“New Year, Old Machine”, The most successful pun corresponds to the cover of the portal Cancha.com, which opened its edition this Monday reviewing the defeat by the minimum of Blue Cross before the Saints in the TSC Crown Stadium in the framework of day 1 of the Guard1anes 2021.
With a goal from Diego Valdés in the 61st minute of the match, the premises prevailed to the Machine in the debut of Juan Reynoso like celestial trainer. Those led by the Peruvian strategist were unable to take control of the game, and after a good initial half hour, returned the same ghosts of the past that led to the elimination against Pumas in the semifinals from last season.
This initial defeat did not go unnoticed by the sports press, which was ravaged by a new fall and few invite optimism for what is to come. “It doesn’t look good at all“, They stand out in the Universal Sports, where they do a detailed analysis of the design of the movements of the visiting team.
Cover of the Cancha.com portal (Cancha.com)
Another that did not miss the opportunity to reflect the fall of the Blue Cross was the newspaper Ovaciones, which even added the eternal mockery of the cementers to report on another sport: “Pittsburgh at the Crossroads”, They headlined by the fall of the Steelers of the hand of the Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
Cover of the newspaper El Universal Esports (L’Universal Esports)
One side more above, and in the same cover, they threw of irony by the fall of those of the Sínia: “And the Machine does not clash”, They wrote. This defeat just at the beginning sets a precedent for what comes to Reynoso, who will be forced to win on the second date at the Estadio Azteca in the visit of El Puebla.
Cover of the newspaper Ovations (Ovations)
It has the benefit of the doubt