When things were not going well in the University Club, Andrés Lillini He launched a phrase that stayed with his players: “With the claw is not enough.”
And less will be enough in a mission that aims at the impossible. There is no other result that is valid for Pumas that victory; a draw or fall tonight at the Azteca Stadium against América would throw them out of the Liguilla.
The university students not only seek to beat the leader of the competition, they also have to do what no other Liga MX team has been able to do in all of 2021: beat the Águilas de Santiago Solari at home, which was also the best defense in the Opening 2021, along with Atlas, with only 10 goals against.
But not only that, they also go against their ghosts and history. In the last six years, Pumas registers only one victory (3-0) in the Coloso de Santa Úrsula. It was in the first leg of the semifinals of Opening 2015.
As if that were not enough, in duels of League in view of University at AztecaAmerica dominates with eight wins, two draws and one loss, the same in 2015.
The last time they met in a Final Phase was in 2018. That time, Pumas suffered one of his greatest humiliations, losing 6-1 (7-2 aggregate) to his staunch rival. Pumas goes against the present, the past and before their own ghosts. The capital classic look for an owner.
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