The Tigres put the Chivas on the brink of elimination: 3-1
The UANL Tigres achieved a great victory in the first duel 3-1 over the Chivas, who are in a serious problem for the return duel
The UANL Tigres managed to give the first strike in the first duel of the quarter semifinal of the Clausura 2026 tournament by beating 3-1 the second lu gar general, Chivas del Guadalajara, in a marker that seems to have sentenced the key and that will depend on the rojiblancos to avoid elimination.
A duel where the feline cadre came out decided to take advantage against a listed rival, where it was thought that the squad led by Argentinian Gabriel Milito could know rar the five losses that they had in their lineup due to the issue of the Mexico team, but in the end they couldn't reach them to come out unscathed from the hot University stadium.
Chivas didn't have goalkeeper Raúl “Tala” Rangel, Luis Romo, Roberto Alvarado, Bryan Gutiérrez and Armando “Horm” on the field iga” González, who were necessarily missing when it's time to face an adversary with as many weapons as the felines.
In his place Óscar Whalley, Miguel Tapias, Santiago Sandoval, Omar Govea and Ricardo Marín appeared, well with these played ores had the Tigres in a first half of a lot of strength against the wall with Ricardo Marín's goal at minute ten.
Chivas, perhaps the most serious error that made in the game is that coach Milito decided to stand back instead of p He tried with his neat style to have the match at his feet, which caused the felines to go for the jugular.
A score that was very discussed by the felines due to an apparent lack of the felines forward in a cut that made him to the Brazilian Rómulo; it seemed that he was stumbling, but the referee declared the action for good and put the tapatío box forward.
But the felines, from minute 45 with Jesús Ángulo's goal in a corner kick, almost ending the first half in a shot at first post in a corner shot, they gave enough fuel to the cats to go in search of victory in the second half.
The feline gale
But he came in the second half and Tigres went with everything in front; supported in the work of Ángel Correa and with the generation of Fernando G They would miss, Juan Brunneta, Diego Lainez and Rodrigo Aguirre, they pushed back the red-and-white who no longer felt the hard, but the thick.
In the feline pressure Juan Brunetta and the rookie Diego “Rica” Sánchez appeared along with the rest of the university offensive players to place themselves in the 3-1 that put the tapatíos in a predicament.
The Chivas went to the front in search of reacting with the entry of Ángel Sepúlveda and Yael Padilla, but the Tigres now They had tied up the match and ended up dominating the Tapatio team in a way that makes it seem like the series is defined.

