The Cruz Azul Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Nicolás Ibáñez has said yes to Espanyol
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Cruz Azul have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Match22 Aug 2026
Cruz Azul tear Chiapas apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑0 against Chiapas, and it could have been more.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Both of them Nicolás Ibáñez's — 9.18
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.18, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market24 Aug 2026
Pumas UNAM come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Cruz Azul did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market24 Aug 2026
Cristopher Benítez asks to leave Cruz Azul
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match22 Aug 2026
Cruz Azul make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Cruz Azul have 3 straight wins of it.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Carlos Rotondi runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Sporting Cristal tell Cruz Azul: Diego Enríquez is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
One of their own: Luka Romero
He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Cruz Azul
- The dugout Diego Gallardo: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Jorge Rodarte