Week 10 features a match on Saturday Mar 4th, where Mazatlán will play host to Cruz Azul in a Liga MX match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 20 degrees, which is great football weather. 18th placed Mazatlán is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Pumas UNAM. Nicolás Benedetti struck first for Mazatlán in the 44th minute, but Eduardo Salvio got the equalizer for Pumas UNAM in the 50th minute But luckily in the 75th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Juan Dinenno. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, Cruz Azul recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Juárez. Uriel Antuna struck first for Cruz Azul in the 14th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Juárez was frustrated by Cruz Azul’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Cruz Azul ended the match with the shutout victory. Cruz Azul is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Estadio Azteca, Cruz Azul won by a score of 2 to 0. Gonzalo Carneiro struck first for Cruz Azul in the 21st minute, then Ángel Romero added another in the 7th minute of the first half’s stoppage time from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Mazatlán couldn’t manage to score, and Cruz Azul took the shutout win.
Cruz Azul is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Carlos Rotondi and Gonzalo Carneiro each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Aké Loba and Nicolás Benedetti have been the hottest scorers for Mazatlán in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.