After 11 rounds were completed in the current Apertura season, Necaxa sat dead last in the league table with a record of 2W, 2D, 7L, good for a grand total of 8 points to go along with a league-worst -10 goal difference. Not to mention, they had just dropped their fifth consecutive match to the hands of Puebla in the Estadio Victoria. Profe Pepe Cruz had just coached his third game and things weren’t looking good in any way.
But then came their Round 12 match in the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. In their visit to high-flyer Pumas, they took the lead from the 16th minute all the way up to about 20 minutes to go in the match, when star Dinenno found a way to even things up.