Overview
- Cruz Azul completed their first training session in Qatar on Monday after traveling to Doha over the weekend.
- Manager Nicolás Larcamón will be without Kevin Mier, Andrés Montaño and Jesús Orozco Chiquete, with Chiquete sidelined by a serious injury.
- The one-off Derbi de las Américas is set for Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 11:00 a.m. CT in Doha.
- This meeting is the second edition of the fixture and is designated as Partido 3 of the renewed Copa Intercontinental, serving as a qualifying step.
- Reporting indicates the winner is slated to face Egypt’s Pyramids FC next, and Cruz Azul arrives with a historically unfavorable record against Brazilian clubs after a 13-year gap since their last meeting.