Argentine Juan Brunetta scored his first hat trick in Liga MX to lead the rout of Tigres 5-3 over Necaxa in the activity of the 13th date of the 2025 Apertura tournament and where they put the project of the Argentine Fernando Gago on the verge of collapse.

It was of no use to those led by the former coach of Boca Juniors and Chivas, that the Colombian Diber Cambindo was a headache for Nahuel Guzman, because the felines reacted with three goals from Juan Brunetta, one more from the Argentine Angel Correa and the last one from Diego Lainez in a great play by the rookie of the U-20 team Daniel "Chicha" Sanchez.

While Necaxa tried within its limitations to respond like a great adversary to the expensive squad that Tigres have, even on the bench, and that allows them to have this kind of revulsives like the one on matchday 13, but that did not allow them to change history at the home of America.

With the victory, the feline squad climbed to third position by adding 26 points, while Fernando Gago's team is second to last with just nine points and the Argentine is in danger of losing his job.

The actions of the great game

The conditions of the match itself made both Tigres and Necaxa put on a great game, especially because of the goal by Colombian Diber Cambindo in the 17th minute in a great play by Tomas Baladoni that put the first goal on a silver platter for him, making it 0-1.

This made Tigres begin to dominate the game, reaching 69 percent control percentage and allowing Juan Brunetta to score the first of his three goals in the 22nd minute when Andre-Pierre Gignac and Angel Correa got together, with a little backheel pass, but the Argentine, instead of returning the ball, looked up and instead gave it up so Juan could hit it first time.

Bruentta's double came in the 34th minute when he took advantage of a shot from outside the area and placed it beyond the reach of Argentine goalkeeper Ezequiel Unsain in the 34th minute.But Necaxa was not going to give up easily and 45 minutes before going to the break a diagonal pass allowed Changing to score the 2-2 with which they went to the break.

The Tigres show

For the second half, the felines went all out and although Ricardo “La Joya” Monreal managed to keep Necaxa in the game, but the reality is that Brunetta's third goal came and from that moment on they were masters of the match.

Angel Correa scored the fourth goal on the scoreboard in the 63rd minute after a ball that Chicha Sanchez stole in the area and only gave it up for the Argentine striker to profile and send it home for 4-2.

Then came the 4-3 through Ricardo Monreal who brought the visitors closer in the 71st minute, in a play in which they filtered the area through the right profile of the feline area, and he took a low shot first time to beat Nahuel Guzman in what was 4-3.

Finally, Diego Lainez made it 5-3 in the 87th minute in another great play by Chicha Sanchez where he reached the goal line on the left flank and sent a cross that his teammate finished with a header, alone in the area, in what was the fifth at the Universitario stadium.