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Cruz Azul Coach Fired: Who Will Replace Nicolás Larcamón?
Joel Huiqui takes over after Cruz Azul’s nine-match winless run forced the club to change coaches before the Liga MX playoffs.
- On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Cruz Azul fired Argentine manager Nicolás Larcamón following a 1-1 draw against Querétaro that extended the team's winless streak to nine matches across all competitions.
- Club leadership, headed by Víctor Velázquez and Iván Alonso, made the decision after the team's form collapsed; before the nine-game skid, Cruz Azul was unbeaten in 15 contests dating back to mid-January.
- Beyond domestic struggles, Larcamón saw the team fall 2-1 to Flamengo in FIFA's Intercontinental Cup and suffer a 4-1 aggregate defeat against LAFC in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
- Joel Huiqui, who led the club's U-21 side, will take over as interim manager, working alongside youth coach Sergio Pinto to prepare for Sunday's match against Necaxa.
- With the Liguilla playoffs beginning in the first week of May, Cruz Azul aims to regain form after the 2021 title-winning side snapped an infamous 24-year streak without a domestic championship.
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Visibly annoying, the technician Nicolás Larcamón abandoned on Thursday the facilities of the Cruz Azul of the Mexican first division, which on the eve surprisingly ceased it to a date of the end of the local tournament and with the team classified to the league for the title of the Closing tournament.
·Los Angeles, United States
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After a nine-game run without winning, Cruz Azul’s board of directors dismissed Argentine technician Nicolás Larcamón, who still had a little more than a year’s contract.
·Mexico
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Nicolás Larcamón left Cruz Azul's bench after a nine-game streak without winning.
·Mexico
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Joel Huiqui will assume the interim position of the team for the closing of the 2026 Closure and the league of the championship
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Total News Sources24
Leaning Left7Leaning Right3Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution64% Left
Bias Distribution
- 64% of the sources lean Left
64% Left
L 64%
R 27%
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