The UNAM Pumas will look next Saturday against América In the activity on date 16 of the Clausura 2024 tournament, the penultimate of the championship, killing two birds with one stone. The first, to continue maintaining options to qualify directly among the six best placed in the general table and second, to get rid of the dominance in Ciudad Universitaria that the Águilas have in the history of short tournaments.
Pumas so far is located in ninth place with 23 points, product of six victories, five victories and four defeats, therefore, a victory over América would allow them to reach 26 units and hope that Pachuca, Tigres and Pachuca, who have 25 units, cannot register any points and thus be able to make the leap up to sixth place which would allow them to get closer to direct qualification from the league when there would only be one date left to play.
The second objective will be to get rid of the Americanist dominance that he has in his own home in Ciudad Universitariain the short tournaments starting with the Winter 1996 contest, where in 34 matches, America had 15 wins and 8 losses with 11 draws.
Even the fatherhood of the Águilas not only subscribes to the games at the Pumas home, but also in the Azteca Stadium where in 35 matches they have 14 wins by nine defeats and 12 draws, which in overall numbers in short tournaments in 69 matches, the Americanists have 29 wins by 17 losses and 23 draws.
So this Saturday’s duel has many reasons to expect it to be a spectacular duel, especially because in the last four games, the Pumas have not been able to beat the team currently led by Brazilian André Jardine.
The last victory of the Pumas was in the league of the Apertura 2021 tournament where in the quarterfinals, the cats beat América 1-3 at the Azteca Stadium, where with goals from the Ecuadorian Washington Corozo and one from the Brazilian Higor Meritao, while the Argentine Víctor Aguilera scored for the Águilas.
These ingredients make the meeting very interesting, even more so when America with 32 points He will seek to take a step forward to remain as the general leader of the Clausura 2024 tournament and only a victory would allow him to get closer to that goal.
So, Pumas and América will have to put all their effort into a scheduled match for next Saturday at 9:00 p.m. in Ciudad Universitaria, where it is expected that the passion will remain on the field, since many times the rivalry has exceeded the limits of sportsmanship.
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