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Luka Romero bets on a great year with Cruz Azul

January 24, 2025 by usatoday24

The new player of the Cruz Azul Machine in Liga MX, Luka Romero returned to Aztec football after 20 years of absence and this has become quite a spectacle for the celestial fans who trust that he can be a piece of great value for the organization in its search for the title of champion of the Clausura 2025 tournament. This player’s entire football career has been developed mainly in Spain and Italy, which allows him to give a new perspective to the coaching staff and all his teammates; This fact has generated new doubt about his possible participation in the Mexican team that is currently under the command of Javier Aguirre. In an interview offered to Milenio-La Afificación, the player acknowledged that it is something he could think about as long as he is given the opportunity because it would be a favorable point to continue developing his career; Despite this, he maintained that it is something that he should discuss with his entire family to fully agree on wanting to accept for his well-being as a professional. “I am focused here on Cruz Azul, on doing the best possible, and then those are consequences that if you do well with your club they call you to the National Team, but obviously I have to think about it, talk about it with my family, think, and above all, be focused here and do it well,” he expressed. “I only think about being Luka Romero, doing what I know how to do, then enjoying the field and being me”added Luka Romero in his statements when referring to comparisons with the Argentine star Lionel Messi. “In all the clubs I was in I tried to bring out the best version of myself and try to earn a position and play, and here I also come with a lot of intention to play and feel important. I see a good future. I come here with great enthusiasm and above all that, to enjoy football, which is what I love the most,” he highlighted. Happy in Cruz Azul Finally, Luka Romero said that he feels quite happy to be part of the Cruz Azul Machine project to be able to lift a champion trophy, assuring that the organization has worked very well to be able to have the best possible conditions to achieve its objectives. . “I know quite a few teams from Mexico, obviously I couldn’t follow the League because they are quite a few hours apart, but I know that they are very important clubs and they are also known in Europe,” Luka commented. “Being here is an honor and I think I’m going to learn a lot,” he said. “I had quite a few offers in addition to Mexico and I also had several talks with Martín (Anselmi), and with (Iván), Alonso, they told me a little about the sports project and that was what convinced me. I noticed that they were eager for me to come and that made me very excited.; Now, to try to give all that desire that gave me to Cruz Azul,” said the footballer. “When they called me, I knew it was a well-structured team that is doing things very well. “I am very eager and very excited,” he concluded. Keep reading: –Fernando Guerrero tells new details about his retirement–Ricardo Ferretti launches harsh criticism against Martín Anselmi for his departure from Cruz Azul–Mikel Arriola will bet on youth in Mexican soccer by 2025

Ricardo Ferretti charges against Martín Anselmi for leaving Cruz Azul

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

The historic Brazilian technical director, Ricardo ‘Tuca’ Ferretti, could not hide his anger at the decision of Argentine Martín Anselmi to end his role as coach of the Cruz Azul Machine to accept an offer from Porto de Portugal that allows him to fulfill his dream of directing in the old continent with the aim of reaching the Champions League to raise the club’s competitive level. Given this fact, the strategist decided to launch a harsh criticism against Anselmi for abandoning his man agreement as coach of the celestial team for the current Clausura 2025 tournament of the MX League and leaving the sports institution in limbo with just two days of this competition played. . These statements were made by Tuca Ferretti during his participation in ESPN, where he considered that the coaches no longer fulfill their words as was done previously when comparing what happened with Fernando Gago, who also left the Chivas Rayadas de Guadalajara last season in order to fulfill his dream of being in charge of Boca Juniors in Argentina. “Where the hell is this? Where? Does a man’s word no longer exist, does it not exist today or am I out of date at 70 years old?he stated in his statements when analyzing the situation that Liga MX has been experiencing in the last two tournaments. Ricardo Ferretti also maintained that he received a large number of offers from teams while he was in charge of a club; Despite this, he rejected each of them because he had a commitment to lead the team he had signed with to exploit all their sporting qualities in order to turn them into champions. “I rejected teams while I was under contract and they spoke to me and were better than what I had”he added, highlighting that his word with the clubs’ board was much more important than monetary gain. Martín Anselmi’s decision to sign with Porto represents a hard blow for the Cruz Azul Machine, who hoped to maintain a good level in this Clausura 2025 tournament of the Liga MX to be able to qualify for the Liguilla and fight for the trophy; They are now searching for a new coach who can take charge of the bench to meet their objectives. Keep reading: –Mikel Arriola will bet on youth in Mexican soccer by 2025–Soccer matches today, live: time and TV of what you can see this Thursday, January 23–Gonzalo Pineda comes out in defense of the style of play applied by Atlas

