The Pumas defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 in the Leagues Cup

The Pumas of UNAM They managed to advance to the round of 16 of the Leagues Cup for the first time by beating Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 with goals from César Huerta and Jorge Ruvalcaba, with which the university squad washed its honor a little in this competition where it managed to advance to the next phase at the cost of a draw. last minute with Monterrey 1-1 and then won 3-0 in a penalty shootout.

The feline squad thus achieved a historic result for the club by advancing to the round of 16 for the first time in a duel where the Mexican team sought to have control for the longest time of the game in the home of the Canadian team BC Place, with an important result.

The reality of things is that the team led by Argentine Gustavo Lema did not have a night of sewing and knitting, since the goalkeeper of the Pumas of the UNAM Julio González saved his goal up to five times, being one of the fundamental elements in the performance of the university team that in the end had in “Chino” Huerta and Jorge Ruvalcaba the perfect partners to achieve victory

Huerta not only opened the scoring in the 36th minute with a great play that began with stealing the ball on a run and then combining with Peruvian Piero Quispe to make it 1-0, and in the 57th minute, Huerta himself made a great individual play on the edge of the area to set up Rubén Duarte. and the latter put in a cross that found Ruvalcaba who, with the first touch, defined and put the final 0-2.

The second goal put the Vancouver Whitecaps against the wall, but they still had the courage to cause some actions that sought to close the gap on the scoreboard, but all options were left in the hands of goalkeeper Julio González. Now Pumas await the winner between Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy.

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