This isn't in the script for "Cruzazuleando."
The historic Mexico City team has, in recent years, found its noun verbed. It's a word meaning to fail when every indication is that you will succeed, inspired by Cruz Azul's near misses in Liga MX since the turn of the century.
This tournament, the first under Pedro Caixinha, there was no flying high before the inevitable fall. Cruz Azul just seemed bad. How can you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory if you never even are in the same cage with victory?
This weekend changed things for La Maquina, and for another of Mexico's struggling "grandes," the four biggest and historically most successful clubs.