Summary: Toluca 3-0 Pumas in Liga MX 2024

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A great game for Toluca, who beat Pumas, with goals from Alexis Vega, Tiago Volpi and Juan Pablo Domínguez, the devils reach third place in the general table, while Pumas is in 11th place.

Now Pumas insists on the right to get the discount, but Toluca's defense is attentive and clears the ball well.

Five more minutes were added, Toluca closer to the fourth goal than Pumas to the first.

Pumas saves the fourth goal, a ball to the post by Isías Violante, great play by Toluca.

Toluca now closes the game, gives the ball to Pumas but they don't take advantage, they continue to put in meaningless crosses.

Toluca substitutions, Juan Escobar and Juan Pablo Domínguez come off and Isaías Violante, Adrían Mora and Víctor Arteaga are substituted.

Pumas insists on long balls, they are very desperate and have not had many shots on goal.

Pumas has control of the ball, but everyone's spirits are low and they lose passes.

Pumas came close to the first, Funes Mori sent in a cross that Memo Martínez shot very well, but Pereira stopped the shot with his body.

Great cross from the right by Meneses, Juan Pablo Domínguez headed in alone inside the area to win 3-0.

Another change for Toluca, Alexis Vega comes off and Edgar 'Gacelo' López enters.

Toluca's play on the right, Vega and Meneses have a good understanding but are unable to do any damage.

Pumas controls the ball, but fails to reach Volpi's goal.

Pumas changes, Eduardo Salvio and Rodrigo López come out, Rogelio Funes Mori and Carlos Gutierrez come in.

Corner kick for Toluca, but the cross was poor and the Pumas defense pushes it out of their box.

First change for Toluca, Jesús Angulo comes off and Tomás Belmonte enters.

The Pumas are saved, Brian Garcia's cross from the right, Julio Gonzalez slaps the ball away and Toluca's Pereira can't push the ball in.

Toluca came close to the third goal, a play on the left, a couple of cuts by Meneses and he gets the corner kick.

A long ball for Juan Pablo Domínguez for Toluca, who enters alone and sends his shot into the stands.

Toluca is comfortable in the match, touching the ball and starting to make Pumas desperate.

Pumas insists with long passes looking for Huerta's speed, but Toluca's marking is very good.

Toluca responded with a counterattack, Brian García entered the area alone, but he crossed his shot too far and the Pumas were saved.

Once again Pumas insisted on the left, a great cross by Ergas that Salvio headed in and Volpi was left with the shot.

Pumas made 2 more changes, Leo Suárez and Robert Ergas were added, and Alfonso Monroy and Pablo Bennevendo

The ball rolls for the second half of this match corresponding to the 12th round of the Liga Mx, Toluca leads 2-0.

Tiago Volpi has achieved a record: he is the first goalkeeper in the history of Mexican soccer to score on all 12 penalties he has taken.

The first half is over! Toluca wins it 2 goals to zero and has dominated Pumas for most of the match.

Pumas is desperate, they don't have the ball and the players are in disarray, they can't make several passes because they lose the ball.

Toluca is now the owner of possession, circulating the ball all over the field.

Eight more minutes were added to the first half, due to injuries and the VAR review.

Strong foul in midfield, Nathan Silva gets a yellow card for a tackle on Jean Meneses.

Toluca with a two-goal lead, controls the ball and the fans shout OLE.

Tiago Volpi scores the second, a well taken penalty kick by the Brazilian goalkeeper to the center, bringing his tally to 3 goals in this tournament.

The VAR calls Cesar Arturo Ramos to review the shove on Angulo, and he calls a penalty kick in favor of Toluca.

Dangerous play by Toluca, Jesús Angulo enters the area and calls for a penalty, but the referee says there is nothing.

Huerta's cross from the left, but no finisher and once again Pumas insists.

Pumas' second substitution due to injury, Mateo Cásares leaves and Adrián Aldrete enters.

Pumas' first substitution is made, Santiago Trigos leaves injured, Piero Quispe enters.

The match restarts, Santiago Trigos leaves on a stretcher.

Heavy blow of heads between Trigos and Caseres, Trigos is bleeding.

Close for Pumas, great cross from Huerta on the right but Orrantia sends it off for a corner kick.

After the goal, Toluca continued to insist on Pumas' goal.

