Overview
- Pumas plan to determine Navas' availability shortly before Thursday's Play-In at Estadio Hidalgo, scheduled for 19:00 local time.
- The goalkeeper is set to play for Costa Rica against Honduras on November 18 and return to Mexico on November 19, leaving minimal recovery time.
- July guidance from FIFA recommends at least 72 hours between official matches, a player-welfare measure being used as a guideline rather than a binding rule.
- Academy goalkeepers Pablo Lara and Miguel Paul are on standby if Navas is not cleared to start.
- Pumas reached the Play-In by a narrow margin, and a win would keep their path to the Liguilla alive through the single-elimination format.