Pachuca falls to Palmeiras 3-0 in the Women's Cup

▲ The Hidalgo team failed to secure its third consecutive title after the 2025 Clausura and the Campeon de Campeonas. Photo courtesy of Tuzas

From the Editorial Staff

La Jornada Newspaper, Monday, July 21, 2025, p. a11

Pachuca's Tuzas saw their winning streak halted after being thrashed 3-0 by Brazilian club Palmeiras in the semifinals of The Women's Cup, played yesterday at Arena Barueri in Sao Paulo, preventing them from advancing to the final.

With this defeat in their debut in the competition, the Hidalgo team, which lost the opportunity to win its third consecutive title after recently winning the Clausura 2025 tournament of the Liga MX Femenil and the Campeón de Campeonas, will face Sao Paulo of Brazil next Thursday for third place.

Meanwhile, the Rio de Janeiro team will fight for the tournament title that same day against Racing Louisville of the United States.

Palmeiras' goals were the work of Brena Carolina Vianna (25th minute), Soll Oliveira (39th) and Taina Maranhão (60th, from a penalty).

The Brazilian team made the most of their home advantage and imposed their influence from the start of the match, while the Mexican squad, led by Óscar Torres, was unable to find a way into the opponent's box.

Palmeiras quickly opened the scoring. In the 25th minute, Brena headed a corner kick past Tuzas goalkeeper Esthefanny Barreras to make it 1-0.

The home side's second goal came in the 38th minute, after Oliveira took advantage of a defensive error by the Hidalgo side to send the ball into the back of the net and make it 2-0 before halftime.

In the second half, the game continued in the same vein. Palmeiras dominated possession, while the Tuzas, led by their striker Charlyn Corral, lacked clarity in attack and committed several defensive errors.

The lack of goals caused Pachuca's squad to fall into despair, which led to the Brazilian team's third blow. A foul in the box by Daniela Flores was awarded a penalty, which Taina correctly executed to make it 3-0 in the 60th minute.

In stoppage time, the Tuzas were reduced to one player less in the 91st minute after another foul by Flores, who, after blocking an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, earned himself a red card, further compounding his team's painful defeat.