The Cruz Azul Gazette
Market26 Oct 2026
Luka Romero 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.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Roberto Moreno keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Cruz Azul may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Cruz Azul
Jeremy Márquez 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.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Cruz Azul against Santos Laguna
0‑1 to Santos Laguna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Rubert Quijada
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ivan Vega out for 32 days
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Ivan Vega, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Gerardo Corona answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
José Paradela was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Squad Gabriel Lozano is the weekend's best young player
- Looking ahead Jeremy Márquez goes back to face Atlas
- The dugout Carlos Rotondi left out for tactical reasons at Cruz Azul