The French Andre-Pierre Gignac scored this Saturday a ‘double’ for Tigers UANL won 2-0 in Necaxa and they will qualify for the quarterfinals of the Apertura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer where they will face runner-up Pachuca.
With his two goals in the playoffs, Gignac tallied 28 in the final stages of the Mexican League to tie for third place among leading scorers with the retired Alberto García Aspe; The first place is occupied by former Paraguayan soccer player José Saturdino Cardozo, with 43 goals.
Tigres dominated the first half, despite the fact that in the 20th minute they suffered the dismissal of Javier Aquino, who made iron on the Uruguayan Facundo Batista.
Although they dominated the contest, the cats managed only one dangerous shot when in the 34th minute Argentine Guido Pizarro shot at goal, a shot that was denied by goalkeeper Luis Malagón.
Meanwhile, Necaxa was unable to make a shot on goal because they chose to counterattack, even after the red card that Aquino got. Necaxa was sentenced to elimination after suffering an ejection from Batista in the 50th minute, stomping on Raymundo Fulgencio from behind.
Again with the same number of players on the court, the Tigers were first on the scoreboard. In the 60th minute, Gignac launched a free kick that went into the top right corner of Malagón for 1-0. After a mistake by Brazilian Samir De Souza, the cats increased their lead. Fulgencio, from the right, crossed a cross into the area which Gignac converted, with a header, to make it 2-0 in the 73rd minute.
Source: La Verdad
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