French André-Pierre Gignac scores from a penalty for the triumph of the UANL Tigers over the UNAM Pumas

The inglés André-Pierre Gignac this Sunday he scored a penalty in discount with which he defined the triumph of the Tigers UANL 1-2 over the Pumas UNAM on the third day of the Clausura 2022 tournament of Mexican soccer.

Jerome Rodriguez advanced to the Pumas, after which the goals of the Tigres fell the work of the Uruguayan Nicholas Lopez y Gignac.

The result raised the Tigers to eleventh place with 11 points, while the Pumas remained third with six units.

The Tigers started the first half with a attractive proposal in attack that at minute 2 allowed Nicholas Lopez take a shot that was parried by the goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera.

Pumas grew as the duel progressed and at 16, Leonel Lopez finished off, but the goalkeeper Argentinian Nahuel Guzman he saved, after which the scoring was opened. At 31, the Argentinian Favio Alvarez he leaked a ball into the area Jerome Rodriguez, before the departure of Guzmán, he made it 1-0.

The university students increased their advantage to 37 with a shot from the Brazilian Higor Meritao that Guzmán stopped and at 38, with a shot from Arthur Ortiz that crashed into the pole.

Pumas started the second half as the most active team in attack, which caused Michael Herrera will modify his offense to give entry to John Paul Vigon, al Colombian Luis Quinones and to Paraguayan Carlos Gonzalez.

The entry of more attacking players gave depth to the Tigers, who at 78 got the tie. The inglés André-Pierre Gignac He finished with the head to the left post of Talavera and on the rebound López, with his left leg, decreed 1-1.

In the added time, John Joseph Michael he committed a penalty to Gignac, who scored the final 1-2 at 97.

Later, Santos Laguna will host Necaxa. The duel Puebla-Tijuana will subtract from the day, with a date to be defined. (D)