Toluca's first goal arrived, a shot from outside the area by Alexis Vega that hit the post, impossible for González and the Devils won it.

Toluca again hit the target, a great team move that ends with a deflected shot by Orrantia.

Once again, Pumas has possession of the ball and arrives on the left flank.

First foul of the match in favor of Pumas, direct free kick.

The match starts off hot because of a foul and there is pushing and shoving by several players.

Toluca tries their first offensive move, Vega crosses the ball too far and it goes near the post.

The ball is circulated very well by the feline team, they are looking for long balls.

Toluca vs Pumas kicks off at the Nemesio Diez stadium.

This is the starting 11:

Julio González

Pablo Bennevendo

Nathan Silva

Mateo Cáseres

Alfonso Monroy

Rodrigo Lopez

Santiago Trigos

Ulises Rivas

Eduardo Salvio

Cesar Huerta

Guillermo Martinez

This is Toluca's starting 11:

Tiago Volpi

Brian García

Juan Escobar

Federico Pereira

Carlos Orrantia

Marcel Ruiz

Claudio Baeza

Jean Meneses

Alexis Vega

Juan Pablo Dominguez

Jesus Angulo

For the Universitarios there are also two key players, Guillermo Martínez who is the tournament's top scorer with six goals, while César 'Chino' Huerta is also the tournament's top assist man with six.

The players to watch for Toluca are Jean Meneses and goalkeeper Thiago Volpi, both with 2 goals each and as a fact, there are several players tied with the same amount of goals, but just these two make the difference in each match.

César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos has been a referee for 21 years. He made his professional debut in 2002, having his first presentation in the LIGA MX in the Monterrey vs. Tijuana match in 2011.

He has participated in multiple LIGA MX tournaments, among which he has refereed six finals; in addition, he has refereed in 10 international finals.

Some international tournaments in which he has participated include: the Central American and Caribbean Games Veracruz 2014; U-20 World Cups, 2015 and 2017; Olympic Games Rio 2016; Club World Cup 2017; World Cup Russia 2018, Asian Cup of Nations 2019; two Gold Cups, in 2015 and 2017 and the World Cup Qatar 2022.

In 2014 he received the FIFA Badge for the first time. His greatest international achievements so far have been his participations in the World Cups of Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, in both tournaments he was appointed in the Semifinals of the competitions.

In the last 5 games at this stadium, Pumas has won 2, Toluca 2 and they have only drawn once.

Toluca faces Pumas at the Nemesio Diez with the best goal difference +10 as a home team, with 13 goals scored and only 3 conceded.

The team coached by Gustavo Lema arrives at the Nemesio Diez Stadium for the 12th Day of the Liga Mx, looking for their first away win.

Lisandro Magallán will again be out of the team, as he was also sent off in the last game they played, and will therefore also have to serve a suspension. José Caicedo is not yet ready to return to the field, so he will also join the list of absentees. José Galindo and Jesús Rivas are also in doubt.

Maximiliano Araujo, Uruguayan defender of the 'Diablos Rojos', who according to a club communiqué, is suffering from iron deficiency anemia, which forced him to be sidelined for the match.

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This is the kick-off time for the Toluca vs Pumas match on March 17, 2024 in several countries:

Argentina: 22:00 hours 

Bolivia: 21:00 hours 

Brazil: 22:00 hours 

Chile: 22:00 hours 

Colombia: 20:00 hours 

Ecuador: 8:00 p.m. 

United States: 8:00 p.m. PT and 9:00 p.m. ET 

Mexico: 7:00 p.m. 

Paraguay: 7:30 p.m. 

Peru: 22:00 hours 

Uruguay: 22:00 hours 

Venezuela: 21:00 hours 

Japan: 10:00 a.m. 

Toluca's top scorer is Jean Meneses with four goals in 11 games. He is followed by goalkeeper and penalty scorer Thiago Volpi with three, while Alexis Vega has scored two. There were high expectations with the return of the former Chivas player, but it took him a while to make his debut. Meanwhile, Meneses is also the top assist man, along with Carlos Orrantía with three.

In the case of the universitarios, Guillermo Martínez is shining brightly in the Clausura. The former Puebla player continues to score as he did there and has six goals in 11 matches, so that he is fighting with Salomón Rondón (7) and Víctor Guzmán or Federico Viñas to be the top scorer of the semester. Within Pumas, he is accompanied by Eduardo Salvio, who has four assists, and the top scorer, César Huerta, who has six.

