Tigres was in an uncomfortable situation early in Tuesday's Copa Libertadores match but stayed calmed and reaped the benefits, writes Jon Arnold.
It took just one minute for Tigres to go from projecting a cool confidence to looking very uncomfortable. Goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman was called into action in the first minute and beaten the next.
Many players from the team, the No. 2 seed in the Copa Libertadores after getting through the group stage undefeated, were wearing long sleeves Tuesday, with temperatures hanging around 50 degrees. If the cool temperatures weren't enough, playing 9,000 feet above sea level in Sucre, Bolivia, was perhaps a more daunting task — one the team would now face trailing 1-0.