By Manuel Acevedo
Dec 10, 2023, 11:53 PM EST
The second leg of the semi-finals of the Apertura Tournament 2023 between the UANL Tigers vs. the UNAM Pumas ended with a tied score of 1-1 at El Volcán and, after the 0-1 in favor in the first leg, the team led by Robert Dante Siboldi He secured his qualification to the final of the tournament.
The match began with a slight dominance in possession of the ball in favor of the Tigers and from there they began to gradually create few clear scoring chances.
Within 10 minutes of the first match, several strong impacts had already occurred between players that caused a Pumas player was substituted.
A very dangerous collective play for the university team ended with a shot from outside the area that hit an opponent so that the ball went into the corner. Those in charge of VAR they called head referee to review a possible hand that ended up sanctioning.
The extreme Cesar Huertas was in charge of executing the maximum penalty, but the goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman He stopped the ball. After that the game fell into a constant back and forth with clear opportunities for both institutions.
The scoring opened in the 16th minute of the first half when Gabriel Matias Fernandez shook the networks. That score caused the team of the Tigers will add more pieces in the attack in search of the one that would give them the tie against those led by Antonio Mohamed.
The attack was achieved after 24 minutes of action, when Juan Pablo Vigón He took advantage of a cross from the right wing to take a strong right-footed shot.
After that the match was again very worked out in the midfield and that caused the match to become slow and boring for the fans present in the stadium. University Stadium of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León.
Second half, same tone
The second half of the match began with the same tone as the first half and that caused the main referee to have to show several yellow cards in order to calm down the large number of strong clashes.
The Pumas had a large number of opportunities to go ahead on the scoreboard, but they could not take advantage of them and little by little the Tigers They were taking control of the match.
Little by little the university team players began to realize that they were missing the classification and Pablo Bennevendo stepped on Diego Lainez on the ankle, so it was sanctioned with a red card.
Although Cougars finished with 10 men, the score was tied and the great news is that the Tigers recovered their French striker André-Pierre Gignac for the final of Apertura 2023 Tournament.
The Águilas del América will face the Tigres de la UANL next Thursday, December 14, which will be the first leg of the grand final at the Volcano Stadium; The second leg will be played on Sunday the 17th at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
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