Monterey /
In a heart duel, The Tigres rowed against the current to draw 2-2 against León in the Volcán and thus maintain their undefeated record at home in this Apertura 2024.
Being at a disadvantage on two occasionsPaunovic’s team managed to drown out its rival and came very close to achieving a valuable victory to remain on the prowl for the general leadership of Apertura 2024.
The refereeing controversy remained present in the match, since the whistler Daniel Quintero annulled a couple of Panzas Verdes goals with the help of the VAR.
The Tigres team began the match with great intensity, constantly searching for the rival goal; However, the auctions of Gignac, Córdova and Ozziel Herrera They were unable to generate danger.
At 21′ the Auriazules nets moved after an emerald counterattack that ended José Alvarado header to open the bookmark.
The speed of those from Bajío surprised the university students, leaving them in a bad position Diego Hernández central timewhich allowed the striped youth player to score his second goal in the tournament.
It seemed that in the 30th minute, León went 2-0 with a goal from ‘Plátano’, who scored in front of Nahuel’s goal without any problem.
However, in the play where La Fiera’s attack began there was an illegal dispute of Salvador Reyes on Fernando Gorriarán, Therefore, the VAR reversed the Panzas Verdes’ score.
The goal of the TigrIt fell in the 34th minute after André-Pierre Gignac With a powerful header he beat Alfonso Blanco to equalize.
Uriel Antuna stood out with an accurate pass from the left wing, putting it right to the Frenchman, who reached four goals in the tournament.
At 60′ La Fiera took the lead again with Stiven Barreiro’s scorethe coffee grower only had to push the ball past Luciano Cabral who managed to get into the area and pull the markers.
Nahuel Guzmán’s poor rejection of the corner kick allowed the Esmeraldas to recover in the crescent to end the play in a goal.
In the 81st minute, another mistake by Nahuel almost cost the locals the night, Johander Cádiz took advantage of the Argentine’s bad rebound to push the round, but after the silent review of the VAR, the third emerald goal was annulled.
The whistler once again relied on the technological help that he pointed out a slight advanced position on the part of the Venezuelan striker.
Juan Brunetta managed to score the equalizer in the 90th minute after appearing by surprise in the area, finishing off with a first attempt against Alfonso Blanco.
Diego Lainez crossed the entire left wing and in the last quarter he found the space to give the Argentine the perfect pass who defined internally.
At 98′ Alfonso Blanco dressed as a hero by saving what seemed like a goal from under the three posts. Sebastian Cordova who through the air wanted to score the victory goal.
With the tie sealed, Tigres reached 21 unitsleaving the possibility of overtaking the leader, Cruz Azul, in the standings; Eduardo Berizzo’s team managed to reach 8 points after ten rounds played.
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