Matchday 8 of Clausura 2022 ends this Monday, but some teams are already beginning to plan what their March schedule will be. Such is the case of Pumas, who lost the weekend against Puebla and will have difficult commitments in the coming weeks.
With the defeat against the Strip, the university students were out of the Liguilla zone, in ninth position with one point less than Cruz Azul. However, if they do not correct course, they could be left out of the Fiesta Grande for the second consecutive tournament, both under the technical direction of Karina Báez.
After being champion in Guardianes 2021 as a technical assistant for Tigres, the strategist has not been able to raise her project at UNAM. And now she will have to show considerable improvement, as her next matches are against rivals who are also in constant battle for a place in the top eight of the standings.
On Day 9, Pumas will host Pachuca in the Quarry, a rival that not only seeks to finish in the Liguilla positions but also aspires to finish among the top 4 classifieds and fights for that place with América, Tigres and Chivas de Guadalajara, since Rayadas maintains a wide advantage and does not leave the lead.
Later, on the Pumas calendar is the duel against Tijuana at the border. Fabiola Vargas’s pupils rescued the draw away from Cruz Azul thanks to a goal by Renae Cuéllar on Matchday 7 and at the moment they are seventh in the standings, with one point more than UNAM’s.
After the duel against the border team, the second double day of the Liga MX Femenil will come, in which the UNAM team will first face Atlas at home. The red and black have not shown the power they had with Fernando Samayoa, but at the moment they are in sixth position and in the following games they will try to stay in the qualifying zone.
As for Pumas, they will end March with commitments against Mazatlán and FC Juárez, both as visitors. The two teams are in the lower part of the table, so, in theory, they will be the most accessible that the university will have next month.
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