The UANL Tigers They reported that the French striker André-Pierre Gignac will not make the trip to Puebla to face the club in the quarterfinals of the Liga MXdespite the fact that he has already fully and satisfactorily recovered from a problem in the pubic area.
The club assured that it prefers that the forward not participate in the first leg, instead, that he continue his rest and physical conditioning in Montereycity where he will play the second leg on Saturday, December 2 and possibly can be considered by Robert Sante Siboldi.
“We inform our fans that André-Pierre Gignac “He is already medically ready, but he will not make the trip to Puebla to continue with his rehabilitation and physical conditioning,” he published. Tigers on his X account, formerly known as Twitter.
What is certain is that with this drop in Gignacthe technical director of the feline team must put Nicolás Ibáñez in the lineup as a starter against Puebla.
Tigres will do everything possible to avoid the America championship
Days before, André-Pierre Gignac He noted that his team, Tigerswill do everything in his power to avoid a possible chance to avoid the championship of the America cluba team that arrives as a favorite to take the tournament crown after finishing as the leader of the regular phase.
In a conversation between Gignac, Chicharito Hernández, Miguel Layún and Oribe Peralta, The French forward assured that they will do everything possible so that Layún does not retire as champion.
“It could be that he says: ‘I’m retiring at the top,’ it could be that he has the expectation of being champion of this tournament,” Gignac mentioned, to which Chicharito replied: “Can you imagine, man, if he da”, to which the Frenchman did not hesitate to break the illusion: “What the hell, brother? It’s not going to happen, don’t stain it! I just can’t think about it”No, no, no, better for me, sorry, Miguel, you better go through the back door,” he said, to the laughter of Hernández and Peralta.
Guido Pizarro reveals strategy to face Puebla
The midfielder of the Tigres UANL Guido Pizarro He stated that his club’s intention is to go “game after game” before facing the Pueblahis rival in the quarter finals.
Pizarro He assured that at the moment they are not thinking about taking the throne crown, since it is still early and they have several phases to overcome. Now the only thing on their mind is their next game.
“If we thought about the two-time championship, we would lose focus in what we will have before and our intention is to go game after game. Our mind is on the first one with Puebla and from there, we will grow day by day,” said the player from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“We are going to face a great rival that is difficult on their field; They have players who have had a great tournament, but we have had time to work and continue improving. It’s going to be a difficult 180 minutes and we’re working to get as good as possible. and be facing what we have to face,” he said.
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