Los Tuzos from Pachuca they lost the unbeaten record at home that they had held since the last tournament, after falling to the UNAM Pumas 1-0…
The locals took the field with Óscar Ustari in goal, Kevin Álvarez, Miguel Tapias, Mauricio André Isais and Gustavo Cabral in defense, in midfield Erick Sánchez, Luis Chávez, Víctor Guzmán and in front the young Illian Hernández as a winger, together Avilés Hurtado and Nicolás Ibáñez.
The visit, the Pumas of UNAM, sent to the Hidalgo field Julio Gonzalez in goal, Pablo Bennevendo, Ricardo Galindo, Nicolás Freire and Adrian Aldrete in defence, Higor Meritao, Leonel Lopez and Diogo de Oliveria in midfield and al in front the stellar trident of Argentine university students: Eduardo Salvio, Gustavo del Prete and Juan Ignacio Dinenno.
From the initial whistle, the Tuzos maintained a vertical game that led to ball transit through the two areas and it is that despite the high pressure that Pachuca exerted, Pumas sought to generate scoring chances, in just 11 minutes, Pachuca generated five approaches mainly from the left wing, from where Víctor el Pocho Guzmán won a ball that Nico Ibáñez sent to the bottom from the net with a forceful shot at minute 18, however, after the VAR review it was determined that the goal had been scored offside.
The volatile rhythm of the game led to arrivals of the auriazules that could not materializefirst Salvio finished a counterattack with a loose shot on goal by Óscar Ustari who had no problem keeping the ball, on his second chance he made a deflected shot, for his part Dineno also took advantage of the pace of the game to generate an opportunity that was diverted from the arch tuzo.
In a surprise play by Pumas Diogo took a center shot from the right wing that the goalkeeper of the Tuzos had to send to a corner kick due to the risk of it slipping into the goal. The response of the locals would arrive at minute 39 with a low shot by Avilés Hurtado that would be saved by the goalkeeper of the Pedregal Julio González.
During halftime, the Pachuca club board made the official presentation of Jennifer Beautiful player from Barcelona. For its part, Liga MX announced that the “zero tolerance” protocol was applied, so there were no Pumas animation groups in the Hidalgo stadium.
For the complementary part Pachuca continued attacking, but without finishing, while Pumas chose to play on the counterattack, just five minutes later, defender Miguel Tapias was reprimanded, while at minute 58 Andrés Lilini sent a double modification and thus gave Marco García and Jorge Rubalcaba minutes; For his part, Almada, who would also be reprimanded in the game, would send a double modification at minute 78 and Roberto de la Rosa and Renato Ibarra joined the tuzo attack, the duel of strategies allowed those from the pedregal to add a defense to contain the locals by what Salvio, who had an intermittent game, gave up his place so that Jerónimo Rodríguez defended the university cause.
In the final stretch of the match at minute 86, adrián Aldrete would seek to stop Kevín Álvarez with a reckless sweep that would cost him the red one; two minutes later Efraín Chispa Velarde would come on as a substitute to support the midfield.
At 96 Almada gave Hinestroza a chance, exchanging him for defender Mauricio Isais. This new tactical standstill and the vertical rhythm that was maintained from beginning to end would leave one last chance for Rubalcaba who, when he was on the edge of the area, received a foul by Luis Chávez who was also expelled.
