Neutral ground perhaps, but in the stands, the yellow jerseys of America, Mexico’s most successful club, were vastly superior in numbers to those of André-Pierre Gignac’s Tigres. The Mexico City players even had the right to their yellow and blue kop in the stadium of the Los Angeles Galaxy, host of the “Campeon de Campeones”, opposing the winners of the opening and closing tournaments of the Mexican Championship.
For his official return, the Frenchman, almost 39 years old, played the entire match. He weighed in at the start of the match, first thanks to a good cross at the origin of a strike from a teammate in the second minute then with a deflection launching the Uruguayan Fernando Gorriaran, decisive passer for Juan Brunetta at the 7th minute (1-0). But his unscrewed header (45th) or his inside recovery with his right foot in the air (63rd) did not make the same difference.
Former Bordeaux player Dilrosun decisive
Opposite, it was Javairô Dilrosun, another European from Liga MX, who stood out. A deflected left shot from the Dutchman ended up in the top corner of the Tigres for the equalizer (24th) and after a number on the right, the ex-Bordeaux winger crossed to the second Alejandro Zendejas who threw himself at the far post to put to Henry Martin, scorer without much effort (2-1, 35th). For Gignac, looking for a sixth league title with Monterrey, the opening tournament starts on Saturday against Nexaca.
