By Edgardo Avelar
The UNAM Pumas they defeated 0-2 Atlético San Luis to place themselves just one point behind the leadership of Chivas del Guadalajara and two over Cruz Azul, to take over the sub-leadership of the Clausura 2026 tournament thanks to the eighth success in the championship and the fourth in the last six games.
A victory that only reaffirms the great moment that the university team is going through and that now, with the goals from Brazilian Juninho and Jordan Carrillo, They were able to resolve a very complicated duel and not at all smooth due to the great opposition shown by the miners.
The victory allows their coach, Efraín Juárez, to become the fifth coach in the history of the cats to reach the figure of 30 points in the modality of short tournaments that was implemented in 1997.
This was the duel at the Alfonso Lastras
It seems that the victory was easy for the UNAM Pumas, but the reality is far from appearances, especially after corroborating that the Las Tunas had a higher percentage of possession of the ball with 51 percent, but the dangerous actions were from the university team, such as the one in the 36th minute by Paraguayan Robert Moraleswho, despite being knocked down inside the area, was able to take the shot.
As a result of the action, a review was requested in the VAR and the maximum penalty ended up being declared, which was executed by the Brazilian Juninho for taking a strong shot, crossed, hit the post and low, which made it unstoppable for goalkeeper Andrés Sánchez, making it 1-0.
For the second half, Atlético San Luis was very close to tying the actions in a corner kick that the Italian striker Joao Pedro finished hard to cause the Costa Rican goalkeeper of the Pumas to make a great attempt to avoid the fall of his goal.
The duel remained even until the 81st minute, when they committed a foul on Paraguayan Robert Morales, which was initially marked as a penalty, but again the VAR clarified the origin of the foul and there it was declared. a shot outside the area that Jordan Carrillo took in the 87th minute, and placed the ball close to the far post, where goalkeeper Andrés Sánchez could not stop it, as he managed to touch it, but not deflect it enough, in a great goal.
Now Pumas will host FC Juárez next Tuesday, April 21 on matchday 16, where they will not have Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Due to the accumulation of cards, a hard blow to the cats.
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