The machine finally convinced the 'Killer'
While they are still negotiating the renewal of Toro Fernández, it turns out that Cruz Azul already had a reinforcement for the forward line for this season, a goal-scoring champion, but fate was cruel at the last minute. The blue team loaded again before the World Cup for the forward who escaped in the winter: Joao Pedro from San Luis, a two-time goal-scoring champion in Liga MX, for whom the Potosinos asked for 6 million dollars then and Cruz Azul only put 4.5. They went back for the Brazilian. For this summer, the Cementers pushed and this time convinced San Luis and Joao Pedro for 2.8 million dollars so that the leader of the breakers would land in La Noria and loan of a blue gem. Finally, everything was advancing at a great speed, but…
Fate was cruel at the last minute
San Luis did not make the correct calculation. In the middle of the negotiation with Cruz Azul, the Potosino team played a friendly against Querétaro in La Loma, in which Joao Pedro saw action and passed the worst: the goal-scorer suffered an injury, left the field with signs of pain, assisted and unable to support the right leg. The medical report was cruel: anterior cruciate ligament injury in the right knee and surgery, which would lose the tournament and with that would fall the operation to arrive at Cruz Azul. What a blow.
Terrible coincidence with the gem
Cruz Azul had agreed with San Luis to buy the Brazilian forward for 2.8 MDD plus the loan of one of the gems of La Máquina: Amaury Morales. Everything was on track, 90% advance in the operation. But fate changed the plans with Joao Pedro. And almost at the same time, from the cement side, Amaury suffered something similar: in pre-season training in La Noria, Morales broke the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee, which also loses the tournament. Just the player who was going to be loaned to close the signing of Joao Pedro. Cruel fate. Force both in recovery.
What a valuation, from América to Toluca
In the absence of Paulinho with the Red Devils, they required a forward for the start of the season and closed a striker for whom América bet in 2019, when he was 21 years old: Federico Viñas, who is now a world champion with Uruguay and was sought after by European clubs. After his passage through Oviedo, Toluca made a tremendous proposal to Viñas to return to Liga MX. The Eagles scouted and hired Fede from his country's Atlético Juventud, first on loan and then they bought him for 1.8 million dollars. Now, the Red Devils paid almost 13 MDD for the charrúa. A gem that América brought today is polished by Toluca.
Cruz Azul is currently in sixth place in the Liga MX with 6 points, 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss in 3 games. Recently, the team lost 2-3 against Atlante FC. Their next game will be against Club Tijuana on August 17 in an away game. The player Amaury Morales is currently injured.
Cruz Azul's recent form has been 3 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss (LWWW, most recent first).
