“Cruz Azul is the one who is obliged to the title,” said Ignacio Ambriz
Ignacio Ambriz recognized that the Cruz Azul project has flirted with success and that it has the weight of responsibility of winning the final vs. Cougars
Beyond the fact that Cruz Azul and Pumas de la UNAM with their arguments did what was necessary to place themselves in the grand final of the Clausura 2026 tournament, the coach of América, Chivas and León, Ignacio Ambriz, assured that the “Celestial Machine” is the team forced to be crowned.
Ambriz's statement was made in another edition of the program “Tiempo Extra” produced by La Opinión and was based on the time that the cement team already has working under the bases of a project that has flirted with the title since its projection began under the command of the Argentine Martín Anselmi.
"If it is out of obligation, I feel that it is Cruz Azul. Because it is a team that is not from now, but that comes from behind with Anselmi and that did a good job, where the truth is that his team played good soccer and that they were on the verge of being able to achieve a championship."
In his analysis, Ambriz went further: "It is a team that has had a lot of football experience. It has incorporated a few players that have allowed it to continue growing. I feel that it is Cruz Azul out of obligation."
While the Pumas of the UNAM stated that: "Today I think that Pumas must show us that they are a great team and they cannot be forced so much, because it is simply only the second tournament under the command of Efráin Juárez."
"Even Efraín at the beginning seemed like things were not working out for him. Later, the team righted itself and today they are in the final in a very short time, when it is not easy to get a team to play in a final. That's why I think it will be a very even duel, with everyone with their own style, but a very even duel."
Knowing these tasks of the finals, both in his time playing with Necaxa and later as a coach with León, Ambriz explained that: "The finals have to be won. Sometimes the show you have given throughout the tournament is a little left aside, because if you don't manage to be champion, it will have been of no use; many times it has happened to me that it is of no use if you do not win the crown, because what matters is lifting the trophy."