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Player Ratings: Cruz Azul 3-0 Pumas
Goal.com’s Luis Bueno ranks the individual performances in Sunday’s Pumas-Cruz Azul match.
Aug 2, 2009 4:32:43 PM
Jesus Corona 7.5 - Strong league debut with la Maquina, turned away several early chances that could have changed game's fortune
Fausto Pinto 6.5 – Did well to keep his side quiet
Juan Carlos Dominguez 6 - Survived a potentially dangerous pass that went to Pumas' Paco Palencia; settled down after shaky start
Horacio Cervantes 6 – Improved as game went on; gave away bad set piece early
Rogelio Chavez 6.5 – Clamped down right side of field
Jaime Lozano 7.5 - Very influential; set-piece ability way too much for Pumas to handle
Gerardo Torrado 7.5 - Picked up yellow card - what else is new? - but did well to stabilize midfield; did well to help create third goal
Ramon Nuñez 5 - Did nothing to create, yellow card late in first half led to his early exit
Emmanuel Villa 7 – Strong overall performance; third goal was product of his refusal to quit
Cristian Riveros 7 - Found space and finished off great Lozano cross to essentially put game away early in second half
Mario Ortiz 5.5 – Quiet performance, didn’t do much to create danger, subbed out in 60th minute
Substitutes
Alejandro Vela 6 – Upgrade over Nuñez, Vela provided bit of spark in attack
Emilio Ezequiel Hernandez 6.5 – Did well in his debut; nearly bagged late goal but shot hit post instead
Cesar Villaluz 6 – Came on and brought some energy to Cruz Azul late in the game
Pumas
Sergio Bernal 5.5 – First two goals weren't his fault; did well when called upon save for final goal
Efrain Velarde 5.5 – Part of Pumas’ defensive breakdown on set pieces
Marco Antonio Palacios 5.5 – Solid start but faltered along with rest of Pumas teammates; should have done more with open header attempt
in 68th minute
Dario Veron 4 - Absolutely demoralizing own-goal; terrible pass-back attempt instead hopped off his head and over Bernal, into goal
Efrain Juarez 5.5 - Quiet performance
Jehu Chiapas 5.5 - Was unable to continue after the break; didn't do much before
Leandro Augusto 5 – Could have done more on early set-piece chances
Israel Castro 5.5 – Lost midfield battle despite early advantage
Ismael Iñiguez 5.5 - Not able to create much despite holding ball in Cruz Azul's third
Francisco Palencia 5.5 - Couldn't put much pressure on goal
Dante Lopez 5.5 - Frustrating performance; didn't see much of ball, didn't do much with it
Substitutes
Pablo Barrera 5.5 – Active but didn’t add much to Pumas’ attack save for some sub-par crosses
Martin Bravo 5.5 – Rattled free kick off crossbar, but otherwise did little during his time on the field
Luis Bueno, Goal.com
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