Efraín Juárez took aim at Cruz Azul during his post-match press conference after La Máquina’s first leg of the Liga MX final due to La Máquina’s complaints about the referee.
The Cougars head coach bluntly pointed out that the Blue Cross is the referee’s favorite team in this postseason:
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“I’m amazed that an organization as big as Cruz Azul always wants to take advantage of the environment, and they’re the favorite in this playoff game.”
“We can’t forget the 30th minute against Atlas, the handball and the penalty against them. We can’t forget the Chivas penalty, we can’t forget the handball by Fernandez, which was against me against América, but not against them… and they still have the audacity to complain here because of the situation, I find it unbelievable.”
“Hopefully network shows will air the image I’m talking about so that it’s even and they include the verdict as well,” he said.
The issue arose after a photo circulated of Juarez with referee Daniel Quintero during tonight’s semi-final against Pachuca, while telling him he wanted him to officiate the final.
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Cruz Azul saw this as an advantage and submitted a request to the Officiating Committee to change the appointment of the officiating as they believed the above situation would be an advantage for the Cougars.
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