Eduardo de la Torre, Sports Director of Cruz Azul, stated that Tomas Boy would continue in his position if, for the remainder of the tournament, the team shows what it allowed them to score three goals against America in the first half, and qualifying for the Liguilla or not does not condition the process.

"(The Liguilla) is a very short-term goal; the future of this project depends on many other things; if the team shows what it did in the first half in most of the upcoming matches, surely the project will continue," explained the director in La Afición in an interview with Carlos Contreras, Jimena Rodríguez, and Héctor González.

About what happened in football terms for La Máquina to lose a three-goal advantage, the Yayo responded: "I believe that from the 51st minute when the expulsion comes and they score the goal, which I think is a very important factor, it seems to me that more determining than the expulsion was that goal, because we were already ten against eleven and two goals ahead, the team resented a lot, we started defending, we did not have that possibility of offending the opponent as we had done; regardless of all that, we backed off, we defended very deep, and with two crosses in the last matches they ended up beating us."

The Yayo acknowledged that he has a feeling "of shame" because "we left the fans very hurt after a great first half; we could not finish, we could not round off the game and in the end they turn it around in a very decisive way and we fall, and all that leaves a great pain. We are directly responsible and we assume it as such, we understand everything, and we have nothing left but to recover and be able to overcome this and rise to continue the championship and do it in the best way. In the end, neither the expulsion nor any action not marked by the referee are responsible for the defeat."

Why keep Boy?

"... because we have a project and it has cost us a lot of work, we understand that to reap, time is required. I also understand that this situation has been painful, but this first half, which was the best of the championship, is the example of what we want and what we are betting on, this positive part of the match."