The Monterrey outfit has made headlines for its big payroll, but the team's lesser-known names have put them in the Copa Libertadores final, writes Jon Arnold.
It's easy to assign narratives to teams. Chelsea plays defensive soccer, Stoke scores off set pieces, River Plate is looking for redemption after relegation and Tigres spend big.
Those storylines all come from places of truth, but generally there's so much more than the snap reaction. It's true Tigres manager Ricardo "Tuca" Ferretti slotted big signings like French forward Andre-Pierre Gignac and star Mexican wingers Javier Aquino and Jurgen Damm into his starting lineup for the Copa Libertadores semifinal against Brazil's Internacional, but those players aren't the only weapons in Tuca's arsenal.