Luis Abram prevents Pumas’ goal with a spectacular clearance on the line | VIDEO

Luis Abram earned the title in Cruz Azul due to his great performance in defense and that was demonstrated in the match against Pumas for the semifinals of the Concachampions. The Peruvian defender prevented the ‘Universitarios’ from opening the scoring.

At 30 minutes, Rogerio launched a cross into the ‘Máquina’ area and Pablo Aguilar cleared it, however, the ball remained in the air. Immediately, the goalkeeper Sebastián Jurado came out and hit the ball with his fists, but the danger of scoring was still not over.

Seeing that the goalkeeper did not return to his goal, Fabio Álvarez put in a powerful shot. However, Luis Abram, who was on the line, cleared the ball to the joy of the Cruz Azul fans.

The Peruvian defender has had a great season with the team led by Juan Reynoso. The ‘Pharaoh’ not only stands out in defense since he also joins the area as another striker and thus has already scored two goals in Liga MX.

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The day before, Pumas beat Juárez 0-1 as a visitor. While, in this championship, they thrashed the New England Revolution 3-0 in the previous round to even the series. Finally, the cast of the capital went through the penalty shootout.

Meanwhile, Juan Reynoso’s team did their homework in Clausura 2022 after beating Atlas 1-0 and is in fourth place in the table. As for international activity, the ‘Blues’ beat CF Montreal 2-1 on aggregate in the last stage.