CDMX.- América and Pumas will test, in the Capital Classic, if their improvement is authentic.
After a rocky start to the tournament, which worsened with the elimination in the Leagues Cup, the Eagles have now gone three league games without losing, in addition to winning the Champions Cup on Wednesday against the MLS monarch, Columbus Crew.
Pumas, on the other hand, had a hopeful start to the championship, but the poor performance in the Leagues Cup was carried over to Liga MX; the team has already won its two most recent games. For this reason, the cats began this day 10 in fifth position, with 16 points, three above América, which is tenth.
A victory for the Pumas would aggravate the criticism against the two-time champion, but if the Águilas prevail, then they will transfer the pressure to La Cantera auriazul.
Data from the League highlight a marked hegemony of the azulcremas over the auriazules in the Clásico Capitalino: América boasts 60 wins, 63 draws and 39 defeats. Although the azulcrema team has a better squad – almost 59 million euros superior to that of the Pumas, according to Transfermarkt figures -, it also suffers. The previous tournament, a victory by the Pumas destabilized the Águilas, first because of Henry Martín’s public scolding of Brian Rodríguez, then because the azulcrema team barricaded itself not to declare before the media and focus on the route to the two-time championship. Now it will be essential for César Huerta to recover physically, who is not only unstable on the left wing, but could take advantage of the absence of Israel Reyes, the lack of rhythm of Kevin Álvarez and even the novice of Dagoberto Espinoza. The Pumas already know what it means to shake America, but the Águilas can take revenge and further contaminate those Auriazule fans who distrust the work of coach Gustavo Lema.
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