The Pumas of the UNAM could finally breathe easy after two weeks of scares due to the lack of a reliable goalkeeper in their debut Costa Rican Keylor Navas, who gave them the confidence to seek a favorable result to defeat Querétaro 0-2 in the first victory of the Apertura 2025 tournament.

The confidence of the international goalkeeper, UEFA Champions League winner with Real Madrid, was decisive in the goal scored by Guillermo Martínez in the 13th minute and which allowed Jorge Ruvalcaba, in the 78th minute, to secure the conquest of the first three points for the university team.

Without requiring a brilliant performance, Navas had a favorable performance, with appearances that gave the Pumas' lower team enough peace of mind to seek the first victory of the championship, as ended up happening in the match held at the Corregidora stadium.

The night was really a walk in the park for the Central American goalkeeper, since there was no need for him to make his maximum effort because the Queretanos were never a dangerous opponent, to the point that there was no shot that demanded too much from Navas.

Navas' specific weight

The reality is that the image of Keylor Navas was experienced in the Pumas from the morning at the concentration hotel where his presence captured the attention of the fans and then on the field from his role as captain he began to give his teammates the confidence and impetus to look different on the field of play.

The goals of the victory

Pumas quickly took the lead with a header from Memo Martínez in the 14th minute that also served to regain confidence and be able to face the competition with the arrival of a new striker to the feline organization.

Perhaps this was the most notable, as the match was a constant tug-of-war in midfield to try to take control of the action and when it was thought that the Gallos Blancos could take control of the action, Coach Benjamín Mora took off his best man Francisco Venegas and with that ended up resigning the result.

Thus came the 2-0 in the 78th minute through Jorge Ruvalcaba in the best action of the match when Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla took the ball to the three-quarters of the field to pass to Ruvalcaba completely alone in front of the goalkeeper and with a cross shot nestle the ball into the net.

Pumas perhaps had a bit of a scare in the last minutes when Alvaro Angulo was sent off and left his team with ten men, but not even that could the Queretaro team pressure the felines who ended up adding their first victory of the championship.