Cruz Azul U18

Mexican Liga MX U18
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4 Edition

The Cruz Azul Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Eduardo Corona breaks a bone — 32 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market24 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul turn down Eibar for Jeremy Márquez

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market24 Aug 2026

Emi Ochoa moves on

Mainz 05 pay $1.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad24 Aug 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

CSKA Moscow tell Cruz Azul: Luciano Gondou 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.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Appearance number 100 for Andrés Montaño

100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Cruz Azul

Gabriel Lozano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul try to borrow Brayan Gil

Baltika have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Match22 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul share the spoils with Chiapas

A 1‑1 draw with Chiapas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Cruz Azul Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Cruz Azul

Gabriel Fernández and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Universidad Catolica tell Cruz Azul: Justo Giani 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul get the job done against Morelia

A 1‑0 win over Morelia, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody on the pitch touched Nicolás Ibáñez

7.93, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Cruz Azul had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Market17 Aug 2026

Mainz 05 expected to open talks for Emi Ochoa

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Cruz Azul will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Gerardo Corona has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Gerardo Corona on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

The chances came and went for Christian Ebere

11 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Somebody is after Nicolás Ibáñez’s shirt

A new face in his position, and Nicolás Ibáñez suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Cruz Azul have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.

In brief

2 Edition

The Cruz Azul Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul say no — this time

The offer from Guadalajara for Carlos Rodríguez was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad10 Aug 2026

José Paradela signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” José Paradela commits to Cruz Azul for another 4 years.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Rodrigo Parra will not be coming to Cruz Azul

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Pumas UNAM is saying, and nobody at Cruz Azul is enjoying the guessing.

Squad10 Aug 2026

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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Lucas Varaldo

Cruz Azul asked and Central Córdoba SdE said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

Jesus Ochoa steps up from the Cruz Azul academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jesus Ochoa 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Gabriel Martin steps up from the Cruz Azul academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gabriel Martin 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul promote Kevin Montes from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kevin Montes 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

50 goals in the shirt for Agustín Palavecino

50 for the club now, each one filed in somebody’s memory with a date and a scoreline. Numbers like this are what supporters argue about in twenty years.

In brief

1 Edition

The Cruz Azul Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market3 Aug 2026

Carlos Rodríguez raises the bar for Cruz Azul

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Cruz Azul heard it as anything else.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Willer Ditta stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Willer Ditta and Cruz Azul agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Cruz Azul

José Paradela 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul may not be able to give Agustín Palavecino what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Agustín Palavecino wants continental football; whether Cruz Azul can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Cruz Azul rebuffed over Facundo Cambeses

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Racing Club have kept their man, and Cruz Azul go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match1 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Cruz Azul against Puebla

0‑1 to Puebla, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Gabriel Fernández gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Gerardo Corona left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief