The Rayados of Monterrey took revenge for the painful elimination in the semifinals of the Clausura 2023 tournament which cost coach Víctor Manuel Vucetich his job by winning the UANL Tigres 1-2 in a controversial refereeing duel and thus putting a foot in the semifinal stage of the current Clausura 2024 competition.
The reality is that unlike the classic of matchday 15 where a spectacular 3-3 draw was recorded at the BBVA stadium, Now in the Universitario stadium, the two teams wanted to resolve the actions using a more conservative style and where Monterrey got the better of it with the victory by a difference of one goal.
Monterrey’s victory slightly reduces the pressure on the continuity of Argentine coach Fernando Ortiz, on the Rayados bench, whose continuity depends on the elimination of their staunch rival in this tie and which has been placed on a silver platter for the so-called “Tano” to leave behind their bad luck of four eliminations in final series, three with América and one with the painting of the Sultana of the North.
With goals from the Spanish Sergio Canales and the Argentine Maximiliano MezaMonterrey resolved a brave duel where the feline squad responded through Diego Lainez, in a contest that was immersed in controversy over two plays that would have changed the course of the match if the whistler Marco Antonio Ortiz had dared to mark them as penalty or at least go to the VAR, but he ended up ignoring them, thereby fanning the flame of controversy.
First, the hands of defender Samir Caetano de Souza in clear hands, but which referee Marco Antonio Ortiz judged as accidental the playwhen the touch of the ball with the Brazilian player’s limb moved the course of the ball and which on other occasions has been marked as a maximum penalty, but which now did not even merit the whistler reviewing the play in the VAR.
Second, when Diego Lainez, motivated by his great goal that made the match temporarily 1-1, arrived at the area and was knocked down there for an ugly sweep by Argentine Jorge Rodríguez inside the area, being ignored by the whistler, when the action had been worthy of a round of wrestling.
These factors caused the meeting to become involved in constant tension. and that both teams, instead of offering each other on the field, wanted to win the game through force, trying to impose their personality and where Monterrey struck the second blow with Maximiliano Meza’s goal in the 48th minute of running time.
The controversy and tension of the actions They were reflected when Antonio Leone and Javier Aquino got into a confrontationor that it was about to lead to a high-level fight, especially due to the pushing that caused the benches to empty.
In the end the blood did not reach the river, but everything was ready for Sunday’s duel starting at 9 p.m. Monterrey can maintain control of the tie or Tigres can win the race and turn the league around to advance to the semifinals.
In this way, in the 117th edition of the Monterrey classic, he achieved his 40th victory by 41 for the cats, which closes the gap in the advantage that the UANL Tigres had in the history of this rivalry in the north of the country.
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