Summary
Argentinians Favio Álvarez, Juan Dinenno, and Johan Vásquez also scored for Pumas. For the visitors, who suffered six absences before the match including top scorer Santiago Ormeño, Salvador Reyes scored.
In the 10th minute, Puebla opened the scoring with a filtered pass from Colombian Omar Fernández that Reyes finished in the area against goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera to make it 0-1.
In the 32nd minute, González assisted Álvarez, who scored the equalizer with his right foot by placing the ball in the upper right corner of goalkeeper Jesús Rodríguez.
Two minutes later, Pablo González committed a penalty against Alejandro Mayorga. González himself took the shot from the penalty spot and scored the 2-1 goal to the left post of Rodríguez.
Pumas increased their dominance on the field in the second half. In the 59th minute, Argentine Nicolás Freire headed a corner kick and Vásquez scored the rebound from the goalkeeper to make it 3-1.
The felinos, who left Puebla behind midfield for most of the second half, achieved the 4-1 goal in the 62nd minute with a powerful long-range shot from Dinenno, which buried itself in the right post of Rodríguez.
This result allows Pumas to climb to third place in the standings, while Puebla descended to tenth place.
Next Wednesday, Pumas will visit Santos Laguna in the ninth round of the tournament, while the day before, Puebla will host America.
- Technical sheet:
4. Pumas UNAM: Alfredo Talavera; Alejandro Mayorga, Johan Vásquez, Jesús Rivas (Alan Mozo m.45), Nicolás Freire; Favio Álvarez (Bryan Mendoza m.77), Carlos Gutiérrez (Brian Figueroa m.78), Erik Lira; Juan Dinenno (Facundo Waller m.66), Juan Iturbe (Leonel López m.66), and Carlos González.
Coach: Andrés Lillini.
1. Puebla: Jesús Rodríguez; Brayan Angulo, Daniel Arreola, Maximiliano Perg; Alejandro Chumacero (Christian Tabó m.45), Pablo González, Israel Reyes (Alan Acosta m.56), Daniel Aguilar, Salvador Reyes (Emanuel Gularte m.70); Amaury Escoto (Eduardo Herrera m.56), and Omar Fernández (Osvaldo Martínez m.70).
Coach: Juan Reynoso.
Goals: 0-1, 10th minute: Salvador Reyes. 1-1, 32nd minute: Favio Álvarez. 2-1, 36th minute: Carlos González. 3-1, 59th minute: Johan Vásquez. 4-1, 62nd minute: Juan Dinenno.
Referee: Fernando Hernández. Booked: Juan Iturbe, Nicolás Freire, Daniel Arreola, Alejandro Mayorga, and Emanuel Gularte.
Incidents: Match of the eighth round of the Apertura 2020, held at Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City center.