Tigres UANL achieved the best result they could have hoped for by defeating Nashville 0-1 in a very profitable visit to the state of Tennessee, which could allow the squad led by Argentine Guido Pizarro to reach the Concachampions final.

The felines took full advantage of the goal by Argentine Angel Correa in the 33rd minute, and from that moment on, they began to control the game, which led them to take half of the ticket to the Concachampions final in the match that was held this Tuesday at Geodis Park.

The victory on American soil ended an eleven-game winless streak away from home, confirming that the university team is ready to fight for the Liga MX title playoffs and now the Concacaf Champions League with the most important result they were hoping for.

Nashville's victory is even more significant because it is only their second win in 16 matches in Major League Soccer and the Concachampions, making them a tough nut to crack for teams in the area, both Mexican and Central American.

The Tigers' victory puts them in a favorable position in the tiebreaker criteria, especially since they did not concede a goal against a team that had accumulated 30 goals before facing the northern felines.

Things aligned from the beginning, as the weather conditions first gave the Mexicans more time to calmly prepare for the match after a delay of an hour and a half due to the terrible weather with thunderstorms.

It is true that the Mexican team had to battle in the game from the first minutes when at six minutes Hany Makhtar scored the 1-0 to make the stands explode at six minutes, but after reviewing the play the goal was annulled.

The Tigers responded immediately with two shots from Ozziel Herrera and Juan Brunnetta that put goalkeeper Brian Schwake to work, stopping two shots from Herrera and a one-on-one chance for Brunnetta.

Everything changed in the 33rd minute, when the Auriazules put the first goal on the table, after a nutmeg by Juan Vigon that allowed Correa to take the rebound to beat goalkeeper Schwake. 

In the second half, the Argentine coach of the Mexican team, Guido Pizarro, made changes by sending Marcelo Flores for the injured Ozziel Herrera and Diego Lainez for Rodrigo Aguirre, and with that he had speed in the first mark and then the option of going forward on counterattacks.

The dangers for Tigres were precisely those created by Marcelo Flores and Diego Lainez, who put the American goalkeeper to work, who stopped the danger, but could not motivate his teammates to generate the change in the score.