BY ISLAM SABULINO.
(News Of The South) – The Mexican outfit were 3-1 winners over the Asian champions Western Sydney Wanderers in a second quarter final encounter of Club World Cup played at the Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah in Rabat Saturday night to book a semi-final fixture of a life-time with Real Madrid.
Cruz Azul got their goals courtesy of a magnificent effort from Hugo Pavone and two spot kicks from their captain Gerardo Torrado to send the Australians crushing out.
As if this was not aching enough for the Asian champions, the Ivorian referee Noumandiez Doue showed a bizarre red card to Nikolai Topor Stanley of Wanderers for a second bookable offence.The most painful thing is the fact that the referee had not previously given Nikolai any yellow card.
Stanley was left to fight a lost battle with Fifa officials as he attempted to put arguments against the decision, but the referee was not moved by that.
The nine men could not sustain 11 men on the pitch as Hugo Pavone slotted home unmarked after Ante Covic had blocked Ismael Valadez’s first effort.
The soaked pitch became a mudbath, in spite of an admirable determination from the Australian side.A late penalty from Torrado was a final nail on the Wanderers coffin.
By hook or crook, Cruz Azul are through to the semis where they will battle it out against the world’s finest players like Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema and so forth.
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