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He has been a fixture in the Cementeros midfield since 2014, but if he is released there are two Liga MX squads ( Necaxa and Mazatlán FC) that could race to sign him. Midfield icon Rafa Baca appears close to signing an extension, but, at 32, he still might be viewed as expendable by Aguirre. Veteran defender Pablo Aguilar has been told he does not figure into the club’s plans and the 35-year-old hardman is likely to return to his native Paraguay to close out his illustrious career (he won Liga MX trophies with Tijuana, América and Cruz Azul). New manager Diego Aguirre has already made adjustments to the roster and more will be coming. Cementeros preparing to shuffle roster tooīig changes are expected at Cruz Azul as well since management forced out coach Juan Reynoso only one year after the former Cementeros player guided “La Máquina” to a Liga MX championship, ending the franchise’s nearly 24-year title drought. In addition, sports daily Record reported that Pablo Solari, a 21-year-old Argentine striker/winger currently playing for Chile’s Colo Colo is on the club’s radar. Heading into the weekend, the Aguilas had approached Atlético de San Luis about winger Germán Berterame (Liga MX Golden Boot winner two seasons ago) and Jhon Murillo, a skilled and speedy young forward. That means forwards Henry Martín (3 goals) and Federico Viñas (1 goal) will likely be moving on.Īmérica’s newly reorganized front office ( Héctor González Iñárritu was named team president and will work with embattled GM Santiago Baños) is looking outside Liga MX as well as within the league for new strikers.
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The Aguilas always boast one of the biggest payrolls in Liga MX so lack of offensive productivity is never tolerated. A quick look at two members of Liga MX ‘Big Four’Īmérica continues to stir the pot as it searches for an answer to its front-line scoring woes, while Cruz Azul management is trying to fulfill the wishes of new coach Diego Aguirre. Meanwhile, two Mexico City giants continue to feed the rumor mill as Liga MX is less than four weeks away from Opening Day. No doubt, Ricardo Peláez is not finished wheeling-and-dealing (he appears interested in acquiring Pachuca midfielder Víctor “El Pocho” Guzmán, but if Monterrey starts a bidding war the Rayados would have the inside track). Newly acquired Alan Mozo and Fernando González did not make the trip but a lot of youngsters are in attendance as are a number of players from Guadalajara’s farm team, Tapatío. We wrote about the Chivas in our previous look-ahead to the Apertura 2022 and “El Rebaño Sagrado” is now at a Nayarit beach resort training for the upcoming season. The question is, will he remain a Cementero or move to another Liga MX team? (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images) Here's the goal.Rafael Baca joined Cruz Azul more than eight years ago and has been a midfield stalwart ever since. Cruz Azul defender Alejandro Castro deflected it into the net to give America a stunning last-second equalizer (Munoz was credited with the goal) and send the match to extra time. Though Munoz had three opponents and one teammate around him, the corner dropped right on his head and he nodded it towards the near post. Then, in the third and final minute of injury time, America goalkeeper Moises Munoz went forward for a corner kick. But then Aquivaldo Mosquera scored for America to push the aggregate score to 2-1. Until the 89th minute, that belief held true. America were behind 1-0 after the first leg and suffered an even bigger setback when midfielder Jesus Antonio Molina was sent off in just the 14th minute of the second leg.Ĭruz Azul then quickly added another goal in the 20th minute and with the two-goal lead on aggregate and a man advantage, it seemed they would stroll to their first title since 1997. America won their record-equalling 11th Liga MX Clausura title in unbelievable fashion, beating Cruz Azul on penalties and making manager Miguel Herrera go absolutely bonkers.