Efraín Juárez and Eduardo Solari were about to make a big mess in Pachuca
The passion and intensity of the duel between Pachuca and Pumas was about to exceed the limits due to a mess made by the technicians Efraín Juárez and Eduardo Solari
Once again, the UNAM Pumas coach, Efraín Juárez, was about to make a big mess by generating a conflict with the Pachuc coach to, Eduardo Solari, who fortunately was only in a few insults and pushings, but who put everyone on the duel bench on alert in the Hidalgo stadium.
The 71 minute was passing when, in a foul on a Tuzos player, several claims were generated from the team bench area lo cal against the referee body, but the claims were so aggressive that they were on the verge of leading to a quarrel between both coaches.
It was when the coaches of both teams, Efraín Juárez and Eduardo Solari, were engaged in a series of pushings, esca raising the situation to a level where the insults were overtaken by the aggressiveness of both strategists.
Within the mess that was generated in the exchange of insults and claims, the auriazul technical director, Efraín Juárez, pushed the Pachuca coach, Esteban Solari, c When this passed in front of him. The action generated an immediate reaction between the members of both technical corps,and led to a series of pushings on the band.
This action was the trigger for the benches to be emptied and the members of the coaching staff and staff of both squads to get involved in a whole series of troubles, where after the first contact between the coaches, assistants and Members of the personnel of both squads became involved in the beginning of a fight. On the part of Pachuca, the pushes carried out by physical trainer Rodrigo Barrios and assistants Emerson Panigutti and Damián Albil stood out.
In the case of Pumas, assistant Alex Larrea and physical trainer Guillermo Hamdan also participated in the exchange that took place on the side of the playing field.
Fortunately, the fourth referee, José Abraham Camacho, intervened immediately to stop the brawl and so that it didn't go higher, to the degree that calmed themselves to prevent the blood from reaching the river and thus putting another line on the tiger with the problems that exist within the mX League
The fourth referee, Jos Abraham Camacho, intervened quickly to separate those involved and prevent the altercation from growing even more. The reaction of some footballers from both teams was also key to calm themselves on the field.
After a couple of minutes, the altercation between both technical corps went into history, although it became one of the most discussed moments of the clausura 2026 semifinals duel.
Efraín Juárez with the fame he has for actions of this kind since his time in Colombia with Atlético Nacional and later some some uncomfortable situations in the MX Liga in front of the Pumas that already cost him a wakeup call by his own management.

