Tigres and Columbus Crew Battle to Penalty Shootout in Concacaf Champions Cup Quarterfinal

Tigres had drawn 1-1 in the First Leg of the Quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup, so they needed an important result in the Volcán to not be eliminated and secure a ticket to the semifinals.

The locals did not wait long and in less than three minutes, Gignac resolved the result.

Gignac made it 1-0 for Tigres against Columbus Crew

Barely three minutes had passed into the match and André-Pierre Gignac did not forgive Columbus Crew’s mistake to extend the lead in the tie.

Patrick Schulte, goalkeeper of the visiting club, tried to make a cut to the French striker, the ball got stuck in his feet, Gignac took it away from him and with the empty frame he made it 1-0 for Tigres.

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Columbus Crew tied the aggregate

Tigres had already had two goals disallowed and the Columbus Crew began to put pressure on the cats until they tied the game and the aggregate.

At 59′, a counterattack by the visitors left the Liga MX team defenseless, because Farsi controlled the long shot, sent the pass to the center of the feline area and Diego Rossi sealed the 1-1 tie.

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Columbus qualified on penalties

The penalty shootout began with Gignac’s miss from the spot and Diego Rossi did score so the series began 0-1 in favor of Columbus.

Guido Pizarro also failed and Patrick Schulte was the hero of both collections.

Russell made it 2-0 and put pressure on Ozziel Herrera to give life to Tigres with a 2-1 lead.

Columbus scored again to make it 3-1 and Sebastián Córdova was forced to score, but the Mexican forced it to 3-2.

Cucho Hernández went to take Columbus’s fourth penalty to kill the shootout and sent it to the post.

Jesús Angulo had to score and converted it to make it 3-3, waiting for the visitors to miss their last penalty.

Arfsten was Columbus’ hero by scoring the last charge and leaving the round 4-3 in his favor. Which denied the possibility of a royal classic.

2024-04-10 03:54:00
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