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Cruz Azul (MEX) drew 1-1 with Tigres (MEX), but is eliminated in the semifinals

Hello, Flamengo fans. The opponent of Rubro-Negro on Wednesday (10), in the Intercontinental Cup, is coming in on a low. This Saturday (06), Cruz Azul (MEX) drew 1-1 with Tigres (MEX), away from home, in the semifinals of the Apertura of the Mexican Championship, and is out of the competition.

In the first leg, the teams also finished 1-1. However, Tigres advances to the final due to the tournament rules, since they had a better campaign in the classification phase, finishing second. Cruz Azul finished third.

HOW WAS THE MATCH?

Playing at home, in the Estadio Universitario, Tigres went on the attack and didn’t take long to open the scoring. In the 27th minute, Frenchman André-Pierre Gignac assisted Juan Brunetta, who put the home team ahead.

Needing a comeback at all costs to stay in the competition, Cruz Azul took control of the match. So much so that they finished with more possession (59%), more shots (15 to 10), and more shots on target (6 to 1). However, the ball only found the net once. And it was an own goal: in the 50th minute of the second half, Juan Purata of Tigres scored an own goal, leveling the match.

It’s worth noting that Cruz Azul missed a golden opportunity to tie the game earlier. In the 27th minute, Gabriel Fernandez missed a penalty kick, stopped by Nahuel Guzmán’s save. Thus, Tigres and Toluca (MEX) will play in the Mexican final.

WHEN IS CRUZ AZUL VS FLAMENGO?

On social media, right after the elimination, Cruz Azul had already ‘turned the page’ to focus on their next challenge. “Now it’s time to face the Intercontinental Cup with all seriousness and dreams. Let’s go to Qatar! Now it’s time to focus on the Derby of the Americas,” wrote the club.

The match against Flamengo takes place next Wednesday (10), starting at 2 p.m. (Brasília time), in Qatar. Whoever wins the Derby of the Americas advances to the Challenger Cup, which is a kind of semifinal, against the African champion Pyramids, from Egypt, on the 13th.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.