A sacred experience. And memories full of the head. The Tigres de Monterrey, however led 2-0, won the closing tournament of the Mexican championship on Sunday thanks in particular to a goal from André-Pierre Gignac, who revived his team, finally victorious 3-2 after extra time on the ground of the Chivas of Guadalajara.
This is the second time, after 2019, that the former Lorient, Toulouse and OM player has won this closing tournament since joining Monterrey in 2015, a year before the lost Euro final. by the Blues against Portugal.
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The top scorer in the history of the Tigers – he is approaching 200 goals – also has three victories in the opening tournament, from 2015 to 2017 – the Mexican championship is played in two semi-annual tournaments, which each give rise to a title .
“Dédé” Gignac, 37, also won a Concacaf Champions League at the end of 2020, the Confederation of Central and North America. And his story with the Tigers is not over since the French international (36 caps, 7 goals) extended his one-year contract last February, until June 2025.
Sunday, in front of more than 45,000 Guadalajara fans, this golden story seemed to have a disappointment: after a goalless draw in the first leg in Monterrey, the Tigers conceded two goals in the first twenty minutes.
But, after several chances, it was Gignac himself who revived his training by reducing the score on penalty in the 65th, before the equalizer of the Mexican midfielder Sebastián Córdova seven minutes later (2-2, 72nd). Dominating, Monterrey scored the winning goal in extra time in the 109th minute, thanks to Argentinian defender Guido Pizarro, who scored with a header, giving the Tigers their 8th national title, the 5th since the arrival of André- Pierre Gignac.
