Even with 90 minutes pending to be played this Saturday in Nuevo Leónlos Only of Tijuana They had a strong presentation at the quarter finals of the Opening 2025 ante Tigerswith a victory for the border team of 3-0 in the third game of the Mexican league.
Dominant over the feline team and with goals from Kevin Castaneda, Mourad He Ghezouani and of Gilberto Morathe combination of Sebastián Abreu took a clear step in their chances of qualifying for the semifinals, against an apathetic Tigres that was never in this first half of the tie.
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After a first time where Tijuana managed to impose conditions but without marking clear control in the rival area, it was a mid-distance shot by Castañeda that was the way in which the Xolos opened the game with a goal that was combined with poor execution in the goal of Nahuel Guzmánto close a first half in which Tigers only had one goal correctly disallowed for offside Ángel Correa.
Given such an advantage, the second goal of the night came from the defender He Ghezouani who scored a header in the 54th minute, from a corner kick, to widen the lead with more than half an hour left in the game.
Already with a widened difference and Tigers Without the correct readings of the game, an action due to speed that they generated on the left wing led to a diagonal in the center of the feline area and that after a quick directed drive was Mora who completed the win at 71′, to also confirm the solid pace of Tijuana at home, with 11 games played in the Hot Stadium and that has left them a balance of seven wins and four draws.
Despite the good ending of the game that Tigers in Tijuanawith individual actions of André-Pierre Gignacwhich did not go beyond a shot on the post and saves from Antonio Rodríguezthe cats had to settle for a three-goal defeat, against a Guido Pizarro who lost the tactical duel against Abreu.
In contrast to the present of Only, Tigers saw its first defeat as a visitor in the semester, with a view to closing the series on Saturday at the Volcán del Universitario in Nuevo León, but with the obligation to win by three goals on the weekend to continue its participation in the Opening 2025.