Liga MX — Apertura · Round 2
Estadio Banorte

Cruz Azul 2–1 Puebla starting lineups

Cruz Azul Puebla
2 - 1
Full time
Romero 44' Ebere 82'
Monárrez 28'

Cruz Azul and Puebla lineup images

Cruz Azul starting lineup vs Puebla, 4-2-2-2: Mier, Márquez, Piovi, Orozco, Rotondi, Lira, Carlos Rodríguez, Paradela, Romero, Ibáñez, Fernández. Liga MX Apertura Round 2, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Puebla starting lineup vs Cruz Azul, 4-4-2: Gutiérrez, Leyva, Almada, Vargas, Monárrez, Velasco, Sanabria, Herrera, Gómez, Organista, Hernández. Liga MX Apertura Round 2, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. Made with MyLineups.
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Match events

28'
goalMonárrez0 - 1
Romero Yellow cardYellow card
37'
1 - 1Romerogoal
44'
Ibáñez Yellow cardYellow card
45+2'
Half time · 1 - 1
56'
substitutionBaltazar for Herrera
56'
substitutionMustre for Hernández
Palavecino for Ibáñezsubstitution
58'
Ditta for Piovisubstitution
58'
García for Romerosubstitution
67'
Campos for Fernándezsubstitution
67'
Ebere for Rotondisubstitution
68'
77'
substitutionRamírez for Organista
78'
substitutionGarnica for Velasco
2 - 1Eberegoal
82'
84'
Yellow cardRamírez Yellow card
87'
substitutionTomás for Sanabria
90+1'
Yellow cardMustre Yellow card
90+5'
Yellow cardMonárrez Yellow card

Cruz Azul and Puebla team sheets and player ratings

Cruz Azul

4-2-2-2
Starting XI
23 Colombia Mier rating 6.7
16 Mexico Márquez rating 8.6
33 Argentina Piovi off 58' rating 6.8
5 Mexico Orozco rating 7.4
29 Argentina Rotondi off 68' rating 7.1
6 Mexico Lira rating 7.5
19 Mexico Rodríguez rating 7.7
20 Argentina Paradela rating 7.8
18 Argentina Romero 1 goal yellow card off 67' rating 8.1
7 Argentina Ibáñez yellow card off 58' rating 6.4
21 Uruguay Fernández off 67' rating 6.8
Substitutes
4 Colombia Ditta on 58' rating 6.9
8 Argentina Palavecino on 58' rating 6.7
3 Mexico Campos on 67' rating 6.8
17 Mexico García on 67' rating 6.3
11 Nigeria Ebere 1 goal on 68' rating 7.3
1 Mexico Gudiño
12 Mexico Montes
22 Mexico Rodarte
10 Mexico Montaño
14 Colombia Calero

Puebla

4-4-2
Starting XI
28 Mexico Gutiérrez rating 6.1
2 Mexico Leyva rating 6.7
5 Argentina Almada rating 6.6
4 Costa Rica Vargas rating 6.3
7 Mexico Monárrez 1 goal yellow card rating 8.1
26 Colombia Velasco off 78' rating 6.6
21 Paraguay Sanabria off 87' rating 7.2
3 Mexico Herrera off 56' rating 7.1
11 Uruguay Gómez rating 6.9
24 Mexico Organista off 77' rating 6.7
9 Venezuela Hernández off 56' rating 6.6
Substitutes
22 Mexico Baltazar on 56' rating 6.7
29 Mexico Mustre yellow card on 56' rating 5.2
16 Mexico Ramírez yellow card on 77' rating 6.1
27 Mexico Garnica on 78' rating 6.1
10 Uruguay Tomás on 87'
33 Mexico Rodríguez
13 Mexico Navarro
15 Mexico Villa
17 Mexico Castillo
8 Mexico Moreno

Managers

Huiqui4-2-2-2Cruz Azul
Espinoza4-4-2Puebla
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Cruz Azul 2–1 Puebla: match summary

Cruz Azul beat Puebla 2–1 at Estadio Banorte in Ciudad de México on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Round 2 of the Liga MX Apertura. Fernando Monárrez (28') scored for Puebla, Luka Romero (44') and Christian Ebere (82') for Cruz Azul. The match ratings read 7.2 for Cruz Azul and 6.6 for Puebla. Jeremy Márquez of Cruz Azul was the highest rated player on the pitch at 8.5, with José Paradela at 8.0 and Luka Romero at 8.0 next, and Ricardo Gutiérrez of Puebla the lowest rated starter at 6.0. Cruz Azul lined up in a 4-2-2-2 under Huiqui, Puebla in a 4-4-2 under Espinoza. Christian Ebere had come on for Carlos Rotondi on 68 minutes. Luka Romero was booked on 37 minutes, Nicolás Ibáñez on 45, Alonso Ramírez on 84, Eduardo Mustre on 90 and Fernando Monárrez on 90, and nobody was sent off. The Liga MX table taken on September 2, 2026 had Puebla 8th on 10 points and Cruz Azul 10th on 9.

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