Tiger defeated a Cougars 4-2 this Saturday at Estadio Universitario UANLD Duel valid for the sixth day of the Clausura 2023 Liga MX tournament.
For the Royal group side, Nicolau Ibanez opened the scoring in the 12th minute, José Ricardo Galindo scored an own goal in the 24th minute and André Pierre Gignac scored in the 44th and 90th minutes; The visitors’ goals, however, were the work of Gustavo del Prete at 16′ and Juan Ignacio Dinenno at 65′.
Tigres entered the field to put pressure on their rivals and look for the first goal of the match. At the age of 12, Luis Quiñones took over a striker from the right, with whom he articulated ibanez and scored his first goal as a great player.
four minutes later, Del Pretre took advantage of an error by the local defense to steal the ball, enter the penalty area and hit the local goalkeeper with a well-aimed shot from Nahuel Guzmán.
On 24 minutes, José Ricardo Galindo tried to cut a cross in the small zone, but the contact with the ball was not enough and he ended up in goal.
After the goal, the chances of danger began to disappear and the match was drawn. But after 44 minutes a handball ended in the penalty area. Jonathan Sanchez was taken as a penalty kick. Gignac He took responsibility and extended the home team’s lead with a powerful shot.
After moving through the locker room, the Cougars made two changes and began creating danger. At 65′, Dinheiro He took the ball from outside the penalty area, evaded the goal and shot from far into the corner of Nahuel’s goal. A real goal.
Afterwards, he continued to create danger for cougars and was close to tying the score. In the closing minutes, however, Gignac, the top scorer in the history of the Blancos, ended the game with a first shot in the area that Sebastián Sosa could not save.
With this result, Tigre adds his fourth victory in six days and occupies second place in the ranking with 14 points; while, pumas He suffered his second defeat in the 2023 Clausura and ranks seventh with 8 units.
Other games on Saturday
America beat Necaxa 2-1 at Estadio Azteca; juarez defeated 3:1 sacred lagoon at the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez.
Source: La Neta Neta
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