Tigres UANL: injured and suspended vs Monterrey in the second leg of the 4th finals of Clausura 2024

Last Thursday, May 8, on the University ‘Volcán’ field, the UANL Tigers received a visit from Monterrey Soccer Clubfor the match corresponding to the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Clausura 2024 tournament.

Rayados took the lead on the scoreboard at minute twenty-eight of the first half, through Spanish Sergio Canalez. Diego Lainez tied it in stoppage time in the first forty-five minutes, but Maxi Meza returned the advantage to the visitors at the dawn of the second half, making it 2-1.

Now Tigres is forced to win next Sunday by a difference of at least two goals, since a tie on the aggregate score would give Club de Fútbol Monterrey a pass due to its position in the general table.

There are those who claim that forwards win games and defenses win championships, and in Tigres this has been a constant. However, this season the university students have had a pretty bad time defending, so if they want to advance to the semifinals for the Mexican championship, they will have to improve a lot in that sector.

Something that worked in Robert Dante Siboldi’s favor in May of last year, to the point of becoming Mexican soccer champions, were the elements that came in from the bench and refreshed the pace of the game.

Today Tigres seems to suffer in this sense. They still cannot count on Sebastián Córdova, who suffered a tear on the last day of the Clausura 2024 tournament, captain Guido Pizarro is barely recovering and Nahuel Guzmán will be out of the fields for the remainder of this group and at least five games of Apertura 2024, depending on how far Tigres goes in this tournament.