Pumas shocked followers by getting a tie 1-1 towards present Liga MX champions Toluca. Toluca was simply favored to get the victory towards a Pumas facet who haven’t been constant shortly though they had been enhancing after a foul begin to the Apertura 2025. Toluca will now journey to the US to face off within the Quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup towards Orlando whereas Pumas will return residence to hosts struggling Puebla.
The first half began with Pumas popping out with their absolute best 11 whereas Toluca had the shock that Alexis Vega wasn’t going to play as he was going to be rested for his or her midweek Leagues Cup conflict. Lower than a minute into the match, Helinho received into the world and received off a left footed shot that was blocked by Pumas’ goalkeeper Keylor Navas. A cross into the world from Helinho was simply out of attain of two Toluca attackers. Offa counter, Adalberto Carrasquilla went into the world however misplaced the ball. It went into the trail of Pedro Vite, whose proper footed shot was saved by Toluca’s goalkeeper, Luis Garcia. A terrific mixture play from Pumas ended with Ruben Duarte getting a cross into the world the place Jorge Ruvalcaba would get to it after which get orr a proper footed shot previous Garcia to attain and provides Pumas the 1-0 lead. It was an awesome play during which Pumas made a stunning early strike to take the lead. A cross into the world was volleyed by Paulinho however deflected huge. One other good mixture play ended with Guillermo Martinez getting off a proper footed shot from shut vary huge however it might have been offside had he scored. Diego Barbosa received off a proper footed shot that went huge. A cross from Martinez was deflected simply huge, barely lacking an personal aim.After getting the ball within the space, Jesus Ricardo Angulo received off a proper footed shot that went simply huge. A left footed shot from outdoors the world from Angulo would go huge. After a sliding deal with by Jose Caicedo, he would take the ball from Helinho however injure himself within the course of. Caicedo must be subbed out with Pablo Monroy taking his place. A cross into the world was simply missed by Paulinho. A cross into the world was headed huge by a large open Jesus Gallardo. A low cross into the world was missed by each Pablo Bennevendo and Monroy, it what would have been an in depth vary probability. The halftime whistle blew and Pumas took their stunning result in the dressing room.
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The 2nd half began with Toluca subbing out Nicolas Castro for Juan Pablo Dominguez. A low cross from Duarte was volleyed by Martinez however Garcia made an excellent save. A cross into the world received dangerously closed to entering into after clearing the ball let to it bouncing off the top of Carrasquilla and though followers had been towards it, the play was appropriately stopped when he fell due to the accident. A terrific alternative was stopped when Barbosa made an awesome sliding save from a go from Vite to a large open Ruvalcaba. Helinho received off a proper footed shot from outdoors the world that was deflected huge. A terrific mixture play ended with a again heeled go from Paulinho to Jesus Ricardo Angulo, who received off a left footed shot previous Navas to attain and tie the match at 1-1. Toluca subbed out Helinho for Hector Herrera. Pumas subbed out Jorge Ruvalcaba for Piero Quispe. After Garcia went out and tried to clear the ball, it might finally fall to Carrasquilla, who tried to attain from the midway line however Garcia needed to time to get to the ball. A cross into the world was volleyed huge by Dominguez. Toluca subbed out Jesus Ricardo Angulo for Oswaldo Virgen. A cross into the world was headed huge by Marcel Ruiz. From outdoors the world, Herrera received off an awesome left footed shot that compelled Navas to make a superb save. Pumas subbed out Adalberto Carrasquilla for Ulises Rivas. Toluca subbed out Marcel Ruiz for Fernando Arce Jr. A left footed shot within the space from Gallardo would go huge. A cross from Dominguez was cleared by Navas, in an in depth alternative. It was the final probability as Pumas held on to seize a stunning tie towards the present Liga MX champions.
Pumas received a vital consequence by getting a tie towards Toluca. Whereas Toluca got here in as the favourite and was the higher facet, Pumas did nicely to get the purpose together with taking the lead. Pumas simply doesn’t have pretty much as good a squad as Toluca and so they wilted particularly with their lack of bench. The perfect instance of that is how Pumas solely made three substitutions as an alternative of the 5. Pumas did nicely within the first half and quite a lot of the 2nd till they began to take a seat again as their bodily stamina was simply not in a position to deal with the Toluca assault. Nonetheless they received an awesome consequence for a tie which may flip issues round for his or her season, which has improved since their first two matches of the season (each losses). However Toluca had a high quality match though the consequence wasn’t as anticipated. Their resting Vega for his or her mid week match might need been overconfident though a tie isn’t a foul consequence, particularly since that they had misplaced towards Tigres of their earlier residence match though they received each different match they performed within the Apertura 2025. They are going to have a troublesome match of their Quarterfinal matchup towards Orlando within the Leagues Cup earlier than returning to Mexico to face a troublesome away match towards Cruz Azul. Pumas will put together themselves to hosts and be closely favourite at residence towards Puebla, who is admittedly struggling and simply fired their head coach.