It certainly wasn’t pretty last night. But honestly, can you blame Tigres? With Pachuca owning arguably the best midfield in the entire league in Erick Sánchez and Luis Chávez, along with their dangerous attackers in Avilés Hurtado and golden boot winner Nico Ibáñez, not to mention Tigres’ issues with red cards, the home side really had to be as orderly as a library and on their best behavior if they wished to have any chance at grabbing a lead to take back to Pachuca, where the series will ultimately close out on Sunday.
After an uneventful first half, the action started to pick up in the second.