In the middle of a chaotic semester for UANL Tigersthe feline group has found in Marcelo Flores an unexpected new reference, who has imbued his youth and self-confidence into a team that has suffered a lot throughout the entire season. Closing 2024.
The surname of Flowers finally exploded, after his first semester in Tigers, in which he barely started one game and left with more sorrow than glory, despite the fact that his team reached the final of the competition; Now, the numbers show that the Mexican-Canadian became one of the most important players on the team.
To put in context, Marcelo Flores arrived for him Opening 2023 and throughout the entire semester he only played eight games, of which he came on as a substitute in seven, so that in the end he scored only one goal and left without assists.
The big change came in 2024, already with the full trust and support of Robert Dante Siboldi from the bench, who finally gave him stripes to become a starter and take advantage of the multiple injuries and sanctions that the team has suffered.
One date after the regular phase of the tournament ends, Marcelo Flores He has played 12 games, in five of them he has been a starter and in the rest he has appeared as the main replacement. Siboldi to unblock games, which has allowed him to add five goals and one assist.
It is key to mention that Closing 2024, Marcelo Flores He started it from the bench and it seemed like he was going to have a tournament similar to the previous one; However, he took advantage of the circumstances that Tigres suffered, especially with the absence of Quiñones and the intermittency of Diego Lainezto carve out a space.
Until day 8, Flowers He had only played 63 minutes and had not added goals or assists; But later, the Mexican team established itself as a starter and achieved a double and a triplet in the final stretch of the tournament.
Added to this is the consolidation in the calls for Jaime Lozano in Mexico, so the beginning of 2024 can be described as Marcelo Flores' great leap in the first professional division.
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