Next Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. (Mexico time), the Monterrey Football Club will face the Pumas of UNAM, in a duel in which they will compete for a place in the round of 32 of the Leagues CUP.
This duel will be motivated by the fractured relationship between a significant portion of the Albiazul fans and the Argentine coach Fernando: ‘Tano’ Ortiz, who, despite adding three victories in the first four dates of the local tournament, is increasingly generating more doubts.
Various media outlets in Nuevo León claim that, within the Rayados’ board of directors, the continuity of Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortiz at the helm of Club de Fútbol Monterrey is already being questioned, so this Saturday’s match against the Pumas and their historic top scorer, Rogelio Funes Mori, could mark a before and after in the history of Rayados.
For weeks, Club de Fútbol Monterrey has been trying to sign Mexican attacking midfielder Orbelín Pineda, who currently plays for AEK in Greece. However, the Greek team’s ambitions have not yet matched those of the Albiazul team, so his arrival seems increasingly complicated.
As if the difficulty that the management of the Monterrey Football Club is having in making a new signing for the 2024 Apertura tournament were not enough, César Luis Merlo has made public River Plate’s interest in Maxi Meza, in an operation that could mean one more loss in the striped team.