A man can’t hide his feelings when it comes to his football team and proof of this is Jorge Campos. One of the stars of TV Azteca Deportes and a reference in the history of the National University Club lived on the edge of the seat in the grand final of the 2026 Clausura Tournament between the UNAM Pumas and the Maquina Celeste. Unfortunately for his cause, luck did not smile on the Pedregal team and Don George Fields was inconsolable after the final whistle.
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Christian Martinoli enters and Luis García, the Mexican soccer legend goalkeeper, was sitting and as the minutes passed, the spirit went lower and lower. The expulsion of Uriel Antuna in compensation time, Rodolfo Rotondi’s goal that sealed the championship and the red card that Ángel Rico saw were enough for Campos to end up completely heartbroken.
15 years without title for Pumas
With the defeat in University City at the hands of the Celestial Machine, The National University Club officially completed three decades without winning a single title. The last trophy that the Pedregal team won was in that 2011 Clausura Tournament against Monarcas Morelia, which represented the seventh star in its history.
On the other hand, the Celeste Machine won its tenth Liga MX title and was just two league championships away from reaching Chivas del Guadalajara and Deportivo Toluca, in addition, it is already three ahead of Pumas.
