In December 2025, the Argentine former player Diego Latorre told ClaroSports about his time at Cruz Azul. After the club lost the Invierno 1999 final to Pachuca, he said, the club’s president, Guillermo “Billy” Álvarez, came into the dressing room and insulted the players. Latorre answered him back. “Firmé la sentencia” (I signed my sentence), he said. Months later, he was told the club no longer counted on him.
He described club owners in Mexico at the time: they “entraban al vestuario cuando las cosas no funcionaban y te insultaban, te decían de todo” (came into the dressing room when things were not working and insulted the players, called them everything).