Agencia Reforma

GUADALAJARA, Jalisco 21-Ago .- Pumas is the worst defending Champion in history of short tournaments.

The Felinos came to their fifth consecutive loss, now taking 3 against Estudiantes Tecos, and 3 from their own old striker, Bruno Marioni.

If the auriazul fans have left him out of their memories, Marioni refreshed it for them, with three mortal shots, over the skin of the champs; the Argentinean didn’t have a Hat Trick since his 2006 time with Toluca

Another bad record came to Pumas in the form of Tuca Ferretti’s first five defeats in a row, ever

Pumas was a joke, they needed 15 minutes to make it past midfield, they did it thanks to Martin Bravo carrying the ball, but the play did not come trough

By the time they created the first challenge, the locals had already been 5 to 6 times at Sergio Bernal’s side, with a little help from bouncing balls at midfield, a product of the soaking wet pitch after the heavy rain at Zapopan

Tecos found their way with a combination that was doubly mortal for the felines, two ex Pumas, Marioni and Sambueza, connected in the first goal.

Then, it was the gold and blue who injected their own poison, with a handball inside the box, by Efrain Velarde, for a penalty converted in the second celebration

The official debut of aerosol paint in Mexican Futbol came at 33′, when the whistler Erim Ramirez called a free kick against Tecos; at 40, the referee called again, but forgot the spray, and had to stop to shot, to correct himself

Marioni fixed the game in the second half, rubbing Vaseline in a curve ball, and left the Pumas dry

Los Felinos went down deep in the table, facing and evident disease that is reaching alarming tune for Ferretti and his Champs, far away from defending their crown seriously yet

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