The women’s team Tigers recovered this Thursday from a three-goal deficit with America and left the first leg of the final of the women’s Apertura tournament in Mexico at 3-3. The Spanish Irene Guerrero and Scarlett Camberos scored from a penalty, and the American Sarah Luebbert completed the production of America, which seemed to have victory on track until Stephany Mayor, the South African Chrestinah Kgatlana and the Brazilian Jheniffer Da Silva appeared.
América went ahead with the penalty taken by Guerrero in the 17th minute. The Águilas increased in the same way in the 21st minute and this time changed the Camberos shot for a goal. Luebbert capped his great first half at the stroke of the 45th minute.
Irene Guerrero scored one of América’s goals
In the second half, Tigres advanced lines with the Spanish Jenni Hermoso as the main generator of offensive play, although the feline resurrection came from the bench with the entry into the field of Stephany Mayor, Chrestinah Kgatlana and Jheniffer Da Silva. In the 62nd minute, Mayor scored 3-1 in a series of rebounds inside the area that she resolved with a powerful shot to the left from Madrid’s Sandra Paños.
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Kgatlana brought them closer (3-2) in the 77th minute, in a breakaway through the center of the field in which he left two rivals stranded and upon entering the area he resolved the one-on-one with Paños with a shot into the net. The visiting push was unstoppable. In the 83rd minute, Jheniffer Da Silva headed in a cross to celebrate the 3-3 score. In the second leg of the Apertura final, Tigres UANL will host the Águilas next Sunday.
