This Wednesday, May 8, with a time to be defined from the Universitario Stadium, Club Tigres UANL will host Club de Fútbol Monterrey in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the 2024 Clausura Tournament of the Liga MX.
The San Nicolás de los Garza team has just won at home by a 4-1 win against Club Tijuana and placed sixth in the Liguilla; For its part, the Pandilla team has just won 2-5 at home against Club Necaxa and took third position in the standings.
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In addition, both Monterrey teams have just been eliminated from the Concacaf Champions Cup 2024 of quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively against the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.
The first episode of the series will be quite interesting, since both clubs have just met a couple of weeks ago on Matchday 15 of the regular phase where it was a hot match that ended tied at three goals and was full of controversy in the ‘Gigante’. of steel’.
Thus, in the following list we make five predictions about what could happen in this first leg match from ‘El Volcán’, one of the most interesting in the Liguilla.
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Contrary to what happened on Matchday 15, the first leg of the quarterfinals is expected to be a closer match, after the goal fair and everything that happened at the ‘Steel Giant’.
Surely both teams will take time to exploit their level of play, given that the key is 180 minutes.
Each Clásico Regio is usually very similar with very even matches, especially in recent years due to the quality of both clubs, in the end the balance usually tips in favor of the team that has been playing better, but on this occasion, the level of both is practically the same.
Both have shown their highest football against inferior rivals, and have also exhibited their defects against more demanding clubs.
Although both teams scored in their last regular phase match, the Albiazul team has just suffered a painful elimination at home against Columbus Crew in the semifinals and although the feline team also knew what it was like to be eliminated by said American club, the way and the times in which the fall of the Gang came was more resounding.
The cats are more rested and more focused, after finishing their participation in the regular phase, in addition, they will be the locals, so it will be very difficult for them to come out at a disadvantage to ‘El Volcán’.
Likewise, it is worth mentioning that the San Nicolás de los Garza team is usually a better team in the final phases, contrary to the Pandilla who usually lower their level of play in these instances.
The last match ended hotly on and off the court, not only between players, but also between managers, so it is expected that every ball will be played without consideration and that will trigger many fouls throughout the match and will heat up the match.
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