The Cruz Azul Gazette
Market5 Apr 2027
Emi Ochoa attracts admirers
The name of Emi Ochoa has come up in conversations Cruz Azul were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Cruz Azul
Nicolás Ibáñez and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market5 Apr 2027
Carlos Rotondi wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Erik Lira falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Cruz Azul keep their word to Nicolás Ibáñez
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Erik Lira has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Cruz Azul will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Emi Ochoa asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market5 Apr 2027
The Agustín Palavecino story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Agustín Palavecino signs something — a contract at Cruz Azul or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market5 Apr 2027
Víctor Tabaoda is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Cruz Azul has been clear about where Víctor Tabaoda stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- The dugout Gabriel Fernández has been promised minutes
- Squad The dugout calls for Gabriel Fernández
- Squad One-to-one work for Karol Velázquez