Toluca is in fifth position in the Clausura 2024 Liga Mx Tournament with 20 points after 11 matchdays. These are fewer than their rivals ahead, Pachuca (22) and five behind leaders Monterrey (25), while Tigres is in the Play In zone with 18, the same as Necaxa. They have five wins, five draws and just one defeat, with 22 goals scored and 13 conceded (+9).

On the other hand, Pumas UNAM is eighth in the championship with 16 points, two less than the aforementioned Tigres UANL and Necaxa, and two more than León (14), who would be the first to be out of the playoffs. In these 11 games, the Auriazules have won four matches, drawn four and lost three. They have scored 19 goals and conceded 17, with a goal average of +2.

The match history between the two sides shows a clear advantage in favor of Pumas UNAM, as the universitarios are undefeated in five meetings. Toluca's last victory was in August 2021, on the 7th matchday of that year's Apertura. It was a 2-1 win at the Nemesio Díaz with goals from Rubens Sambueza and Alexis Canelo.

Since then, Pumas has won three times and drawn twice. The most recent was in April 2023 in the 15th matchday of that Clausura where 'Turco' Mohamed's team won 3-1 thanks to Dinenno, César Huerta and Toto Salvio. Meanwhile, the last duel was played last August on the fourth matchday of the Apertura and ended 1-1. Dominguez opened the scoring and Huerta equalized.

Toluca has improved notably in this Clausura Tournament after the arrival of Renato Paiva to the bench. The Portuguese, a trainer in the Benfica youth academy and former coach of Independiente del Valle, Bahía de Brasil and Club León, has once again found the solidity that the Toluca team once had under Ignacio Ambriz. So much so that the 'Diablos Rojos' can once again be seen as a candidate for everything, although they must first consolidate their position in the direct qualification positions for the Liguilla.
It is true that the elimination from the CONCACAF Champions League was a blow for Toluca. Renato Paiva's men had won the first leg against Herediano in Costa Rica (1-2), but at the Nemesio Diez they lost 2-3 and this meant their exit from the competition due to the away goals rule. Ironically, however, the team's best footballing moment came just after that.

The 'red devils' have now gone five games unbeaten since the elimination, seven in total as they have only suffered one defeat so far in the league. Starting on January 19, they drew with Monterrey (0-0) at the BBVA and won three consecutive matches against Santos Laguna (1-0), Tijuana (2-1) and Tigres (2-1). On the last matchday, Toluca drew 1-1 with Juárez. Jesús Angulo gave the visitors the lead and Aitor García equalized.

Pumas are getting ready for their next match, which will take place this Sunday, March 17, when they face the Diablos Rojos del Toluca, as part of match day 12 of the current Clausura 2024 tournament. The feline team will be looking to get back to winning ways after not having won in the last four matches they have played, with two draws and two defeats. 

The outlook is not at all easy for the team from the capital, as this match against Toluca will be played away and so far in the current tournament, when they leave Ciudad Universitaria, they have not fared very well.

Gustavo Lema is aware that they need to get back to winning ways, in addition to the fact that they can no longer drop points in their aspiration to finish the regular phase of the tournament in the top six places, in order to advance directly to the Playoffs and avoid the Play-In.

Deportivo Toluca's stadium was inaugurated on August 8, 1954. In its beginnings it was called Héctor Barraza and Luis Gutiérrez Dosal. Later, it was called Toluca 70 and 80.

In the 90's, it was known as La Bombonera. Finally, in 2000 the stadium received the name Nemesio Diez Riega. It is the home of Toluca's men's and women's teams.

With a capacity of 30,000, it is located in the city of Toluca, State of Mexico, near Mexico City. The stadium is located at an altitude of approximately 2667 meters above sea level, one of the highest altitude stadiums on the continent and in the country. Its dimensions are 105 x 68 meters.

In mid-2015, it was announced the remodeling of the stadium for the club's Centennial in 2017, at the end of 2015 the remodeling works began, in addition to the construction of a parking lot with capacity for 1,500 cars, works that were completed to reopen the stadium on the second day of the 2017 Liga MX Clausura, facing Club América.

Welcome to the live broadcast of the Toluca vs Pumas match, corresponding to Day 12 of the Liga MX. The match will take place at Estadio Nemesio Diez at 7:00 pm.