Summary of the match Cruz Azul vs Monterrey (1-4) of the repechage. GOALS

The champion, Blue Cross, left the throne vacant and said goodbye tonight on the field of the Azteca Stadium, same where six months ago he managed to end a 23-year drought without a title.

Monterrey, the same team that eliminated him in the Concachampions Semifinals, He repeated the dose 4-1 to Cruz Azul, that this Sunday and with the empty stands of the Colossus of Santa Úrsula said goodbye to the season by not being able to access the Quarterfinals of the 2021 Apertura Tournament, an irregular tournament in which he could never find the version that led him to win the championship.

Today’s loss to Rayados was mainly due to the first disastrous 30 minutes of the Machine, which was down on the scoreboard just at minute 10, thanks to a hand inside the Cata Domínguez area, in which the VAR had to intervene so that it was marked by the referee Fernando Guerrero.

Rogelio Funes Mori was in charge of collecting the maximum penalty and did not fail, sending the visit to the front of the scoreboard. Before the first half hour was up, the northern team increased the advantage with a great goal by Maxi Meza, at a time when Monterrey dominated and played at pleasure with the celestial defense.

The color returned to Juan Reynoso when at minute 32 Yoshimar Yotún discounted on the board, by perfectly charging a penalty derived from a foul on Ignacio Rivero. It was then that the locals lived their best moments and were even able to tie the electronic one in just three minutes.

But Pol Fernández wasted the clearest goal play that Cruz Azul had generated and that left him alone in the area, with the ball dominated and facing the striped goal. The Argentine did not know what to do, and after doubting twice he ended up crashing his shot into a defender.

Already in the complementary part and with the need to tie, the Machine went to the front. He dominated the game and once again had a clear arrival to equalize the cards. This time the one who failed was Santiago Giménez, who could not make a good contact inside the area at the height of the penalty spot, missing the opportunity.

And they paid dearly for that mistake, because 10 minutes later, after a play of some rebounds within the pair, Funes Mori appeared alone in front of Chuy Corona and scored the third goal in favor of the Rayados with whom they were able to handle the process of the match.

Already around minute 84, with a Blue Cross delivered and thrown to the front, the people of Monterrey put the lace with a accurate header from Vincent Janssen, who closed the score 4-1 on the field of the Azteca Stadium, the same marker with which they were eliminated in the Concachampions.

Monterrey will be measured in the Semifinals of the tournament against Atlas, while Cruz Azul will start his vacation, thinking about what will be the Clausura 2022.