Tigres was not dead, nor was Monterrey in the clouds: a Clásico Regio sometimes serves to shake the spirits of Felines and Rayados, as if it were a match unrelated to everything that happens around the Liga MX or any tournament, and the capital of New Leon and its metropolitan area are now left with high spirits following an epic match.
3-3 draw in a Royal Classic of hubbub, madness, goals and pure spectacle in the ‘Steel Giant’, all following both teams experienced different sides of the coin in the Champions Cup in midweek and that had consequences in this commitment.
As soon as the central referee took the whistle out of his mouth, he almost had to put it back on to signal the center of the field: Juan Brunetta scored when the game was not even a minute old and half of Nuevo León, who was barely going to sit down, that he was going to open the first beer or that he was settling down, he was already celebrating Tigres’ goal.
Those led by Robert Dante Siboldi were determined to dress their staunch rival in the Columbus Crew uniform and try to make Rayados pay for the failure suffered in the Concacaf Champions Cup a few days ago. Those from the UANL dedicated themselves to closing spaces in such a way that the ‘Gang’ was ineffective for a few moments… until the tie came.
Luis Romo decreed equality just following 8′ and the Clásico Regio was already crazy in the ‘Steel Giant’, packed, as the occasion warranted in the most important duel in northern Mexico. Romo would be injured later, but the show was already on.
Fernando Gorriarán returned the advantage to the cats moments before the whistle that sent the half-time break, first and from the outside following a center from the right, a goal that once once more silenced the venue in Guadalupe.
The damage for those led by Fernando Ortiz was enormous since, once once more, Brunetta scored from the locker room, this time following the restart, with 40 seconds elapsed since the start of the second half, and the Tigres were already oozing blood following pressing with He held the knife so hard between his teeth, and Monterrey suffered from it.
Rayados tried to wake up emotionally and seemed to achieve it when at 61′, Gerardo Arteaga closed the gap with a goal that made Monterrey believe that they continued with possession of the ball for the rest of the game, everything was left for last, with an added nine minutes .
Andrada was already up to finish, Felipe Rodríguez prodigiously saved his goal, but Germán Berterame was the one who unleashed the final passions with the tying goal, in a match that also had the expulsion of Aquino and fights at the end, absolute delirium with a tie that will be long remembered in Nuevo León and beyond its borders: simply epic.