Urriel Antuna received a visit at Pumas' Cantera before the second leg of the Liga MX final against Cruz Azul. The meeting came after a 0-0 first leg and ahead of Sunday, May 24, when the Clausura 2026 champion will be decided at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
Aguilar at Cantera
Daniel Aguilar, a pastor at Un Corazón Iglesia in El Paso, Texas, went to Cantera the day after attending the first leg at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes. He is also a Pumas fan and a friend of Antuna, and the forward shared the moment on social media.
The visit placed a personal note around a final that had already settled into fine margins. With the opening match ending scoreless, Pumas de la UNAM and Cruz Azul moved into the second leg with nothing separating them on the score sheet.
Pumas and Cruz Azul
Sunday's match at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario will decide the Clausura 2026 title. That makes every detail around the buildup part of the story, including the visit to the club's training base and the public way Antuna chose to show it.
Antuna has been described as someone close to God, and that has shown up on social media and inside and outside the field. Against that backdrop, Aguilar's stop at Cantera fit into a player already comfortable letting faith sit alongside the pressure of a final.
For Pumas, the backdrop is simple enough: one final home match, one title on the line, and one player whose week included a pastor's visit before the decisive leg. The scoreless first leg left the matchup open, but the setting in Mexico City now carries the weight of the championship.
