By Edgardo Avelar
The UANL Tigers With a goal from Brazilian defender Joaquim they found a way to withstand the gale of almost 90 minutes imposed by the Seattle Sounders in search of achieving the feat of eliminating the Mexican eleventh and advance to the semifinals of the Concachampions.
But when the North Americans were most determined to recover from the two-goal deficit that the UANL Tigres built, they were surprised in a corner kick in the 31st minute that tied the score. the match held at Lumen Field and which ultimately was the difference in advancing to the semifinals of the Concacaf tournament.
A duel resolved cleanly, without tricks, without cheating, without waiting for time, playing pure and simple football, trying to put the best tactical arguments on the side of both coaches and where in the end The local team was never able to overcome that goal by the Tigers’ Brazilian defender.
This small slip of the Rave Green team’s defense was decisive in the luck they achieved after loud and delirious 97 minutes in which the contest lasted and where another of the feline heroes, like the Argentine goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán, put those led by his compatriot Guido Pizarro on their way to the semifinal.
In the recount of the damage to the Sounders, it was of no use that the naturalized Czech-American Albert Rusnák will score two goals, at 11 and 82 minutesnor the score by Macedonian Danny Musovski at 49 minutes, if at the end, at half an hour into the game, when they were most determined to try to come back lAt a disadvantage imposed by the Mexicans, Joaquim arrived and finished them off like Juan at home to score the goal that ultimately represented the ticket to the semifinals through the tiebreaker criterion.
All the efforts of Paul Rothrock, Jordan Morris, Paul Arriola, Cristian Roldán, Jesús Ferreira, Hassani Dotson and Nouhou Tolo were left behind, who insisted and insisted in search of more goals, but in the endThe Tigers managed to stay afloat and get the ticket to the semifinals.
The only sin of Tigres was to throw themselves too far back and give the initiative to the locals, since they did not hesitate to go forward from the midfield and practically overwhelm Nahuel Guzmán’s goal, until in the second half they were able to arrive with danger and almost scored more goals that would have given them peace of mind in the criteria tiebreaker, as finally happened 3-1 (world 3-3), and the Mexicans advanced due to Joaquim’s goal in the 31st minute.
We must thank the impetus of the Seattle Sounders, who knew how to handle the game and did not advance to the next phase simply because they did not have the same attitude as visitors, and on the other hand, the Tigers who, Despite the score 3-1, they never gave up and until almost the closing they achieved their goal against rivals who already know their methods.
Continue reading:
– Tigres beats Seattle Sounders 2-0, but the coin is in the air
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– The MLS publishes a reminder to the Mexico team
