Tigres is eliminated from Concachampions in a penalty shootout!

With drama, this is how the Tigers They experienced the return duel of the Quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup before him Columbus Crewbecause after tying 1-1 in regulation time and extra time (2-2 overall score), the definition for penalty kicksin which the entire MLS team won, winning said instance by 4-3eliminating the Monterrey team from the competition.

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Just at minute two of the match the scoring was opened, since the defense of the American painting he returned the ball to the goalkeeper Patrick Schultewho tried to control him, but could never stop him, so Andre Pierre Gignac took advantage when he was close to the goalkeeper and took the ball from him to push it into the back of the net and put the 1-0 on the scoreboard.

Although the visiting team wanted to balance things, they were the regal who generated the more dangerous playsas two goals were disallowed for offside, one scored by Fernando Gorriarán and another for Gignacon both occasions with the assistance of Marcelo Floresbut the scores were correctly invalidated, so they could not extend their lead.

In one more action from the first half, Flores had the opportunity to score the second goal from the felines, after a pass from They will crowleft alone in the area with the frame open, but his shot did not carry the necessary force, leaving the goalkeeper Schulte managed to deflect the ball and send the play to a corner kick.

For him second timethose led by Robert Dante Siboldi They went out to look for the score that would give them peace of mind in the tie, having a shot of Gignac that went over the crossbar and later, a shot from Guido Pizarro that passed by one side of the opponent’s goal.

The match got complicated for those of the Sultana del Norte At the minute 58when he arrived a tie of the Columbus Crewafter Juan Camilo Hernandez arrived on the left wing, to put a pass into the center of the area, where he opportunely appeared Diego Rossi finishing the ball and putting the 1-1 in the meeting and 2-2 on aggregate score.

Gignac failed a few minutes later what could have been the winning goal for his team, after a pass in the area from Juan Brunettabecause the Frenchman leaned his body back and sent the ball over the goal, drowning out the cry of goal of the public present at the Volcano.

The duel ended with global draw in regulation time and went to extra timein which the most dangerous play was to minute 108when Diego Reyes he cut a cross in the royal area, hitting the ball goal directionhaving an excellent reaction from Carlos Felipe Rodríguezwhich avoided the own goal.

The score did not move in the added 30 minutes, so everything it had to be decided on penaltieswhere the Tigers They started on the left foot, because They missed their first two shots made by André-Pierre Gignac and Guido Pizarrowhile the Americans took advantage with the annotations of Diego Rossi and Jacen Russell-Rowe.

Ozziel HerreraSebastián Cordova and Jesus Angle scored the three remaining penalties for Tigres, by the Columbus scored Alexandru MățanJuan Camilo Hernández failed and the definitive penalty was well paid for Maximilian Arfstento leave everything 4-3 and eliminate the Tigres from the Concacaf competition.

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