On date 8 of the Mexico – Liga MX – Clausura 2023 tournament, Chivas suffered as a visitor, but got three points against the Universitarios by beating them 1-2. The goal of the match for the locals was scored by Juan Dinenno (33′ 2T). While the away goals were made by Daniel Rios (4′ 1T) and Carlos Cisneros (32′ 1T).
Despite the fact that Chivas won the duel, Pumas UNAM was superior, taking 22 shots but it was not enough to convert them into scores. According to the statistics, 7 reached the goal and 14 ended up outside.
Daniel Rios had a great performance. The Chivas attacker shone by scoring 1 goal and kicking 2 times.
Pablo Monroy also stood out. The Pumas UNAM defender was important for rejecting 7 dangerous balls.
Defender Alan Mozo of Chivas threw a pipe and leaked the ball between the legs of midfielder Alek Álvarez of Pumas UNAM at 55 minutes into the second stage.
It was a duel that was stopped, due to the high accumulation of infractions within the field. There were a large number of reprimands: Miguel Jiménez, Pablo Monroy, Nicolás Freire, Daniel Ríos, Fernando Beltrán, Marco García and Jesús Orozco. He was sent off for a direct red card, Diogo de Oliveira in the 101st minute of the second half.
Pumas coach Rafael Puente presented a 4-5-1 tactical arrangement with Sebastián Sosa in goal; Pablo Monroy, Arturo Ortíz, Nicolás Freire and Adrián Aldrete on the defensive line; Higor Meritão, Jesús Molina, Diogo de Oliveira, Gustavo Del Prete and Eduardo Salvio in the middle; and Juan Dinenno in the attack.
For their part, Veljko Paunovic’s team came out with a 4-3-3 tactical arrangement with Miguel Jiménez under the three sticks; Alan Mozo, Gilberto Sepúlveda, Jesús Orozco and Cristian Calderón in defense; Roberto Alvarado, Fernando Rubén González and Víctor Guzmán in midfield; and Ronaldo Cisneros, Daniel Rios and Carlos Cisneros up front.
Marco Ortiz Nava was the referee chosen for the match at the Olímpico Universitario stadium.
On the next date, the Universitarios will visit Mazatlán and Chivas will play as a visitor against Tigres.
In this way, the local is in eleventh place in the championship with 8 points, while the visit, with 15, is in fourth place.
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