Captains and pillars. If there is an area of the field where America and Pumas They are on an equal footing, it is precisely the goal, on both sides they have experienced goalkeepers, Guillermo Ochoa and Alfredo Talavera, who know what it is to play a Classic.
In addition to being the voice of command within their teams, Ochoa and TalaveraThey are the men of experience who provide support to their clubs, all under the three suits. Both are national teams, captains of their teams, they are the oldest players in their squads, 36 and 39 years, respectively.
Although, they do not have the same number of games played this semester, both are indisputable starters and this season they have a similar percentage of effectiveness in goal, approaching 70 percent. Paco Memo has made 10 saves for what averages 66.7 percent, while ‘Tala‘with nine saves he has 69.2 percent.
Both have been one of the least beaten goalkeepers in the competition, azulcrema has allowed six annotations, that is why his team is the second best defense in the championship. While the university has scored only four goals.
Ochoa has participated in four World Cups representing Mexico, of which he has been able to play in two of them and everything indicates that for the edition of Qatar will attend his fifth world, thus emulating the historic goalkeeper Antonio ‘La Tota’ Carbajal and to the defense Rafael Marquez. Talavera, for his part, has gone to two World, Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018; However, in none of them did he see action, since he was a substitute for Ochoa.
Ochoa and Talavera also represented Mexico in the Olympic Games. The first did it twice; first in Athens 2004, edition in which he was a substitute and the national team did not pass the first round and, recently, in Tokyo 2020, where he got the bronze medal as a starter; while the second was present in Rio 2016, although he did not manage to win any medal.
Both goalkeepers know how to play Classics, then Ochoa He is a youth squad of America and from the lower ranks he has faced Pumas. Talavera he is a youth squad of Chivas, so from a very young age he also understands sports hatred towards women. Eagles.
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