San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L.- Guadalajara continues to show signs of its collective progress in the correct execution of match plans. They stood firm at the Volcán on Thursday night, as they constantly pressured their attackers to disarm the vast majority of their intentions and ended up drawing 0-0 in the first leg of the Grand Final of the Clausura 2023, which will define the Champion on Sunday at the Akron Stadium.
It was a very tactical match with few plays of real danger in the areas, but the Rebaño played with intelligence, showed personality and character in one of the most difficult customs in Mexican soccer, aware that they can finish the job at home with the full support of the Chivahermanos.
Dangerous chances:
- At 19' The local team came close to opening the scoring with a cross from Gorriarán on the right that was deflected by 'Pollo', the ball hit the crossbar, the rebound was taken by Gignac, who counter-attacked very cross and the ball went wide.
- At 44', El Cone had a clear opportunity when he stole a ball at Tigres' exit near the box and immediately shot with his left foot, but his shot went over.
- At 63', the felines gave another warning with a headed pass from Gignac to Quiñones inside the box, the 'Pollo' cut over the top, but the ball was left to Vigón, who shot from the air, but his shot went over.
- At 78', Rafael Carioca took a rebound from the Red and White defense outside the area and volleyed a shot that went close to 'Wacho's' left post.
- At 83', Córdova took a free kick down the right alley of the box to the near post that 'Wacho' denied with two hands.
Tigres 0-0 Guadalajara
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramírez
Universitario Stadium
Lineups:
Tigres: 1 Nahuel Guzmán, 27 Jesús Angulo, 13 Diego Reyes, 19 Guido Pizarro, 20 Javier Aquino (AM 3') (16 Jesús Garza at 54'), 5 Rafael de Souza, 8 Fernando Gorriarán (AM 51') (6 Juan Pablo Vigón at 54'), 16 Diego Lainez (16 Nicolás Ibáñez at 68'), 17 Sebastián Córdova (AM 66'), 23 Luis Quiñonez (22 Raymundo Fulgencio at 88'), 10 André Pierre Gignac (Nicolás López at 68').
D.T. Robert Dante Siboldi
Guadalajara: 23 Miguel Jiménez, 2 Alan Mozo, 3 Gilberto Sepúlveda, 4 Antonio Briseño (AM 3'), 13 Jesús Orozco (AM 69'), 28 Fernando González (AM 47') (29 Eduardo Torres at 64'), 5 Víctor Guzmán (19 Alejandro Mayorga at 74') (AM 81'), 20 Fernando Beltrán, 11 Isaac Brizuela (6 Pavel Pérez at 57'), 25 Roberto Alvarado (26 Cristian Calderón at 74'), 10 Alexis Vega (18 Ronaldo Cisneros at 57').
D.T. Veljko Paunovic
