Cruz Azul have put themselves in a bit of an awkward position for the second leg of the semifinal on Saturday night. And the reason for that is because of them failing to score a goal on the road yesterday night. Facing an inconsistent Pachuca squad who finished 8th overall in the league table and who were way off on their aim, La Máquina could’ve scored once and all but have sentenced the series. After all, that is what they did all season, right?
To put it in simple terms, Cruz Azul got lucky last night. After a first half vastly dominated by Pachuca, who created at least four or five dangerous approaches against none to Juan Reynoso’s squad, half-time appeared to have done the superlíderes some good.