Goals and Highlights: Pumas 4-0 Cruz Azul of Liga MX 2020

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Pumas vs León is the grand final of Guard1anes 2020. The first leg on Thursday in the capital, the return on Sunday in León.

Pumas made the great comeback in the history of the leagues and defeated Cruz Azul. The overall score was 4-4, which advanced to the final due to their better position in the table.

Pumas 4-0 Cruz Azul.

One minute left. Cruz Azul turns on the attack.

⚽Gooool de @PumasMX
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😱 Pumas está a nada de ser Finalista

Patrocinado por Caliente

🐾 @PumasMX 4-0 @CruzAzulCD 🚂

🔴EN VIVO
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Change of Cruz Azul. Entro Dominguez and Gimenez.

Five minutes were added.

Goal Pumas

Vigon finishes inside the area and scores 4-0

Last minutes. Pumas are one goal away from advancing to the final.

Waller with the very long distance shot that goes over the top.

Gonzalez's shot that is covered by Dominguez's sweep.

Now Yotun is lying on the field, hurting from a previous foul.

Waller service from the left side that easily reaches the jury.

Change of Pumas. Mendoza entered and Iturbe left.

Centre of Orbelin that falls short at the first post and rejects the defensive.

Change of Pumas. Enter Waller and it was all for Lopez.

Gonzalez's bad start at the top of Orbelin.

Vigon's foul on Rivero causes him to be shown the yellow card.

Rivero's free throw that comes out very deflected.

Iturbe knocks down Romo and is painted yellow.

Change of Cruz Azul. Yotun enters and Alvarado leaves.

Freire's full head that goes to the hands of the Jury.

Centre of Vigon and reject of Escobar.

Romo tries to filter the ball, but the Pumas' defence continues to look good in their area of play.

Rodriguez's service that goes way off course.

Centre of Rodríguez and González's header that goes slightly up.

Now the header is from Dominguez who goes over, but Cruz Azul is still close.

Escobar's header from a direct free kick that goes sideways.

Mayorga leaves and Rodriguez enters.

Rivero with the service provided by González.

Mayorga is left lying on the ground after a heavy blow and is thrown into the cart of misfortune.

The second half begins.

Pumas 3-0 Cruz Azul.

The Cabecita shot and a great save by Gonzalez.

Gonzalez's medium distance shot that cuts off the Jurado.

The VAR indicates that it was previously out of the hands of Romo, who marked the service.

The VAR is reviewing the alleged failure of Freire to Rodriguez.

The referee has scored a penalty and then Gonzalez is going to claim Rodriguez.

Out of place in Vigon after a long centre.

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⚽ Carlos González anota el tercero para Pumas

Patrocinado por Caliente

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🔴EN VIVO
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😎 Doblete de Dinenno

🔥 Crece la ilusión de la remontada

Patrocinado por Caliente

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🔴EN VIVO
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Goal Pumas

Carlos Gonzalez with the cross shot for the 3-0.

Although they didn't get very far, the Pumas were effective in the final zone and there will be a lot of drama in the second half.

Goal Pumas

After the play was reviewed, it was noted as valid by Juan Dinenno.

The play inside the area is being checked for misplacement.

Juan Iturbe is out of place and the goal to the Pumas is cancelled.

Iturbe tries to overflow on the right side, but in the end he negotiates a corner kick.

Centre of Mayorga that goes very deviated, where Lopez remained lying in the middle of the field.

Roberto Alvarado is yellow carded after a foul on Iniestra.

Centre of Orbelin, but the defense rejects from the side.

Cruz Azul has not yet achieved clarity in front of the opposing goal, but has more of the ball.

Long service from Rodriguez to Rivero who is no longer able to control by the band.

There is one player left lying in Blue Cross and the assists are already in.

Rodríguez's centre for Rivero's shot covers the defence with some problems.

Centre of Iturbe that falls short at the first post and rejects the defensive.

Little by little Cruz Azul begins to have more of the ball and Pumas have less clarity on the front line.

Orbelín's centre after several bicycles, but that the defense rejects, although later Mozo commits the fault to Romo.

Iturbe free shot that hits the barrier.

Alan Mozo is fouled on the edge of the area and the referee sanctions it. Free kick in favour of Pumas.

Pumas holding the ball and stalking the machine. The goal has come to give strength to the university team.

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🔥 Juan Ignacio Dinenno marca el primero de la tarde

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🔴EN VIVO
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Goal Pumas

Dinenno within defined area after the corner kick. The Pumas keep the illusion alive.

Rodriguez tries to take the shot, but Pumas' defense closes the spaces and prevents him from shooting.

