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Adrian Chavez He is one of the historic goalkeepers of America; with the Eagles he won two league titles, one of them in the 1987-88 season, when they beat the Pumas with a 4-2 aggregate. Chavez he knows the rivalry that exists against the National University, he lived it thoroughly; he even had a fleeting passage through the university table, when Hugo Sánchez invited him to join the auriazul team.
Chávez talks about this Sunday’s game that America and Pumas will play,point that on the blue-cream side they must impose their hierarchy, more so now that the distance between one and the other is so great in the general table; although he accepts that the university team will try to appeal to his pride, but he does not believe that it will reach him with that to impose himself on the Eagles.
“America is an extra motivation for the rest of the teams, Pumas knows that there are 14 points of difference that America takes them, but in the performance they have had, the difference has been a lot; I think that America, in that sense, has an advantage, because it is a team that has been playing better, has been doing things better. In this game for Pumas it would be something sensational to beat the leader, and for America to consolidate in the leadership and take one more step to convince American fans ”, he valued in an interview with MILENIO-La Afición.
Rivalry
The former azulcrema goalkeeper tells how he lived this type of matches, although he was not born soccer in CoapaHe did learn from other homegrown players the importance of this rivalry. And already as a mature player he lived it in the university locker room.
“From the point of view of America, it begins at the end of the 1984-85 Season that America won and there was another one in the 87-88 that we also won and we lost one (1990-91); in those years Pumas drew many players from the quarry. I was not born in America, but I realized with players who were born there like Alfredo Tena or Cristóbal Ortega who taught us to see and love that mystique of America that is to win or win and that there is no other, that the players must go out to give the maximum in that team. With Pumas I realized that beating America you saw a lotWhen I arrived in Pumas, Jaime Lozano, Gerardo Galindo, Gonzo González were there … players who wanted to transcend in the First Division and when they faced América they said they had to give their maximum effort because it is a showcase to show that they could be starters on the team, and foreigners said that by playing well they could attract the attention of another team. Playing against America is an extra motivation ”, he commented.
Win yes or yes
America is the leader of the tournament, Pumas the penultimate place of the tournament, numbers that put the Eagles as a natural favorite, in fact, Adrián does not envision a scenario other than that of an Americanist triumph.
“America has been doing things better in the tournament, it has a stronger squad in every way, Pumas is crestfallen, it is not doing things well, suddenly it plays well all of a sudden no, I think America has an advantage and should win, but it depends on the circumstances and the game, it depends on the VAR and the arbitration as well, but it has to win at least 2-0, maybe not thrashing, but winning by a difference of two goals. Pumas is going to leave motivated like Chivas did. Motivation counts, but I think America has the advantage and must win on Sunday. I see it very difficult for America to lose ”.
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