For the second time in the semester, Pumas made history, defeating Chivas in Guadalajara. Pumas hadn’t beaten Chivas in Guadalajara since 1982, until they defeated them 3-1 in the Round of 16 of Copa MX on September 26th. Some critics pointed out that since the game was in Copa MX, the streak was never really broken. But tonight Pumas did exactly that on goals by Martin Rodriguez and Felipe Mora, both of who missed penalty kicks in their Quarterfinal elimination of Copa MX against León.
While Chivas took the lead and had the better play for most of the game, their Coach Jose Cardozo (who had in the week said that Pumas wasn’t a big team like his old squad Toluca) made a baffling substitution by replacing Fernando Beltran for Michael Perez.