The Cruz Azul Gazette
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Willer Ditta 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Envigado 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
José Paradela in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cruz Azul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words at Cruz Azul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Erik Lira is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Cruz Azul
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
Door shut on Ramón Juárez
Cruz Azul asked and Club America said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match24 Jul 2027
Another one collected away from home
3 on the bounce on the road for Cruz Azul. The coaches leave early, arrive at unlovely grounds in the dark, and keep coming home with three points.
Market26 Jul 2027
Diego Reyes steps up from the Cruz Azul academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Diego Reyes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market26 Jul 2027
Cruz Azul promote Fernando Guardado from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fernando Guardado has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Cruz Azul promote Kevin Herrera from within
- The dugout Jeremy Márquez gets it from the manager
- Player ratings Carlos Rotondi was unplayable