2020 seemed like the year to break the sequence, but again The machine failed at the right time, in addition to dragging extra-court problems
ORLANDO – Blue Cross he stumbled, again, on the same stone. In 2020 it was forgotten for the machine and the only thing left is that in 2021 I did not hit it so hard or, in the best case scenario, reverse the mockery and bad comments you had at the end of this year .
The defeat against the LAFC this Wednesday caused them to say goodbye to the CONCACAF Champions League, a tournament that was his last hope to save what little was left of an atypical and battered year due to the Covid-19.
A year that began with renewed smiles and hopes, ended with more of the same, this is what he became. Blue Cross the last few years. First, they were leaders in a tournament that was canceled, and is that the Clausura 2020 it halted its activity on the 10th due to the pandemic that forced it to stop all activities.
When he looked best Blue Cross of Robert Dante Siboldand, the pandemic comes to a halt and months of uncertainty passed before the MX League would cancel all activity and close the tournament.
In sports, the Guard1anes 2020 pinned, just like the previous tournament, which was the good one, but the untitled 23-year-old sequence could not be broken after they lost a four-goal lead in the semifinals before the Pumas.
After the trip, Blue Cross it won 4-0 in the Aztec Stage, but for the return to the auriazules they left them lying down to the turf and they tied the global marker to happen through better position in the table. That defeat is the biggest comeback in league history in short tournaments.
The only hope left for the machine was the CONCACAF Champions League. With the international tournament he appealed to save the year, but they were not enough when this Wednesday he lost 2-1 before the MLS of the MLS and consumed his nightmare year.
In addition, extracancha, the club passed it badly due to the scandals with its direct one. Guillermo ‘Billy’ Álvarez, chairman of the team, is being investigated by Mexican authorities due to facing charges of organized crime and money laundering.
With that, the Cruz Azul Cooperative it headed a goal to take the control from the club on the part of a dissident group. That was how 2020 was a year of stumbling block after stumbling block for one of the considered four greats of the MX League.