Beyond the uproar over the comeback that almost reached Tigres to reach the final, if it weren’t for a penalty scored against them in stoppage time, the real scandal of the match was that Tigres used an improper lineup during the match, which could lead them to lose at the table up to 5-0.
The Liga MX regulations allow up to eight soccer players “not trained in Mexico” can be on the field at the same time, but the felines played against Atlas for 43 minutes with 9 of them , for which a sanction is expected for the northern team.
Nahuel Guzmán, Igor Lichnovsky, Guido Pizarro, Rafael Carioca, Yeferson Soteldo, Luis Quiñones, Nicolás López, Florian Thauvin and André-Pierre Gignac were the foreigners that “Louse” Herrera lined up on the field of the University Stadium.
In this regard, as soon as the match ended, Liga MX issued a c communicated letting it be known that they realized what happened and turning to the Disciplinary Commission to investigate the case.
For its part, this commission, which is administered by the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) also released an official message, in which they announce that the pertinent investigation process has already begun.
It is expected that in the next few days, As announced in the FMF statement, let us know the resolution that was reached to sanction Tigres, although there is already speculation that it could be the defeat at the table with a score of up to 5-0, since according to TUDN analysts, the felines could lose at the table by 3-0, but also the goals could be taken away, while the Atlas could not, so the final scoreboard would give a total of 5-0 (8-0 on aggregate).
Since Atlas earned his ticket to the final on the court anyway, this would be a mere formality in that sense, but who does would be affected by André-Pierre Gignac, who scored a hat-trick and with that he had managed to sneak into the Top 3 of all-time leading scorers in Liguillas; however, with this decision all of his stats in the match would be erased.
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