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For: Kike Frias Updated Dec 28, 2022, 11:26 am EST
Although the end of 2022 is near, the 18 teams of the MX League They continue in an intense preseason after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and before the 2023 Clausura Tournament, budgeted for January 6.
One of the teams that is preparing with everything for the new season is Tigres de la UANL, which last Tuesday played a friendly against Santos Laguna; but the highlight of the game was not the 1-1 tie, but the hard blow that the feline striker André-Pierre Gignac received in the head and for which he had to be withdrawn from the match.
The French striker did not come out on a stretcher, but was somewhat disoriented on the pitch after receiving an involuntary ball from the Ecuadorian Félix Torres, who knocked him out and subsequently caused him nausea and dizziness.
TENSION AND CONCERN ABOUT GIGNAC
This was the blow suffered by ‘Dedé’, and everything that happened after it, and in the end, Diego Cocca’s information about it. pic.twitter.com/UW3SVEU0Hv— The Flavor of the Ball (@elsabordelbalon) December 28, 2022
After spending the night in the hospital, Gignac was informed that due to the blow He presented a head injury that will keep him under review for 48 hours in which he will not be able to rejoin Tigres training. It is expected that he will return to the activities of the university group between Thursday or Friday with more security.
Tigres’ doctor, Gerardo Aguilar, added that the studies They rule out a serious head injury. and that the blow was received more towards the neck area. In addition, he remarked that it is not the first time that the Frenchman has received a strong blow in the cervical area, so this fact will be taken into account.
📹 Summary with the best actions of the 1-1 draw against Santos and Sebastián Fierro’s great goal in our last preparation duel.#SiempreContigo 👊🏼 #EstoEsTigres 🐯— Club Tigres Oficial 🐯 (@TigresOficial) December 28, 2022
The first game of the UANL Tigres, with a new coach after the dismissal of Miguel ‘Piojo’ Herrera and the hiring of the two-time champion Diego Cocca, will be the Sunday January 8 when they face precisely as visitors against Santos Laguna.
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