The Pumas de la UNAM had a lot to boast about this Friday when they thrashed Mazatlan FC 4-1 on the road, such as the great performance by Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas, two goals by Memo Martinez, Aaron Ramsey's first start and the goal by Jose Juan Macias.

A victory that came at the exact moment to level the numbers of the university students who were able to add their second consecutive victory in the Apertura 2025 tournament against some Canoneros who committed hara-kiri in the key moments with a penalty missed by Venezuelan Nicolas Benedetti that would have meant a 2-2 tie in the contest.

But the South American failed in his shot by giving it to the feet of goalkeeper Keylor Navas and with that erased any possibility of a reaction in a feline team led by Efrain Juarez who finally had a convincing performance.

In addition, the Pumas had Guillermo Martinez as the man who scored the goal of the match with two goals, in addition to the return of the goal by Jose Juan Macias who had not scored since last tournament, when in his last performance with Santos Laguna said goodbye with a goal to end his working relationship with the Coahuilanses.

The feline victory came at the exact moment to address the questions about the true capacity of a squad that opened the wallet as it had not acted in a long time and where the demand for results will be a constant with the additions of Alan Medina, Keylor Navas, Alan Ramsey, Alvaro Angulo, among other players who continue to leave their ability on the field drop by drop.

But this time it was the opposite and they took advantage in the first half of Jorge Ruvalcaba's speed and Memo Martinez's definition ability with his goals in the 10th minute via penalty after a foul on the same striker and in the 45th minute when Ruvalcaba on the left broke into the area and touched it to the right at the entrance of Martinez to score 2-0.

The feline goal was like a shot in the arm for the home team who took the lead without thinking twice and shortly after the feline goal they allowed Brazilian Fabio Gomes to beat Navas to make it 2-1 before going to the break.

A second half of power to power

For the second half, Mazatlan went all out in search of tying the score and the course of the game put them on the verge of a tie when Nicolas Benedetti was brought down in the area by Nathanael Silva, resulting in a penalty that the Venezuelan delivered at the feet of goalkeeper Keylor Navas.

That was the key, as Mazatlan slowed down the pace and Pumas maintained control of the game, but not before saving their lead with another great shot in the 88th minute when he stopped a half-scissor kick by Brazilian Fabio that would have tied the game.

Because then Alan Medina arrived in the 90+4 minute when He unleashed a tremendous shot from outside the area when he created space for himself by feinting a pass to Colombian Alvaro Angulo and opting to shoot and put the ball into the top left corner.

That was the penultimate nail in Mazatlan's coffin, because at minute 90+10 a penalty was awarded that Jose Juan Macias converted into a goal by deceiving goalkeeper Ricardo Gutierrez with a shot to the left as the goalkeeper dived to the other side to establish the 4-1 on a great feline night.