Cruz Azul did not accept that Martín Anselmi said goodbye in the duel vs. Puebla

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Once the departure of Martin Anselmi As technical director of Cruz Azul, the celestial board headed by engineer Víctor Velázquez made the decision to cut corners and prevent the Argentine coach from saying goodbye to the fans next Saturday against the Puebla. In this way, the Uruguayan Vicente Sánchez, who directs the Under 23 team of the Maquina Celeste, He will be in charge of directing against the fringe squad on date three of the Clausura 2025 tournament and on matchday 4 against Necaxa, pending the decision of which coach will take charge of the rest of the tournament in relief of Anselmi. The above could be learned through a source worthy of all credit at Cruz Azul who told The Opinionunder the condition of anonymity, that Anselmi’s decision generated a lot of annoyance in the Cruz Azul high command, For this reason, they have taken a tough attitude against the South American strategist. considering that he failed to fulfill the commitment he had made and where he guaranteed that his word was above any contract. The same source revealed to this publishing house that although it is true that in the contract There is a contract termination clause for a total of $5 million dollars (approximately 100 million Mexican pesos), Cruz Azul directors were confident that Anselmi would respect the four-year contract he signed six months after arriving at the Celeste Machine. In this agreement, the cement board met all its demands and made him the second highest-paid coach in Mexican soccer in a monthly amount of $130,000 dollars per month (more than 2.5 million pesos per month), where Anselmi even came out to say publicly that his word was above any contract and that he would respect the agreement. The offer from Porto arrived in November In more data, which could be accessed, It was assured that Martín Anselmi received the offer from Porto since November pastjust when the Celeste Machine showed a decline in its football level. We were also told that Anselmi had already been preparing his departure and that he still decided to demand that the board hire several reinforcements such as Jesús Orozco Chiquete, Omar Campos, Luka Romero and Mateusz Bogusz, who together with the players he brought in since his arrival such as Luis Romo, Willer Ditta, Kevin Mier, Gonzalo Piovi , Giorgios Giakoumakis and Jorge Sánchez, made Cruz Azul spend, according to unofficial figures, around $70 million dollars (1,450 million Mexican pesos). 👎🚂 “IF YOU KNEW THIS SINCE NOVEMBER, YOU WERE VERY UNGRATEFUL TO CRUZ AZUL” Martín Anselmi leaves La Maquina, but with a very bitter taste 🙄 ❌ “COINCENTLY IN THE LIGUILLA THE TEAM FALLS, WHEN THE APPROACH CAME WITH PORTO”#LUP pic.twitter.com/BU3Yek1g3f — FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX) January 23, 2025 They even authorized the departure of Luis Romo due to differences within the locker room, all with the aim of keeping the team fully involved in the competition for the title in the Clausura 2025 tournament, only for it to come out at this point with the decision to go to Porto in Portugal. For now and in the latest details that were accessed, it is stated that Cruz Azul demands cash payment of the contract termination clause. and will not allow the Portuguese to want to pay the money in payments. The candidates So with this, Cruz Azul will dedicate itself to the search for the new coach, but next Saturday Vicente Sánchez will appear on the light blue bench against Puebla, while they seek to specify the arrival of another Argentine like Gabriel Milito or the Uruguayan Diego Alonso. It is true that the names of the Portuguese Renato Paiva have been used, as well as the Mexicans Jaime Lozano and Efraín Álvarez. Continue reading:– In Portugal they don’t know who Martín Anselmi is-Diego Alonso and Vicente Sánchez the candidates to lead Cruz Azul – Is Cruz Azul left without a coach? They assure that Martín Anselmi will coach Porto

Tuca Ferretti harshly criticizes Martín Anselmi for abandoning the job with Cruz Azul

