By Edgardo Avelar
The UANL Tigers They managed to strike the first blow in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2026 tournament by beating the overall second place 3-1, Chivas del Guadalajaraon a marker that seems to have the key locked and It will depend on the red and whites to avoid elimination.
A duel where the feline team came out determined to take advantage against a sought-after rival, where it was thought that the squad led by the Argentine Gabriel Milito would pcould overcome the five losses they had in their lineup due to the issue of the Mexico teambut in the end it could not be enough for them to leave the red-hot University stadium unscathed.
Chivas did not have goalkeeper Raúl “Tala” Rangel, Luis Romo, Roberto Alvarado, Bryan Gutiérrez and Armando “Hormiga” González on the field, which necessarily They were needed when facing an adversary with as many weapons as the felines.
In their place appeared Óscar Whalley, Miguel Tapias, Santiago Sandoval, Omar Govea and Ricardo Marín, because with these players they had the Tigres in a very strong first half against the wall with Ricardo Marín’s goal in the tenth minute.
Chivas, perhaps the most serious mistake they made in the game is that coach Milito decided to back down instead of proposing with his neat style have the game at their feet, which caused the cats to go for the jugular.
A score that was highly discussed by the cats due to an apparent foul by the cats forward in a cut he made to the Brazilian Rómulo; It seemed to trip him up, but the referee declared the action good and put the Guadalajara team ahead.
But the cats, starting in the 45th minute with Jesús Ángulo’s goal from a corner kick, almost ending the first half with a shot at the near post on a corner kick, They gave the cats enough fuel to go in search of victory in the second half.
The feline gale
But it came in the second half and Tigres went with everything in front; supported by the work of Ángel Correa and with the generation of Fernando Gorrarías, Juan Brunneta, Diego Lainez and Rodrigo Aguirrethey pushed back the red and whites who no longer felt the hard, but the thick.
Juan Brunetta and rookie Diego “Rica” Sánchez appeared in the feline pressure along with the rest of the university offensive players. to take a 3-1 lead that put the Guadalajara team in a predicament.
The Chivas went to the front looking to react with the entry of Ángel Sepúlveda and Yael Padilla, but the Tigres already had the match tied up and They ended up dominating the Guadalajara team in a way that makes it seem like the series is defined.
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