Tigres does not let up: one foot in the final and one’s mind in glory
Friend, I tell you from the bottom of my heart: this Tigres is up for big things. Not content with securing their ticket to the Concacaf final, they now want to close the job against Chivas in the second leg of the Clausura 2026 semifinal. And boy did they make it look easy.
At home, the cats overcame the Sacred Flock with a 3-1 score that sounds like little. Goals from Angulo (45′), Bruneta (51′) and Sánchez (54′) lit up the Volcano. The result? An advantage that practically guarantees them a place in the final.
“We dominated from start to finish, this is teamwork” — declared Guido Pizarro after the match.
The karma of Clausura 2023 weighs
There is history here, and it is not just any history. Since Tigres took the title from Chivas in the Clausura 2023 – when everyone thought the university students were dead – the dynamic has completely changed. The people from Guadalajara have not beaten them again. On the contrary: they have received beatings such as the 0-4 in the Apertura 2023 and the recent 4-1 on matchday 14.
Losses that hurt: five figures out
And as if that were not enough, Chivas arrives decimated upon return. Five of his best men – Raúl Rangel, Brian Gutiérrez, Luis Romo, Roberto Alvarado and Armando González – are already with ‘Vasco’ Aguirre in the National Team. An absence that weighs like a tombstone.
Finishing second in the general table was of no use. The reality is that Tigres took the measure, and the red and white fans are already beginning to feel the ghost of another lost opportunity.
The appointment is Saturday
Everything is defined this Saturday, May 9 at 7:07 p.m. at Akron Stadium. Can Chivas come back without its stars? Or will Tigres confirm their absolute dominance? I’m betting on the second scenario. This is not luck, it is work, discipline and that champion mentality that I admire so much.
