While it is true that the coldness of the numbers shows that Cruz Azul dominates the UNAM Pumas in the 67 duels they have had In short tournaments, the reality is that at the critical moment, where the head is required to be cold and the feet warm, such as in league games, it is the UNAM team that dominates the light blue team. in the ten finals games that they have sustained since the 1978-79 season.
This means that since that spectacular final at the Azteca Stadium, where the Celeste Machine won 2-0 With goals from Paraguayan Carlos Jara Saguier and Horacio López Salgado, the cats have managed to dominate the Cruz Azulinos with seven wins and only three losses, taking into account that in the 1988-89 season, Cruz Azul advanced to the final against América, not despite having succumbed by global score with the feline eleventh.
Pumas’ seven victories have been recorded in the 1980-81 tournaments, when the squad led by Bora Milutinovic They took revenge for the 1978-79 league defeat with a spectacular 4-2 score. In turn, in the 1988-89 season by 4-2 overall, as well as in the 1998 Winter tournament with a score of 4-3, Apertura 2002 by 3-2, Clausura 2004 by 3-2, Apertura 2010 by a score of 3 -2 and in Guardianes 2020 by position in the table after a spectacular comeback from four goals down to finish with a heroic 4-4.
While the three victories of Cruz Azul They have been in the 1978-79 season in the final with a score of 2-0, in the 1994-95 campaign by position in the table after a dramatic 1-1 draw and in the 2008 Apertura championship with a score of 3-1.
It should be remembered that in the history of short tournaments Cruz Azul has 29 victories for 16 defeats in 67 occasions that they have faced each other in all instances since the Winter 1996 tournament, but in the finals the Pumas are the ones in charge.
The background in the league
In this way we present the list of the ten occasions in which Pumas has faced Cruz Azul in the history of the leagues and where the team currently led by Argentine Gustavo Lema has the advantage of seven wins to three losses.
ADVANCED SCORE TOURNAMENT
78-79 (Final) Cruz Azul 2-0 Pumas Cruz Azul
80-81 (Final) Pumas 4-2 Cruz Azul Pumas
++1988-89 Pumas 4-2 Cruz Azul Cruz Azul
94-95 (4th final) Cruz Azul 1-1 Pumas Cruz Azul
Inv 98 (4th final) Pumas 4-3 Cruz Azul Pumas
Aper 2002 (4th final) Pumas 3-2 Cruz Azul Pumas
Clau 2004 (Sem) Pumas 3-2 Cruz Azul Pumas
Aper 2008 (Sem) Cruz Azul 3-1 Pumas Cruz Azul
Aper 2010 (4th final) Pumas 3-2 Cruz Azul Pumas
**Guard 2020 (Sem) Pumas 4-4 Cruz Azul Pumas
++Pumas defeated Cruz Azul, but the Machine advanced to the final because the league was played in points mode
**He advanced through the position in the table.
THE KEYS THAT HAVE LEFT A MARK
On the other hand, these are the series that have left their mark in the history of this rivalry in the history of soccer in Mexico and especially in CDMX:
1978-79 season
This rivalry without becoming classic It began in 1978-79, when Cruz Azul won the first of its two titles consecutive under the orders of the legendary Ignacio Trelles. In the final game they won 2-0 with goals from Carlos Jara and Horacio López Salgado.
1980-81 season
Pumas gained revenge two tournaments later when in a spectacular final they won 4-1 with a performance impressive by Hugo Sánchez, Ricardo Ferretti and Manuel Manzo, who led the humiliation of the Machine with a resounding 4-2 aggregate score, in a match that is remembered as the last before Hugo began his adventure through Europe
Guardians 2020
In this tournament, the controversial duel took place where Pumas managed to recover from a 0-4 loss in the first leg to tie 4-4 in the second leg, advancing to the final, but generating a whole series of suspicions due to the way they lost. machine.
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