Pumas pulled out a victory at the University Stadium against León, Palermo Ortiz was the one who gave the victory to the universitarios before the end of the first half, the match was also marked by two expulsions.
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Pumas managed to get the three points and move into fifth place with points, while León continues to sink, Palermo Ortiz was the one who gave Pumas the victory in a game that was settled in the first half.
Modifications for both teams.
Pumas: José Rogério de Oliveira Melo and Sebastián Saucedo are substituted for Juan Ignacio Dinenno and Washington Corozo.
León: José Ramírez exits and Elías Hernández enters.
Pumas were motivated by the second goal and are looking for the third to define the match and pull away from León.
Foul by La Fiera, after a VAR review, Federico Martínez is sent off.
The pace of the game has slowed down, even so the visitors continue to dominate the ball, but the universitarios have flashes with the ball and create danger.
The current coach of the León club has attracted the attention of the Chilean national team, according to several Chilean media reports that indicate that they want the tactician, along with Gustavo Quinteros (Colo Colo) and Manuel Pellegrini (Real Betis) as the names that are sounding to reach the Chilean team. He is currently under contract with La Fiera in 2022 and has an automatic renewal clause based on performance.
After having a good start in the first two matchdays, but in the following two they ended up losing, something that worries the university strategist, stating that before the first two victories they were not the best team and now they are not the worst.
"What I take away with me is that we were not a super team, nor are we now the worst, we are a team that knows well what it has to do and what it does not have to do. Now we have to redirect the path, find again what we had, we need to be very lucid, attentive, focused and work to correct the mistakes we made, we must choose the best 11 and then return to the forms. The players I have are very good and we have to push a little bit to be what we were".
Five months ago Miguel Mejía Barón arrived at the university, since then the team has been doing well and they are about to play their 20th game since the doctor has been in charge. On September 7, he took over the board of directors after the departure of Jesús Ramírez, having won 9, tied 5 and lost 5 of 19 matches.
It has been two years since the striker joined Pumas, he soon became a reference in the attack, the 2020 Clausura was suspended due to health issues, playing only 2 matches and scoring 4 goals.
In Guardianes 2020 he scored 10 goals and was second in the scoring table, for Guardianes 2021, he scored four goals and the following tournament (Apertura 2021) he scored five, his level dropped as time went by and the fans began to demonstrate.
The universitarios have just lost in matchday 3 and 4 against Tigres and Xolos, respectively, scoring one goal in those games, which is starting to make a dent, receiving a lot of criticism for their poor performance, dropping 6 points out of 12.
The emeralds have not had a good start either, obtaining 5 points, having offensive problems since the beginning of the tournament, scoring only on 4 occasions and have not won away, so this Sunday they will try to reverse their situation.
Favio Álvarez, as well as the rest of the team, has full confidence in achieving important things at the end of the semester. He said that he has full confidence in his teammates, because in difficult moments they have shown character.
"This team has shown it, I fully trust my teammates, I trust the coaching staff. This team has shown many proofs of character everywhere, in difficult matches the team showed what it is capable of doing."
"We are used to getting literally killed every time. They never give us credit, we have won very important matches, we showed hierarchy and every time we win those matches the fault is because the rival team is not well."
The reinforcement of the Emeralds, Fede Martínez, mentioned that he has already adapted to the altitude of León, saying that he is ready to play minutes against Pumas in their stadium, adding that the altitude of Mexico City is a psychological issue.
He emphasized that he feels good, that the altitude of León has not affected him and hopes that the altitude will not influence him, concluding that the universitarios will go all out and take advantage of the fact that they are local.
During the last FIFA date, the first team played against Pumas Tabasco to keep up the pace, but Andrés Lillini took the opportunity to observe several players prior to the Concacaf Champions League, among the players already registered for the tournament are: Pablo Bennevendo, Santiago Trigos; Rafael Durán and Juan de Dios Aguayo.
The first commitment in the Concachampions 2022 will be in Costa Rica against Saprissa, corresponding to the first leg of the round of 16, next Wednesday, February 16.
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Both teams have met on 34 different occasions, where the universitarios have won 13 matches and drawn 6, while the panzas verdes have won 15 matches in all competitions.
In the last 5 meetings the balance has been in favor of Leon with 3 wins and 1 draw and 1 win for Pumas.
León 1-2 UNAM, J14, 20.Oct.21, Ape21
UNAM 0-1 León, J7, 21.Feb.21, Cla21
Leon 2-0 UNAM, Final, Dec.13.20, Ape20
UNAM 1-1 León, Final, Dec.10.20, Ape20
Leon 2-0 UNAM, J11, Sep.21.20, Ape20
Pumas has had a regular start, in Matchday 1 they defeated the red devils of Toluca 5-0, in Matchday 2 they won 2-1 against Querétaro, but from then on they fell, losing against Tigres and Xolos de Tijuana in Matchdays 3 and 4 respectively, being in seventh position with 6 points.
León tied against Atlas in Matchday 1 and Xolos in Matchday 2, beat Pachuca in Matchday 3, but lost to Cruz Azul in Matchday 4, placing them in 11th place with 5 points.
Darío Verón, one of the last historic players at Pumas, demonstrated his love for the institution, where he played for 14 years, as part of his stay in Mexico he decided to visit Ciudad Universitaria, the place that was his second home.
This was shown by Gerardo Galindo, another of the great former players, who posted a photo on his account showing the Paraguayan defender against the backdrop of the offices that Galindo is in charge of.
Pumas defender Efraín Velarde was asked about the after-effects of Covid-19, about how he experienced it, since he suffered from the disease a few weeks ago, acknowledging that it is complicated to return to training.
"We have all gone through this stage and most of us are left with some after-effects that, in one way or another, affect performance and it is not the same; it happened to me in the first few days, where it is more difficult to recover," he said, to continue with details he has learned about the consequences of contracting the virus.
Juan Ignacio Dinenno has not had a good start to the tournament and is looking to recover his level for this tournament and Pumas is still waiting for him. Between suspensions and injuries, the striker is still not the important player that the university team is used to, playing only 106 minutes and in two games, starting one as a starter, scoring 7 goals in 23 matches.
Source: Imago 7
Santiago Ormeño, after his arrival to the Emerald team, has not been able to recover his level shown with La Franja, but after Ángel Mena's absence due to injury, he could be considered by Ariel Holan in the attack for La Fiera.
Source: Imago 7
El León will continue to wait for the return of Ángel Mena due to his left knee injury, which has not allowed him to return to Ariel Holan's training sessions, so he is likely to miss the match against the universitarios. On January 24 he reported an injury to the collateral ligament of his left knee.
Efraín Velarde spoke prior to this Sunday's match, stating that in order to obtain the three points at the Olímpico Universitario, they will have to improve in terms of both their attacking and defensive performance.
"Statistics are numbers and they are there to be broken, it's something we don't have to think about, we must focus on returning to the good performance we had at the start of the tournament and get back to winning ways at home and with our people. In both the match against Tigres and Xolos we could have had a better result, unfortunately we let opportunities slip away, so we have to improve in all areas, up front and at the back, always maintaining our strengths and making as few mistakes as possible so that the matches go in our favor and we stay at the top of the general table".
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