Tigres has made history in Qatar and is the first Mexican club finalist in a Club World Cup of FIFA. The cats surprised the champion of the Copa Libertadores, Palmeiras, and won the semifinal at the Education City Stadium in Doha by 0-1, a penalty goal from Gignac.
Tigres was better throughout the game and only did not achieve a wider victory because the rival goalkeeper, the Brazilian international Weverton made at least three spectacular saves.
The game started frantic, at high speed, and Palmeiras arrived in danger in the first minute, with a Rony start from the left. The extreme crossed low for Luis Adriano who did not arrive to finish off in the small area by a few centimeters. Two minutes later Tigres did not open the scoring miracle. González received a cross from the right, climbed higher than the defense and finished powerful. Weverton jumped like a cat to make a cinematic stop, showing why he is the third goalkeeper in the Brazilian team, behind Alisson and Ederson.
In the 17th minute Rony reappeared when he launched a rocket from the front of the area that Guzmán rejected towards the center of the area, where Gabriel Menino was, who, totally alone, finished off wide, missing an incredible opportunity.
Tigre responded in minute 32 with Gignac, who took advantage of a lost ball on the left wing of the Palmeiras area, made a wall with Quiñones and finished off first, making Weverton shine once again, who saved the team again Brazilian. Five minutes later, the same story: Gignac’s header and defense of Weverton, which was the name of the match in the first half.
Tigres came back even better in the second half and opened the scoring in the 53rd minute, from a penalty, after a foul by Luan inside the area, which grabbed González chen the forward tried to uncheck to receive a pass from Gignac. The French, top scorer in the history of the Mexican club, transformed with a low shot, to the right of Weverton, who came to brush the ball with the tips of his fingers, but not enough to stop the shot.
A minute later, González himself fell back into the area after a collision with a central defender, but the referee ordered the play to continue and did not award a penalty. Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira made two changes and put in young Patrick de Paula to try a reaction. Although they dominated the last quarter of the game, the Brazilian team showed too much anxiety and little success in the last pass, without presenting much danger to the feline goal.
