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For Cruz Azul, it was necessary to break the streak of nine games without a victory. Now, with renewed spirits, La Máquina will face América in the so-called young classic, where they intend to achieve the victory, now in the League.

This game welcomes both teams at their lowest hours. Neither La Máquina nor Las Águilas are doing well in the tournament, so a clear favorite cannot be foreseen, although for defender Julián Velázquez, it is important for the Cruz Azul players to envision themselves as the rival to beat.

"I always consider myself the favorite, you always have to feel like the favorite in these games to go out and play them. It's a classic and we know the magnitude that these games generate, and winning will give us the boost to look for the Liguilla," he said in a press conference.

He added that there is no desire for revenge after last season's result, when América came back from a three-goal deficit and ended up winning 4-3 at the Azul stadium.

"We all expect a good game with a good result, hopefully a victory, and if it's like yesterday, even better. We know it won't be easy, it's a classic, so we have to keep insisting and do it in the best possible way. We only think about this game, what happened is in the past, that game was strange and it doesn't help to think about it, we have to think about the present, work and continue with the positive streak."

About ending the bad streak, Velázquez assured that there has always been a lot of confidence in the coaching staff and the style that La Máquina has.

"We trust the coaching staff we have, we trust the team and last night we were able to reflect it with goals and a very good result. For us, there is no doubt about the game we play on the field, we are very convinced, it was just a matter of continuing to insist and luckily the goals, the result came, sooner or later they would come and we have to continue on this path."

Regarding the controversy that has arisen with the statements of Ricardo La Volpe, coach of América, and Paco Jémez, coach of Cruz Azul, Velázquez asserted that as players, they are only focused on what matters on the field.

"I have no knowledge of what happened, I haven't heard anything, and those are issues that do not concern us. We only have to think about the game, which is the most important thing. We have many other more important things to think about than what the opposing team or coach says. We isolate ourselves and only think about the game."