It’s over two years of one of many sad chapters of Cruz Azul in FinalsOn December 16, 2018, the Machine saw his drought in Liga MX It had been extended and for its most hated rival, Americabut so long gone, Pedro Caixinha reappeared to explain what happened to the La Noria club that time.
Sitting on the Cementeros bench in that defeat to the Eagles, the Portuguese confirmed that “at that moment and until that moment the team felt that oppression” due to the environment surrounding the institution, which one negative streak of 23 years and counting without winning the league title
In the Final game I think we were missing that is to say desire and competitive attitude ‘this is our chance, let’s go for it’What I understand and is a general rule is that the team had stage frighthe said in an interview with WRadio
‘There was a war within Cruz Azul for power’
At the time, Billy Álvarez was still in command of the team and the cooperative, but the conflicts of interest and power conflicts were notorious and affected the football team. A “war for power”, as he called it, which currently does not exist and gives footballers peace and serenity to focus on the main goal.
“I can make you a comparison of what the present moment is and that moment (his phase as a club coach). It was then that we realized that there was a war of power insideCruz Azul is much more than a club, it is a cooperative and there are other companies, it was clear there was a war, ”he said.
Today the players are calmer, the club is calmer as a company because all that is already calm, the results are also taking place. Besides the fact that there is no audience in the stadiums, there are also no fansThere is no outside of the Noria, inside, or sometimes that communication that went from the inside out that helps you shield the group. “
It should be remembered that earlier this year, Caixinha was fired from his post at Al Shabab FC after five months. This came after their elimination from the cup in Saudi Arabia.