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Gignac formidable but Tigres' defense leading Liga MX title charge

While the French forward is in fine form, it's Tuca Ferretti's back line that will pose the biggest challenge for Chivas' hopes of a championship

When a player is capable of running off seven goals in three games, they're going to draw attention. When that player is Andre-Pierre Gignac, the gregarious Frenchman who has taken to Mexico as it has taken to him, it's even more so.

So when Gignac spearheads Tigres' attack in the first leg of the Liga MX Clausura final on Thursday against Chivas, there will be plenty of people watching him. While he hadn't played in playoffs before arriving in the Americas, he's taken to the format, scoring 14 goals in 18 playoff appearances.