Mexican Liga BBVA MX

FT Thursday, May 27, 2021
Cruz Azul LWDWW 1
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Santos WDWLL 0
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1st Leg · Estadio Corona · 14,577 att.

Match Report

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Cruz Azul takes first leg of Liga MX final over Santos on Luis Romo's goal

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
5
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
9
1
Saves
3
35.5
Possession
64.5
7
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
155
Accurate Passes
364
248
Passes
439
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
37
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
63
34
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
16
Effective Tackles
11
25
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
11
30
Clearances
11

Head to Head

SAN leads series 3-2

Lineups

SAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Carlos AcevedoG
  2. 21DóriaCD-L
  3. 5Félix TorresCD-R
  4. 190Omar CamposLB
  5. 8Carlos OrrantiaRB
  6. 10Diego ValdésAM
  7. 6Alan CervantesLM
  8. 11Fernando GorriaránRM
  9. 19Eduardo AguirreF
  10. 32Ayrton PreciadoAM-L
  11. 7Juan OteroAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Ismael GoveaSUB
  2. 25Gibrán LajudSUB
  3. 14David AndradeSUB
  4. 22Ronaldo PrietoSUB
  5. 30Ignacio JeraldinoSUB
  6. 27Jesús IsijaraSUB
  7. 20Hugo RodríguezSUB
  8. 23Andrés Felipe IbargüenSUB
  9. 192Santiago MuñozSUB
  10. 12Jesús OcejoSUB

CAZ · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1José CoronaG
  2. 4Julio DomínguezCD-L
  3. 23Pablo AguilarCD-R
  4. 22Rafael BacaDM
  5. 16Adrián AldreteLB
  6. 24Juan EscobarRB
  7. 28Guillermo FernándezCM-L
  8. 7Luis RomoCM-R
  9. 19Yoshimar YotúnLM
  10. 15Ignacio RiveroRM
  11. 21Jonathan RodríguezF

Substitutes

  1. 31Orbelín PinedaSUB
  2. 11Elías HernándezSUB
  3. 29Santiago GimenezSUB
  4. 5Alexis PeñaSUB
  5. 12José Joaquín MartínezSUB
  6. 14Josué DomínguezSUB
  7. 3Jaiber JiménezSUB
  8. 9Walter MontoyaSUB
  9. 33Sebastián JuradoSUB
  10. 20Alexis GutierrezSUB

Timeline

  1. 70' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Walter Montoya replaces Yoshimar Yotún.
  2. 70' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Orbelín Pineda replaces Ignacio Rivero.
  3. 71' Goal! Santos Laguna 0, Cruz Azul 1. Luis Romo (Cruz Azul) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  4. 77' Substitution, Santos Laguna. Andrés Ibargüen replaces Ayrton Preciado.
  5. 77' Substitution, Santos Laguna. Santiago Muñoz replaces Fernando Gorriarán.
  6. 78' Substitution, Cruz Azul. José Martínez replaces Pol Fernandez.
  7. 83' Substitution, Santos Laguna. Jesús Isijara replaces Carlos Orrantía.
  8. 86' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Elías Hernández replaces Luis Romo.
  9. 86' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Santiago Giménez replaces Adrián Aldrete.
  10. 87' Substitution, Santos Laguna. Ignacio Jeraldino replaces Eduardo Aguirre.

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