The Cruz Azul Gazette
Squad28 Aug 2028
Gustavo Ferrareis breaks a bone — 66 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 66 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Andrés Gudiño keeps Cruz Azul in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Lukas Ramil Sauer says Cruz Azul went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Cruz Azul
Gabriel Fernández was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market28 Aug 2028
The Nicolás Ramírez conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Chiapas will make the call about Nicolás Ramírez this week. Cruz Azul have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Match26 Aug 2028
Carlos Rodríguez rescues a point for Cruz Azul
It needed Carlos Rodríguez to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Toluca, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Willer Ditta could not find anything
4.76. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
Market28 Aug 2028
The Gabriel Fernández story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gabriel Fernández signs something — a contract at Cruz Azul or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The terraces28 Aug 2028
The spotlight tightens on Luka Romero
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Agustín Palavecino
- Player ratings An afternoon Evidence Makgopa will want back
- Player ratings Luka Romero never got going