By Edgardo Avelar
The UANL Tigers They achieved the best result they could hope for by defeating 0-1 nashville in a very profitable visit to the state of Tennessee which can allow the squad led by the Argentine Guido Pizarro to reach the grand final of the Concachampions.
The cats took perfect advantage of the goal from Argentine Ángel Correa at minute 33 to, from that moment on, begin to manage the match that made them take half of the ticket to the final game of the Concachampions in the duel that was held this Tuesday at Geodis Park.
The victory on the American field ended a streak of matches without being able to win as a visitor, which confirms that the university team is ready to fight for the league for the title in the Liga MX and now in the Concachampions with the most important result they expected.
The victory of the Nashville team takes on greater relevance because it is only the second in 16 games of the Main League Soccer and Concachampions teambecoming a tough nut to crack for teams in the area, both Mexican and Central American.
The Tigers’ blow places them with the table served in the tiebreaker, especially because they did not receive a goal against against a team that had accumulated 30 goals before facing the northern cats.
Things aligned from the beginning, because first the weather conditions gave the Mexicans more time to drink in a reserved manner. the meeting after an hour and a half delay due to bad weather with thunderstorms.
It is true that the Mexican squad had to battle in the game from the first minutes when Six minutes in, Hany Makhtar scored 1-0 to make the stands explode after six minutes, but after reviewing the play the goal was annulled.
The Tigres responded immediately with two shots from Ozziel Herrera and Juan Brunnetta that put the goalkeeper to work Brian Schwake, stopping two shots from Herrera and a one-on-one against Brunnetta.
Everything changed in the 33rd minute, when the Auriazules put the first goal on the table, after a Juan Vigón tunnel that allowed Correa to take the rebound to beat goalkeeper Schwake.
In the second half, the Argentine coach of the Aztec team, Guido Pizarro, made changes by sending Marcelo Flores for the trampled Ozziel Herrera and Diego Lainez for Rodrigo Aguirre and with that he had speed in the first mark and then the option of going forward in counterattacks.
Precisely, Tigres’ dangers were carried out by Marcelo Flores and Diego Lainez, who put the North American goalkeeper to work, who covered the danger, but could not motivate his teammates to generate a change in the score.
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