer not to risk them on a synthetic field… These Pumas They show courage and make you dream. Guillermo Martínez and Rogelio Funes Mori fit perfectly in the feline forward and although the victory against Bravos was by the slightest advantage, they left a good impression… So it doesn’t even matter that coach Gustavo Lema has his family working at the club.
Guadalajara – with high expectations for Javier’s imminent return Chicharito Hernández – suffered until his last breath to snatch a point from Santos Laguna and save the introduction of Fernando Gago, their new helmsman… The management thinks they are brilliant and feel that they have the upper hand, but they frequently get trapped. Amaury Vergara, owner of the Herdsuffers from the attacker Alexis Vega, who is about to take his case to sports courts because he was separated from the group despite his current contract.
Chivas paid 8 million dollars to Toluca for the undisciplined player who has refused to go to other teams, is close to being free and determined not to give Vergara the opportunity to recover some of his investment… to think that Tigres wanted to acquire his letter for more than 10 million dollars!, the Guadalajara club will have to fulfill its high salary until the last day. In addition, it will make another heavy expense to have the Chicharito, who at 35 years old only guarantees an initial sensation in the sale of t-shirts; However, on the court it is a mystery.
In 2021, the Portuguese Renato Paiva (today coach of Toluca) won the title for the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle and had the Argentine Martín Anselmi as assistant. The Portuguese left the club the following year and accused Anselmi of betraying him to keep his job; Immediately, the now Cruz Azul helmsman pointed out: I am not very interested in public exposure or public fights and I do not know Renato… So, let no one be surprised by what happened with the Paraguayan defender Juan Escobar, nicknamed The boss.
The reality is that public fights and controversy are the mere thing of Anselmi, whom the La Noria board empowered with their eyes closed. For now, the celestials lost one of their best players: Escobar, who, due to his substance and effectiveness, had earned the captain’s badge. It is no coincidence that several teams immediately raised their hands eager to hire him. Anselmi was booed on Saturday when La Maquina returned to the Azul stadium, where his team lacked a leader at the back and suffered the defeat against the Tuzos.
The referees were accustomed to consulting in the video refereeing down to the smallest action, they waited for the designs of the all-powerful VAR to evade their responsibility and fell into such an exaggerated addiction and dependence that, in reality, the person who acted as central judge was that faceless booth. Now, faced with the obligation to issue a verdict over the loudspeaker, they inhibited themselves to the maximum and it was in the final stretch of day one when Mario Terrazas debuted the new provision on Sunday at CU, announcing the expulsion of Nathan Silva.
If the Pumas men’s team is light, the women’s team is shadow. The management led by Leonardo Cuéllar had a disastrous start, they have conceded nine goals in two games (four from León and five from Tigres) and are bottom along with Mazatlán… While the start of the women’s tournament threw up two pleasant surprises, the Centellas de Necaxa and the Diablas del Toluca, the two squads determined to place themselves in the first places among the usual ones: Tigres – now with the great contribution of the Spanish Jennifer Hermoso –, Pachuca, América, Rayadas and Chivas.
2024-01-15 09:30:21
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