The story of Tiger look for your best epilogue. He transited last season through the Argentine second division. He went up to First and, in his number one championship, he managed to qualify in the regular stage. Later, in quarters, he went down to the immense River in the very Monumental. Now he eliminated on penalties in the semis the interesting Argentine Juniors from Gabriel Milito. And on Sunday he will go for more in the League Cup final against Boca. Yes, the Matador de Victoria will seek to raise the surprise to its maximum expression. He wants to be champion.
It cost more than he imagined Tiger according to the development of the match played in the stadium of Hurricane. The thing is Argentine Juniors he was left with ten players at 37 minutes of the first half due to the fair expulsion of Gabriel Florentin.
On top of that, at the beginning of the final stage, Alexis Castro appeared to draw a classy resolution after a very good overflow by Mateo Retegui. Tigre won it. However, with the astute hand of Gaby Milito in the changes, slowly Argentines he rearranged himself again and generated situations that brought him closer to a draw. Thus, three minutes from closing, the giant Gabriel Avalos built a sensual definition, placing it at an angle despite the fact that he could not maintain stability after a different step.
After the 1-1 in the game, despite the negative psychological effect represented by the waste of the numerical advantage that they had enjoyed for much of the 90 minutes, nothing blurred the Tiger. He was more accurate on penalties. There he won 3-1, because he converted the three he kicked, while Argentinos only scored one of the four he kicked.
The only star in the First Division had been caught by Tigre in 2019, winning the final of the Super League Cup against Boca at the stadium Mario Kempes of Cordoba. At that time, Victoria’s team had played that competition knowing that the following season they would drop to second because they had relegated in the league.
Now some nuances change, but very few. Everything is very strange again. because this time Tiger just went up. It is unusual for a team newly arrived from the second division to reach a final with such strength. This competition barely changes its name. It’s the League Cup. The rival and the stage will be the same as three years ago. Yes, on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Spanish time), the modest Tigre will seek to be champion again in Córdoba against the giant Boca.
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