Chivas outplayed Pumas in route to a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their quarterfinal matchup in the Liguilla. Chivas took advantage of a very defensive Pumas, who gifted Chivas the first 45 minutes and never got into the match. Pumas was also hampered by non-penalty kick call, but should consider themselves lucky they only lost by a single goal. The second leg will be played on Sunday in Mexico City, in which Pumas must win by any score to go through to the semifinals.
The first half started with the surprise of Pumas of coming out with Gabriel Fernandez, even after he had supposedly injured himself warming up for the match, as well as giving another start to struggling Gustavo del Prete.