Tigres faced ‘Tuca’ Ferretti for the second time since his exit from the Monterrey-based club, and proved more than superior yet again. After pouncing on them in last season’s regular season finale by a 3-0 final, things were going just about the same, until their defense began relaxing a little too much. Had the game been closer, I have no doubt those plays would’ve gotten cleaned up.
It took no longer than 15 minutes for Herrera’s squad to open the scoring, when Aquino sent a cross into Juárez’s box that was horribly misjudged by a defender and landed straight into Thauvin’s boots who simply pushed it in with his left foot.