Cruz Azul News: The Celestes traveled to Canada with 4 absentees to take on Forge FC

On Monday, Cruz Azul traveled to Canada to face Forge FC in the Concacaf Champions League and did so with four confirmed absentees for the match against the Canadians. 

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Charly Rodríguez, Pablo Aguilar, Ángel Romero, and Adrián Aldrete did not make the trip to the country of the maple leaf and are ruled out for next Wednesday's match in the city of Hamilton.

The absences of Rodríguez, Aguilar, and Romero were a coaching decision by Juan Reynoso, who preferred to leave these players in Mexico City to give them rest and focus on physical work so that they can be at 100 percent next Sunday when the Celestes take on Toluca at the Estadio Nemesio Diez.

In the case of Adrián Aldrete, the player has a calf injury that prevented him from making the trip, the left-back of La Máquina stayed at La Noria to continue with his rehabilitation under the supervision of the club's doctors so that he can return as soon as possible with the rest of his teammates.

Reynoso spoke to the players after the loss to Necaxa

It is worth noting that Cruz Azul worked in the morning at La Noria before traveling to Canada. The team led by Juan Reynoso began training with a talk to close ranks after Saturday's defeat against Necaxa and then began with physical and soccer work under the orders of the Cementeros' technical staff.

Cruz Azul will have one last practice in Canada before making its tournament debut on Wednesday night against Forge FC.

Undoubtedly one of the most complicated challenges that Cruz Azul will face in its Concacaf debut will be the freezing weather that prevails at the moment. According to the latest reports, the temperature in Hamilton ranges between minus 8 and minus 11 degrees Celsius at the moment and no great variation is expected at the time of the match on February 16.

Forge FC's scorers that Cruz Azul will have to watch out for

Molham Babouli, Joshua Navarro, and Kyle Bekker are the scorers who are on fire in the Concachampions, mainly the Syrian Babouli and Tico Navarro, who have three goals each in the Cocachampions, while their captain Bekker has two in his personal account.

The Hammers, as they are also known, have been champions of their league in 2019 and 2020; in 2021 they were runners-up. They boast of being the first team from that league to participate in a Concacaf tournament after playing in the Concacaf Champions League in 2019.

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