Liga MX: Pumas beat Cruz Azul 1-4 to move up to third place

Pumas UNAM of Argentine coach Antonio Mohamed This Saturday they beat Cruz Azul with a score of 1-4. rise to third place in the Mexican football tournament Apertura 2023.

On the twelfth day of the championship Ulises Rivas, Brazilian Nathan Silva and Cesar Huerta, They scored a brace against the Cats, who scored 21 points, six behind leaders Aguilas del America. Angel Sepulveda scored for the Blues.

Pumas with little depth in the first half They managed to score thanks to a penalty caused by Huerta’s kick. who converted the penalty to make it 0-1 to the Cats by 30.

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Cruz Azul, after several failures, leveled the score at 45+2. after a corner kick, which caused a rebound in the penalty area, one of which ended with Sepulveda and the score became 1:1.

The Blues disappeared in the second half and Mohamed’s men took advantage of this to seal the victory. At the age of 60, Huerta again played an individual game, now he knocked down three markers and, upon entering the penalty area, converted the 1-2 with his left foot.

Rivas fired a mid-range shot in the 72nd minute, but it was saved by a defender to make the score 1–3. The Cougars finished with an 80-all victory. with a filtered pass from Uruguayan Gabriel Fernandez to Silva, who made it 1-4 from the right.

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Formerly Argentinean Rogelio Funes Mori He scored a brace to lead Rayados del Monterrey in a 3-1 win over Juarez, while Chivas beat Atlas 4-1 in the Guadalajara city derby.

Moreover, the French Andre-Pierre Gignac He converted the penalty to give UANL champions Tigres a 1-1 draw against Tuzos del Pachuca.

The twelfth day ends this Sunday when Toluca receives Gallos Blancos del Queretaro, Necaxa to Puebla, Santos Laguna to Leon and Tijuana to San Luis.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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