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Cruz Azul has been associated with a spectacular feature, showing two consecutive league titles in America, which he completed this week on the day of the semi-finals of the 2024 Mexican Football Apertura tournament.

In another semi-final they faced Monterrey, with their Premier League player and Atlético San Luis, a team that had to go to the crucial moments of the Aztec balance.

The first semi-final was played on Wednesday evening at Atlético San Luis’ Alfonso Lastras Stadium at around 9:00 p.m. (03:00 GMT in-game) in Monterrey.

On his first goal in Mexico, Spanish coach Domenec Torrent ran Atlético San Luis to the semi-finals, where he was eliminated in a campanada and was eliminated in the final by André-Pierre Gignac (3-0 worldwide) against the Tigres.

In the other team, the “Rayados” of Monterrey marched around the corner in this round to the Pumas (6:3 worldwide), led by the Argentine player Martín Demichelis, who with the current goal is on the way home to Aztec football came your compatriot Fernando Ortiz.

The torrent was addressed by the Mexican Northern outfit, which dealt with an offensively equipped unit that represented Spanish midfielder Sergio Canales, Argentine extremist Lucas Ocampos and mediocre Spaniard Brandon Vázquez.

“Monterrey is four times the size of five monsters, it is an equipment that you don’t have to have a lot of time to reach the mountains, you have to fight the pumas and the five five mountains (visit in the race),” commented Torrent .

The attendance of these qualifying competitions ended with training at the BBVA Stadium, starting at 20:00 (02:00 GMT in the Dominican Republic).

The other semi-final was the only scenario to end at the Ciudad de los Deportes stadium in the Mexican capital. In July, at 8:00 p.m. (02:00 GMT on April 24), Brazilian entrepreneur André Jardine hosted the Azul meeting led by Argentina’s Martín Anselmi.

In the final, Jardine dio Catedra led the Águilas de America to the two victories over Toluca (4-0 worldwide) of the Portuguese strategist Renato Paiva.

The Azul machine with Anselmi was sent ahead of Tijuana by a goal by the Colombian entrepreneur Juan Carlos Osorio (3-3 worldwide and ahead of their best position in the regular phase).

“Ninguna’s semi-final is easy, but for the last part of the campeonato I have to achieve everything,” says Anselmi, who made an attempt to win Cruz Azul ahead of America in the current million.

La Máquina y las Águilas have been upset in their first league series since 2000 and have rallied in America for the past three years. The last time Cruz Azul got a breather was in the semi-finals of the Invierno 1999 in front of their big rivals.

The game is also expected to take place at the Ciudad de los Deportes Stadium at 7pm (01:00 GMT on Monday).

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