Tigres is almost eliminated from the Liguilla after losing 3-0 on a visit to Xolos, in the first leg of the Apertura 2025 Quarterfinals.
The cats were erased by the dynamics of the Tijuana residents and brought themselves a disadvantage that seems difficult to overcome.
Kevin Castañeda (26), Mourad Daoudi (54′) and Gilberto Mora (70′) sealed the cat’s defeat at the border.
With this result, Tigres on Saturday has to win by 3 goals difference at home to not be eliminated from the tournament.
In the synthetic Tijuana it was not noticed that Only entered the League through Play In and that he only had two victories at home in 15 visits that the Auriazules had made to the Baja California border.
Also The streak of 13 games without losing that the Tigers had was forgottenundefeated as a visitor and defensive solidity.
What was reflected was why Only He is one of the two undefeated in the Liga MX playing at home and also how the Mexican jewel Gilberto Mora He is still on fire in the Final Phase and scored the third goal that left the team very injured. Tigers.
In the bench duel, Sebastian Abreu ended up surpassing Guido and with the change of White Sunday in the second half, when the Tigers They tried to react, the border team found space and finished the game.
The Auriazul team had started slightly superior to the local team; there were attempts to Juan Brunettabut without worrying too much Antonio Rodriguez.
However, at minute 26, Kevin Castaneda received only outside the area, charged a little to the right, and from there he took a missile that surprised Nahuel Guzman for 1-0.
The cats reacted and immediately tied through Angel Correabut the goal was canceled due to forward position.
Before the break, Correa y Brunette They flirted with a tie, but without success.
In the second half, Castaneda won a corner kick by trying again to surprise Nahuelwho in trouble diverted a corner kick and The second goal fell from that stopped ball.
Marco Farfan lost the mark of the Moroccan Mourad Daoudi, who headed for 2-0, in the 54th minute.
After the goal, some feline defenders complained to Farfan how he had cared more about hugging the African striker than about avoiding the shot.
From the feline bench, Guido took out Jesus Angulo and put André-Pierre Gignacwhile the “Crazy” Abreu entered Blanco and this was key for the third goal.
The Argentine winger dribbled Javier Aquino and he hit a diagonal to the control and half a turn of Mora for the new Mexican star to score 3-0, at minute 70.
In the last minutes, Tigers He gave his all for the goal of honor; Gignac It was very close on two occasions and on another Rodríguez avoided the discount Correa.
A year ago, those Tigers of Veljko Paunovic They also received a 3-0 in the first leg of Quarterfinals in San Luis and they did not recover, and now it is the same movie, and they need a second part with a dramatic script and a happy ending to advance to the Semifinals.