![]() America and Cruz Azul have played each over 150 times, ten times in the playoffs, including twice in championship series. The Clasico Joven, (Juvenile Classic) is a long rivalry between these two Mexico City based teams that spans through 40 years of Mexican Soccer. Rayados' other six internationals all took the field with Rodolfo Pizarro, Carlos Rodriguez, Cesar Montes and Celso Ortiz back in the starting lineup while Jesus Gallardo and Jonathan Gonzalez came off the bench.The winner of the America vs Cruz Azul Clausura 2013 Final will earn more than just a Liga MX title, the winner will get bragging rights over a hated rival. The lone, notable exception was right back Miguel Layun, who played 90 minutes for Mexico last Tuesday and did not dress on Saturday. Like Sporting Manager Peter Vermes, Monterrey head coach Diego Alonso fielded a first-choice side on Saturday with five days to recover before Thursday's semifinal showdown in the Concacaf Champions League. March 30: Cruz Azul, who ended Monterrey's last two trophy pursuits in the Apertura 2018 Copa MX Final and Apertura 2018 semifinals, pile on the pain with a 91st minute equalizer.March 9: Beating rivals Tigres UANL 1-0 at home, the crosstown club - currently in second place - found an 80th minute equalizer.3: Up 1-0 on the road, the victory turned into a draw when UNAM Pumas leveled in the 83rd minute 12: Led current league leaders Leon at home by a 2-0 scoreline, but conceded in 94th minute of 2-2 draw In fact, the Rayados have now dropped eight points after the 80th minute since January: The result, which keeps Monterrey third in the Liga MX standings and six points back of the top of the Clausura table, was the latest in a troubling trend of blown leads late in matches this year. That exchange set the stage for Cruz Azul's dramatic 91st minute equalizer on a corner delivered to the back post and nodded home by centerback Igor Lichnovsky, a Chilean national teammate of Sporting midfielder Felipe Gutierrez. However, the script was flipped in the 76th minute amidst controversial circumstances as Rayados penalty shouts went unanswered on one end of the field and, just 20 seconds later, Cruz Azul scored on the opposite end with a header tucked inside the near post from 10 yards out by former New England Revolution forward Milton Caraglio. In the buildup to this continental clash, is providing updates on the Rayados as part of the site’s Monitoring Monterrey series.Īfter Sporting Kansas City cruised to a 7-1 thrashing of Montreal on Saturday afternoon at Children's Mercy Park, the club's Champions League counterparts appeared to be coasting to a comfortable home win of their own as Monterrey led Cruz Azul 2-0 with 15 minutes remaining at a rain-soaked BBVA Bancomer Stadium on Saturday night thanks to a sensational bicycle kick from Aviles Hurtado on the cusp of halftime and a Cesar Montes header four minutes into the second stanza. Sporting Kansas City and Club de Futbol Monterrey will meet in the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League semifinals. Sporting will travel to Mexico for the first leg of the aggregate-goal series on Thursday before hosting the decisive second leg at Children's Mercy Park on April 11 ( tickets on sale now).
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