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July 31st, 2008

Luis Pérez and Carlos Ochoa named to El Tri

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Sven-Göran Eriksson’s first roster as head of El Tri rewarded the play of Rayados Luis Pérez and Carlos Ochoa naming them to national squad. Ricardo Lavolpe noted that while he had met with Sven, he did not influence the decision, with all his efforts dedicated to Monterrey.



July 30th, 2008

plans for Los Indios de Juárez, part two

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Further to part one of our preview of this weeks match against Ciudad Juárez we need to look back at the Puebla match, understand the weaknesses and plan to shore them up.
Given this is week one, the analysis is rather easy to make and it was clear the major problem was defensively and poor marking [...]

July 30th, 2008

Ernesto Serrato Macías suffers knee surgery

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The club announced that twenty-three year-old midfielder Ernesto Serrato Macías suffers a knee injury this past Friday and will be undergoing surgery on it shortly. I will update as his recovery schedule is made available.

July 28th, 2008

can someone please tell Sven

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Please can someone please tell Sven-Göran Eriksson that sixty year-old Swedish men are best advised to wear sun-block in México.

July 28th, 2008

plans for Los Indios de Juárez

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This Saturdays match against Ciudad Juárez is another important six-point affair and although Sergio Orduña’s squad are newly promoted to the Primera División de México, they accorded themselves well in the pre-season and lost a narrow 1-0 loss to the Tecos last weekend.
In the opening match of the season Los Indios showed a more attacking [...]



July 27th, 2008

Puebla match in brief

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The crescendo of last season left Rayados fans with a highly optimistic hopes for today but with a modest 2-2 draw against Puebla, those high-flying dreams were put on hold.
The match belonged to La Franja and their highly supportive fans who withstood the blazing mid-day sun. However their is no reason to point [...]

July 27th, 2008

v Puebla

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Match just about to start -
Opening Lineups
Monterrey
1.- Jonathan Emmanuel Orozco
21.- Diego Ordaz
15.- José María Basanta
23.- Felipe Baloy
2.- Severo Meza
5.- José Joel González
9.- Carlos Ochoa
8.- Luis Ernesto Pérez
28.- Jesús Arellano
26.- Humberto Suazo
58.- Jared Borgetti
Puebla
1.- Jorge Villalpando
20.- Paulo Serafín
23.- Joaquín Velázquez
17.- Walter Vilchez
24.- Sergio Pérez
26.- Miguel Pedro Ostersen
27.- Pablo Aja
28.- Álvaro Fernández
22.- Carlos Arenas
10.- Fabiano Pereira
13.- Álvaro [...]

July 25th, 2008

key start to the campaign against Puebla

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Remarkably as the season is just about to start, the first match is an important six-point affair against fellow-Group rival Puebla.
Puebla, while in their first match since being promoted to La Primera División, will be no-means be a push-over and I expect the people of this beautiful historic city to pack Cuauhtémoc and provide an [...]

July 25th, 2008

the irony of it all

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If I was to tell you that I have been waiting for this, it would be a gross understatement. Quite honestly the moment I heard of a new coach for El Tri on the horizon, I knew it would only be time for the new leader to come to the old leader. I should first [...]

July 23rd, 2008

the line of defense

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With a date with Puebla only days away the season is ready to unfurl. The headlines will likely tell the story again of striking duo of Humberto Suazo and Jared Borgetti but the real story is likely the emergence of a very solid back-line of defense.
The new combination of Joel González, Felipe Baloy, Diego Ordaz [...]






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