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Ricardo Ferretti current ESPN analyst harshly criticized the Argentine’s alleged decision to abandon the Celeste Machine Martin Anselmi to accept an offer from Porto FCconsidering that the South American broke his word to respect his contract with the celestials. Ferretti stated in his criticisms that: “That’s why they deceive us so much, that’s why they see our faces, really, because they spit on the plate and we feed them and we say nothing’s wrong. I mean, why can’t you come and say my contract ends on a certain date, I gave my word, I signed a contract.” The former coach of Tigres, Pumas, Morelia, FC Juárez and Toluca also questioned Anselmi’s lack of words by pointing out that: “Where the hell is this? Is there no longer a man’s word? Does manhood no longer exist? Today I am expired at 70 years old, that is, if I am expired I will continue to expire with the word of a man, because what I sign, what I speak, I uphold.” Ferretti’s comments led the series of criticisms that the Cruz Azul strategist has received for considering that the forms he used were not appropriate, especially because according to the antecedents, This same procedure was used by Fernando Gago to leave Chivas. More criticism against Anselmi The news that flooded the sports media was undoubtedly the news of the supposed departure of Martín Anselmi from Cruz Azul, Well so far no one from the cement board has mentioned anything or published any official statement. For this reason, the way of conduct of the still Cruz Azul coach has been highly questioned and in all the analysis programs and on social networks he has been criticized for abandoning ship at the moment that the team has invested in reinforcements such as Jesús Orozco Chiquete, Omar Campos, Luka Romero and the Polish Mateusz Bogusz. FERRETTI EXPLODES AGAINST ANSELMI! 🤬 ‘Tuca’ Ferreti spoke about Anselmi’s very probable departure from Cruz Azul and highlighted that nowadays coaches or footballers have no say. The Brazilian mentioned that Anselmi has no say in not fulfilling his contract with… pic.twitter.com/HvOVUjZ8hq — Sports Stadium (@EstadioDxts) January 22, 2025 Beyond the names, the million-dollar investment for these players is questioned and for that reason everyone believes that Anselmi should have waited until the end of the tournament, but at the same time no one can deny that the opportunity to coach in Europe is not attractive for any coach. , therefore, Anselmi did not hesitate to accept Porto’s offer with the already known consequences. Continue reading:– Ricardo Ferretti launches harsh criticism at César Huerta– In Portugal they don’t know who Martín Anselmi is– Is Cruz Azul left without a coach? They assure that Martín Anselmi will coach Porto

Diego Alonso and Vicente Sánchez the Cruz Azul candidates in case Anselmi leaves

January 22, 2025 by usatoday24

The Uruguayans Diego Alonso and Vicente Sánchez are the two main candidates to take over as the technical director of Cruz Azul from the Argentine Martín Anselmi, who according to unofficial versions is living his last minutes as coach of the Blue Machine by accepting an offer to direct the team. Port of Portugal. By virtue of the surprising news of this offer for the cement technician, The high command of Cruz Azul is moving to try to close the signing of Alonsowho already coached Pachuca and Monterrey in the Liga MX, being crowned champion with the Tuzos in the 2016 Clausura tournament. So far Alonso is without a team after his bad moment with Panathinaikos in Greece, where in 17 games he only won seven, drew five and lost the same number of games. Besides The Uruguayan coach has experience in the MLS at the helm of Inter Miami, as well as Sevilla of Spain, among other teams. Other candidates are the Portuguese Renato Paiva, the Argentine Gabriel Milito and the Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, but the latter will take control of the team until June, Anselmi’s departure a fact Unofficial versions assure that Porto FC is willing to pay the clause of 5 million dollars for the termination of Anselmi’s contract, with which Iván Alonso would close the signing of his cousin Diego Alonso, to try to maintain the same idea in the technical management of the cement producers. The truth is that it will be within the next few hours when Anselmi’s departure for Porto will take place after the company that represents him began negotiating with the Portuguese team for six months the option of hiring Anselmi. until Monday night when he decided to inform the Cruz Azul board of his decision to leave Mexican soccer. ✍🏻 THE NAMES TO REPLACE ANSELMI. Luis Castillo revealed names that are close to arriving at Cruz Azul in the summer: * Renato Paiva * Gabriel Milito * Guillermo Almada *Diego Alonso pic.twitter.com/eUMbnAW2uu — RECORD DIARY (@record_mexico) January 22, 2025 It should be noted that Anselmi would go to the European team accompanied by his coaching staff who is made up of Facundo Oreja, Luis Patur, Diego Bottaoili, Alberto Sigata and Darío Herrera, who have his back and know their leader’s work method. Given this eventuality, Those from Cruz Azul don’t even get hot from the sun, because the news of Anselmi’s departure takes them with their fingers on the door, since they had designed a squad to fight for the title again after in the 2024 closing tournament, they were one step away by losing the final with America in that controversial penalty against Argentine Rodolfo Rotondi against Israel Reyes As well as the defeat in the semifinals of the Apertura 2024 against América itself due to another controversial penalty committed again by Rotondi and that spoiled the Machine’s plans to lift the tenth crown in its history. Continue reading:– Is Cruz Azul left without a coach? They assure that Martín Anselmi will coach Porto– The president of Cruz Azul fears for his life and holds Billy Álvarez’s family responsible– Diego Alonso, former coach of Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team, is fired from Panathinaikos

