Rayados de Monterrey: injured and suspended vs Tigres 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.

Another statistic that works in Club de Fútbol Monterrey’s favor ahead of the return duel for the quarterfinals in the Clausura 2024 tournament is that they have never been eliminated against Tigres after winning the first leg.

Just in May of last year, the Monterrey Football Club faced Tigres in the semifinal for the Clausura 2023 tournament, in a semester that seemed perfect and ended up turning into a true nightmare.

What caused them to no longer renew Víctor Manuel Vucetich, rather than the elimination, were ”the forms”. Or that was what ‘Tato’ Noriega, president of the albiazul squad, commented. Therefore, now ‘Tano’ will have to play an almost perfect match to finish the task and shake off once and for all the ghosts breathing in his ear.

Although the Monterrey Soccer Club got a great result from the ‘Volcán’ Universitario and they are already in the semifinals for the Clausura 2024 tournament, it is not all good news. And the Spanish Sergio Canales had to come off as a substitute in the first leg, and there is still no news about whether it was a simple annoyance or if there is something more. Especially since it was the Spaniard himself who asked for the change.