The centre is closed to the second post, which can be diverted by Gonzalez from a corner.

The match begins at the University Olympic Stadium.

The teams are already in the team and will enter the MX League protocol.

We are close to the start of the return game between Pumas and Cruz Azul, will there be a comeback?

The fans of Pumas supporting in good times and bad and thus have supported their team for the second semifinal.

It should be remembered that the Lion beat Chivas 2-1 on aggregate this Saturday and is in the final. Cruz Azul's last title came 23 years ago against the Lion and history can repeat itself.

Jesús Corona stays on the bench today and his place, for the first time, will be taken by Sebastián Jurado.

Cruz Azul needs not to lose by 4-0 to advance to the grand final where they will face the León.

Pumas will go out with everything in search of four goals and one man will be key is Juan Iturbe, because by his feet the danger will be generated to the offensive.

These have been the key players for the Pumas throughout the Guard1anes 2020 tournament group stage.

These are the players you will have on the Lillini bench:

42 - Alex Cruz (P) 4 - Luis Fernando Quintana 7 - Sebastián Saucedo 12 - Facundo Waller 13 - Gerardo Moreno 14 - Carlos Gutiérrez 16 - Jerónimo Rodríguez 29 - Bryan Mendoza 200 - Amaury García 212 - Erik Lira 

Martínez replaces the injured Aldrete and there is a change in the goal, since Corona is not there and Sebastián Jurado is.

Jurado; Domínguez, Romo, Martínez, Aguilar, Escobar; Rivero, Baca, Alvarado; Pineda, Rodríguez.

González; Mozo, Mayorga, Vázquez, Freire; Iniestra, López, Vigón, Iturbe; Dinenno, González.

Cruz Azul needs to win, draw or even lose by three goals to advance to the semi-finals. A 4-0 score would eliminate them, but a 5-1 score would still qualify them.

Lillini acknowledged that they cannot make the same mistakes on the lap, but they will try to do their best in the last 90 minutes.

"In the first 10 minutes of a defining game we lost everything we did on 20 dates. It's a very big sadness and the spirit is typical of this painful defeat. They were 10 minutes in which everything what it was strategically planned fell and with a team of this hierarchy it is difficult to go ahead; and in the second time they finished making us one against".

Despite the home win, Robert Dante Siboldi indicated that they have not yet won anything, although he pointed out that the way they play is worth getting excited about:

"We always have the illusion. He could not tell people not to get their hopes up, but we still haven't won anything. It was a very good game that gave the boys, with a good performance and a result that must round off the next game, we hope to make a good game at CU to continue to get our hopes up".

The canterano Erik Lira said that everything is possible in football and they may be able to come back at home:

"There have been many comebacks in football, in Pumas in 2015 they were losing 3-0 and in the end it was nothing. If they scored three goals in 10 minutes, why not us? If they put four goals in their house, we can put five in ours, we are convinced that it can be done.

In a few moments the alignments of the Pumas vs Cruz Azul

These have been the statistics of both teams throughout the Guard1anes 2020 tournament.

The Pumas will attempt a historic comeback against Cruz Azul and need four goals to advance to the final. We start with the second leg semi-final.

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Cruz Azul beat Pumas 4-0 in the first leg, so the university students need to win by the same score if they want to pass, and therefore avoid conceding a goal as an away team (Pumas have not beaten Cruz Azul 4-0 since 1989).

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Luis Romo has had a dream group because not only does he have the ability to mess with a fifth defender, but he also knows how to step into the opponent's area and in the postseason he has already scored three goals.

If the university students want to create an epic comeback, the Paraguayan Carlos González will have to stand up with his fine and accurate aim and think about the miracle.

Pumas vs Cruz Azul will be arbitrated by César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos

Corona; Domínguez, Aguilar, Aldrete, Escobar; Romo, Baca, Rivero, Pineda; Alvarado, Rodríguez.

González, Mayorga, Freire, Vázquez, Rodríguez; Gutiérrez, Vigón, Lira, Waller; Dinenno, González.

Beyond the goals they may concede, the Machine knows that scoring one goal as an away team would force the opponent to score six.

It will be key that the Pumas can score a goal before the 15 minutes to gain in confidence and if they can go with two at half time it would be great.

The Pumas vs Cruz Azul match will be played at the stadium Olímpico Universitario, in Mexico City. The kick-off is scheduled at 7:30pm ET.

My name is Adrian Hernandez and I’ll be your host for this game. We will provide you with pre-game analysis, roster updates, and news as it happens live here on VAVEL.