Cruz Azul about to be left without a coach due to an offer from Porto FC

January 22, 2025 by usatoday24

Everything has a beginning, as well as an end and in this case that of Martin Anselmi In Cruz Azul everything indicates that it will end very soon due to the supposed offer of the Porto FC that the Argentine coach received to continue his career in Europe as he had longed for. A true surprise and unexpected news that different media have handled based on the version handled by the ESPN network. and that he assures that Anselmi will take the plane to travel to Portugal as soon as possible to take the reins of the Dragons of the Portuguese Football League. Without a doubt a blow to the Celeste Machine at this time that the Clausura 2025 tournament is already in full development and after they have spent close to 30 million dollars to reinforce the squad with the hiring of Jesús Orozco Chiquete, the Argentine Mexican Luka Romero and the Polish Mateusz Bogusz, according to unofficial versions. According to the data handled, Porto’s offer is valid and will make the contract termination clause valid. after last Monday the Argentine coach requested a meeting with the board headed by engineer Víctor Velázquez, president of the team, and with Iván Alonso, the sports director, to inform them that the last game he will lead the Machine will be next Saturday against Puebla. It is said that Martín Anselmi’s decision is not surprising, especially since the relationship with the board has been deteriorating and when the offer from Porto arrived to the company that represents the South American strategist There was no doubt that his future would be in Europe. The possible reliefs It will be in the next few hours when it will be determined whether he will leave the technical direction of the Machine, but the reality is that the journalistic versions assure that the decision has been made and that Anselmi will be the next coach of Porto FC and The Uruguayan Vicente Sánchez, former player of Toluca and América, would be the replacement at the head of the Celeste Machine. Vicente Sánchez is currently the coach of the Under 23 team of the light blue team and he will be promoted to the first team taking into account that he is one of the trusted people of Iván Alonso and Mathías Cardacio. Other candidates are Gabriel Milito, former coach of Independiente of Argentina and who is currently out of work, the Portuguese Renato Paiva who led Toluca in the last two tournaments and Efraín Juárez who ended his contract with Atlético Nacional de Medellín Martín Anselmi’s numbers at Cruz Azul Martín Anselmi’s time at Cruz Azul was productive, But the reality is that in the face of the great numbers of the celestials, they could not achieve the title that was contemplated, losing the final in the Clausura 2024 with América and the semifinal with the same American team in the Apertura 2024 tournament. In their overall numbers He coached in 50 games where he had 26 wins, 14 draws and ten losses. in a very high efficiency percentage, but without being able to achieve what Juan Reynoso did in the Clausura 2021 tournament. For now The fans have not taken the news of the strategist’s departure well and they are disappointed if Anselmi leaves for Europe. Continue reading:– Luis Romo left Cruz Azul for more money and not because of a fight with Anselmi– Luis Romo denies that his departure from Cruz Azul is due to a dispute with Martín Anselmi– “We lost unfairly”: Cruz Azul coach celebrated his team’s draw against Tigres

Ángel Fierro will not forgive Pitbull Cruz for negotiating a fight with García

January 22, 2025 by usatoday24

Ángel ‘Tashiro’ Fierro assured that he will not forgive Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz when they face each other on February 1 for underestimating him and negotiating a fight with Ryan García before having faced it. In an interview with Izquierdazo, Tashiro Hierro indicated that this gave him much more motivation for his duel with Pitbull Cruz and he promised that he will give everything from the first round to beat Pitbull Cruz. “It motivated me a lot (to hear that the fight between Ryan and Pitbull was negotiated). If I already had a lot of motivation, now I have more. That day I’m going to take Pitbull Cruz to school, I’m sure. It is a message for him, to be ready,” he said. Ryan García and Pitbull Cruz were negotiating a fight for May.Credit: Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy Promotions | Courtesy “It motivated me a lot that he underestimated me in that way, I am not going to forgive him and on February 1 I am going to collect that account. I felt a little annoyed, but at the same time a lot of motivation“They are belittling my work and I think that this February 1 I can show that it should not be like that,” he added. Pitbull Cruz just lost the WBA super lightweight belt in his first defense after falling by split decision against José ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela. The Mexican He asked for immediate revenge because he was dissatisfied with the result, but they could not agree. On the other hand, Ángel Fierro He entered the ring last June when he lost to Alfredo Santiago by unanimous decision. The Mexican had defended his NABO super lightweight title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) four times and was looking to get closer to an opportunity for the championship, but the Dominican stopped his aspirations. Fierro had been asking for a fight with Pitbull Cruz for a long time and Now you will have the opportunity to face it in the billboard starring David Benavídez and David Morrell Jr. The winner of this dispute could get very close to a starting opportunity with any of the division champions. Ángel Fierro, 26, was the WBO super lightweight NABO champion and He has a record of 22 wins, 17 by knockout, two setbacks and two draws in his career. For his part, Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz, 26, could not defend his title successfully in his last fight and fell now he wants to return to the path of victory. The Mexican boxer now has a record as a professional of 26 wins (18 of them fast track), three losses and one draw. Keep reading:· Pitbull Cruz assures that the fight with Ángel Fierro will be explosive· Ryan García will face Rolly Romero and not Pitbull Cruz in May· David Morrell says he will knock out Benavídez: “He barks, but he doesn’t bite”

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