January 2018
Both of my goalkeepers were loanees and they went back to their club after the loan expired. Couldn't bring any of them back, couldn't sign any free contract decent goalkeepers due to the club finances, so I was left with finding another loanee goalkeeper. After scouting almost 50 of them and offering almost half of them a loan offer, the only player who would accept to join us was 19 year old David Balderrama from Cruz Azul, with 3 games before our first match.
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Our back-up keeper is under 20's Correcaminos youngster Juan Hernandez. Let's just hope Balderrama is decent and doesn't get injured.
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Kicking off the second half of the season, we faced Opening Stage last place team UdeG. Just found out that teams promote after points accumulated over the last three years, so you actually need to do good for more than a year. Currently we are the 8th team so we need a great Closing Stage in order to maybe promote next year. Seems like a month of vacation took its toll. We struggled, veteran Vuoso giving us the 3 points with a double.
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Brought in another loan keeper from parent club Monterrey in order to have a back-up for Balderrama. Meet Cesar Ramos.
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Guerrero scored after just 5 minutes after a pass by Arce. Reyes was injured and he'll be recovering for the next 2-3 weeks.
With Celaya wanting to avenge what happened in the Quarter Final of the Opening Stage, we braced for the worst. Leaving the boys in a month long vacation wasn't a great idea but I wanted them to rest, having such a small roster to chose from. After just 25 seconds Celaya opened the score, and Hugo Lopez doubled their advantage and Ramos put the nail in our coffin. An awful result after an awful match. Really should have scheduled a friendly or two.
I was really hoping the boys will get back on winning ways after the shameful defeat. Vuoso was back in with a shout. Seems like the 36 year old striker is our only scorer after 3 and 20 minutes matches. And he is retiring at the end of the season! Garcia scored after an error by Alebrijes keeper putting as further forward. Atilano, Reyes' back-up scored his first Correcaminos goal with an unblockable volley from close range and it was over. 3-0.
The matches keep coming and I'm hoping the players can pull it through. We occupy second place, tied to first, after 4 matches, and this time I'm confident of reaching the Quarter Final before the last fixture. We are playing first place surprisa Potros UAEM. Franco decided the game in the 87th minute and we rack up another 3 points.
And another match after just 3 days. And another important one. 3rd place Dorados will look to try and profit of our tired legs to take first place. Very entertaining first half saw the two teams sharing 3 goals, 2 for us 1 for them. Pullido put us further ahead with a 48th minute goal. Angulo pulled one back for Dorados, but we ended up wining nonetheless.
Again we face First Division Side Toluca in the cup, this time hoping to show them our improvement. Reyes is back in action following his injury. We were good, but gave away the ball way too easily, allowing Joel Sanchez to score the first goal of the game. Reyes almost equalized but the shot missed by a hair. We looked great out there, even dominating Toluca on occasions, but just need some more experience in order to not give away goals. I would actually be happy dropping out of the cup so the players can rest more between the Closing Stage matches.
