Pumas continued their undefeated report after getting a 1-1 tie away towards Tijuana. Pumas was the higher aspect and possibly deserved a greater end result towards a Xolos staff that faltered within the 2nd half and have been extraordinarily defensive. Pumas misplaced an opportunity of getting briefly into first place though they’re sitting in 2nd, ready on the end result from Tomorrow’s match between Monterrey and Cruz Azul. Pumas will return dwelling to face an excessive robust match towards present Liga MX champions, Toluca. Tijuana will journey to face off towards Atlas of their midweek match.
The first half began with Pumas popping out with the identical beginning 11 from their earlier match towards Monterrey. Domingo Blanco acquired off a proper footed shot that was saved by Pumas’ goalkeeper, Keylor Navas. After getting the ball within the space, Robert Morales acquired off a proper footed shot that compelled a very good save from Tijuana’s goalkeeper, Jose Rodriguez. One other shot from outdoors the realm from Blanco would go huge. A cross into the realm was headed simply huge by Ignacio Rivero. Pumas was dominating possession however creating only a few probabilities with it. A very good mixture play ended when the ball was cleared earlier than Juninho might get to it and get off an in depth vary likelihood. Off a free kick, Tijuana would shock Pumas by getting off a move as a substitute of a cross and a large open Ramiro Arciga acquired off a proper footed shot that was deflected by Alvaro Angulo previous Navas to attain and provides Tijuana the 1-0 lead towards the run of play. A cross into the realm was headed by Juninho however it simply fell proper to Rodriguez. After getting the ball within the space, Morales acquired off a proper footed shot that went previous Rodriguez and hit the submit. The ball would then bounce proper into the trail of Juninho, who simply acquired the faucet in shot into the online to attain and tie the match at 1-1. The halftime whistle blew with Pumas getting the deserved tie simply previous to the whistle.
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The 2nd half began with no adjustments in the course of the break. After a failed clearance, the ball fell to Angulo, whose left footed shot was blocked by Rodriguez, making an ideal save. From outdoors the realm, an ideal left footed shot from Pedro Vite would get previous Rodriguez and hit the submit. Off a nook kick, the cross was headed huge by Nathan. Tijuana would sub out Mourad El Ghezouani and Domingo Blanco for Josef Martinez and Franck Boya.A cross into the realm would drive Navas to clear the ball nearly off the top of Boya. Pumas would sub out Alan Medina and Jordan Carillo for Guillermo Martinez and Uriel Antuna. Due to harm, Ramiro Arciga left the sport and Jesus Gomez was subbed in his place. A longball was a very good alternative for Maritnez however Navas headed the ball clear earlier than he might attain it. Off a free kick, the ball fell to Angulo however his header went proper to Rodriguez. A left footed shot from outdoors the realm from Martinez would go huge. Pumas subbed out Alvaro Angulo for Ruben Duarte. A foul clearance allowed Vite to get off a left footed shot from outdoors the realm that went huge. Off a counter, the ball would fall to Morales however his proper footed shot went huge. In one other counter, Antuna’s cross can be headed huge by Martinez. Off a free kick, the ball can be headed by Martinez into the trail of Gomez, who from shut vary headed the ball however Navas made an ideal save. Then off a a counter, Pumas had a 3 vs 1 assault however Vite did not get off a shot and as a substitute made a foul cross in direction of Antuna and it went huge. It was the final play of the match as Pumas acquired one other away tie however ought to have had a greater end result.
Pumas’ good begin to the Clausura 2026 continued with the tie towards Xolos. Pumas as soon as once more gave a very good efficiency and possibly ought to have gotten a greater end result than a tie though as soon as once more, they did not create probabilities for all their possession. Nonetheless it’s good end in a stadium that has traditionally sophisticated Pumas loads. Particularly within the 2nd half, Pumas dominated possession towards a Xolos aspect that turned very defensive. But for all of the possession, Pumas couldn’t create a lot harmful probabilities and Xolos’ goalkeeper didn’t make as many saves as anticipated. Nonetheless Pumas acquired the end result that retains their undefeated report. Pumas now at present sits in 2nd place though they may await outcomes from Saturday’s matches to see if they continue to be there after the weekend. Pumas can have a tricky match on Tuesday once they face present Liga MX champions Toluca at dwelling. In the meantime Xolos must journey to face Atlas on Wednesday.