SOCCER IS BACK IN TIJUANA
Club Tijuana hosts Cruz Azul; LIGA MX-2013 Apertura Week 11
TIJUANA –Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente returns to action at home Friday Sept. 20 in a Week 11 match of the LIGA MX-2013 Apertura 7:30 p.m. (Pacific) at Estadio Caliente.
Coach Jorge Almiron’s team trained Thursday Sept. 19 at Estadio Caliente where the Argentine coach defined the game plan for an important match against Cruz Azul, “La Maquina Cementera.”
Almiron spoke with the media in a news conference after the practice.
“We know that we are going up against an important team in Mexican soccer,” Almiron said. “We hope to have the crowd’s support. We are ready for this game.”
Almiron said he is happy to have some players back after they sat out with injuries early in the tournament.
“We know can count on Herculez Gomez,” Almiron said. “We are thinking about having him play with the Under-20 team so that he gets rhythm and then have him with us for the next games.”
MEETINGS BETWEEN CLUB TIJUANA AND CRUZ AZUL
Club Tijuana and Cruz Azul have faced each other in four official First Division matches. Cruz Azul has won two of those while the other two were ties. Tickets for the match are still on sale at the Estadio Caliente box office from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. the day of the match.
MATCHES BETWEEN CLUB TIJUANA AND CRUZ AZUL
2011 APERTURA
Week 6 – Estadio Azul
Cruz Azul 2-1 Club Tijuana
0-1/ 22’ Dayro Moreno (TIJ)
1-1/ 48’ Edixon Perea (CAZ)
2-1/ 67’ Emanuel Villa (CAZ)
2012 CLAUSURA
Week 6 – Estadio Caliente
Club Tijuana 0-0 Cruz Azul
2012 APERTURA
Week 14 – Estadio Caliente
Club Tijuana 2-2 Cruz Azul
0-1/ 4’ Mariano Pavone (CAZ)
1-1/ 18’ Gerardo Flores (CAZ-Autogol)
2-1/ 67’ Duvier Riascos (TIJ)
2-2/ 75’ Alejandro Castro (CAZ)
2013 CLAUSURA
Week 14 – Estadio Azul
Cruz Azul 5-0 Club Tijuana
1-0/ 31’ Mariano Pavone (CAZ)
2-0/ 56’ Teofilo Gutierrez (CAZ)
3-0/ 75’ Gerardo Flores (CAZ)
4-0/ 89’ Javier Orozco (CAZ)
5-0/ 90’+1’ Javier Orozco (CAZ)
YOUTH TEAMS IN ACTION
The Club Tijuana youth teams will also see action Saturday with the Under-17 and Under-20 teams taking on Cruz Azul’s youth teams. The U-17 squad coached by Ignacio Ruvalcaba plays at 12:45 p.m. The Under-20 coached by Diego Torres plays at 4 p.m., both games Pacific Time.