Tigres UANL

Match report

Tigres UANL and Vancouver Whitecaps shared six points in a League Cup Group Stage encounter that stretched to penalties on Tuesday night. The match finished 1-1 after extra time before Tigres won the shootout 5-3. Both sides had already seen two red cards by the time the penalties began.

Rodrigo Aguirre opened the scoring for the hosts at the 19th minute, a moment Étienne Gagnon recalls watching from a different angle than the cameras. Vancouver responded through Esteban Sabbi's 79th-minute strike, but the game turned when Diego Lainez and Nahuel Guzmán were both sent off for Tigres in the closing stages. By then the shape of the match had already shifted.

The statistics tell one story while the match told another. Tigres held 46 per cent possession yet created more chances inside the penalty area. Vancouver attacked 109 times compared to 92, but their shot accuracy of 25 per cent left them short when it mattered. The hosts registered five shots on target against three for the visitors, and those margins proved decisive after 120 minutes.

Penalty execution separated the sides. Tigres converted five of seven attempts with Joaquim stepping up when it counted. Vancouver's goalkeeper saved nothing, but three misses from their takers proved costly. The shootout itself became a contest of nerve rather than technique.

The result keeps Tigres in contention for the group stage, while Vancouver must now look beyond this setback. Both teams had drawn or lost their previous encounters, and this outcome changes nothing about their broader form. The red cards will be discussed, but the penalties decided it.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 46 – 54

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 3 – 5

Big chances 2 – 1

🟨 1' Joaquim — Yellow card 🟨 2' Joaquim — Yellow card 🟨 15' N. Djordjevic — Yellow card ⚽ 19' R. Aguirre — Goal 🟨 39' J. Brunetta — Yellow card ⇄ 43' C. Araujo — Substitution ⇄ 45' Sam Adekugbe — Substitution ⇄ 46' S. Adekugbe — Substitution ⇄ 57' O. Herrera — Substitution ⇄ 65' T. Blackmon — Substitution ⇄ 65' J. Ngando — Substitution ⇄ 65' N. Djordjevic — Substitution ⇄ 78' C. Sabaly — Substitution ⚽ 79' E. Sabbi — Goal 🟥 88' D. Lainez — Red card 🟥 90+1' N. Guzman — Red card 🟨 90+3' J. Badwal — Yellow card 🟨 90+4' Yellow card ⇄ 90+4' F. Reyes — Substitution ⇄ 90+4' A. Franco — Substitution

Penalty shootout

5 : 4

Tigres UANL

Vancouver Whitecaps

Match events

1' 0:0 Tigres UANL Yellow card Joaquim
2' 0:0 Tigres UANL Yellow card Joaquim
15' 0:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Yellow card N. Djordjevic
19' 1:0 Tigres UANL Goal R. Aguirre assist: J. Brunetta
39' 1:0 Tigres UANL Yellow card J. Brunetta
43' 1:0 Tigres UANL Substitution C. Araujo off: Romulo
45' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution Sam Adekugbe off: M. Gherasimencov
46' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution S. Adekugbe off: M. Gherasimencov
57' 1:0 Tigres UANL Substitution O. Herrera off: D. A. Sanchez Guevara
65' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution T. Blackmon off: R. Priso
65' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution J. Ngando off: J. Selemani
65' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution N. Djordjevic off: E. Sabbi
78' 1:0 Vancouver Whitecaps Substitution C. Sabaly off: E. Ocampo
79' 1:1 Vancouver Whitecaps Goal E. Sabbi assist: M. Gherasimencov
88' 1:1 Tigres UANL Red card D. Lainez
90+1' 1:1 Tigres UANL Red card N. Guzman
90+3' 1:1 Vancouver Whitecaps Yellow card J. Badwal
90+4' 1:1 Vancouver Whitecaps Yellow card
90+4' 1:1 Tigres UANL Substitution F. Reyes off: F. Rodriguez
90+4' 1:1 Tigres UANL Substitution A. Franco off: A. de Maria Campos

Statistics

46 Possession, % 54

5 Shots on target 3

3 Shots off target 5

2 Big chances 1

92 Attacks 109

2 Corners 5

15 Fouls 13

13 Free kicks 14

1 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 2

2 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 8

26 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

7/1839% Aerial duels 11/1861%

57 Backward passes 73

3 Blocked shots 4

14 Clearances 22

3/1619% Crosses 1/147%

6/1932% Dribbles 8/1942%

75 Failed passes 59

2 Goalkeeper saves 4

8 Interceptions 10

7 Key passes 11

30/5753% Long passes 20/4050%

105 Passes into the final third 115

235 Passes in the opposition half 277

179 Passes in own half 204

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.25

4 Shots from outside the box 4

7 Shots inside the box 8

12/1867% Tackles 11/1958%

398 Total passes 467

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Nahuel Ignacio Guzmán Palomeque	1
2	Francisco Reyes	2
14	Jesus Garza	14
15	Alan Javier Franco	15
28	Joaquim Henrique Pereira Silva	28
5	César Nahuel Araújo Vilches	5
8	Fernando Gorriarán Fontes	8
11	Juan Francisco Brunetta	11
16	Diego Lainez Leyva	16
77	Jonathan Ozziel Herrera Morales	77
17	Rodrigo Sebastián Aguirre Soto	17

Substitutes
#	Player	number
13	Antonio Carrera	13
25	Carlos Felipe Rodríguez Rangel	25
26	Fernando Ordonez	26
32	Vladimir Eduardo Loroña Aguilar	32
33	Rafael Guerrero	33
193	Marcelo Salinas	193
6	Juan Pablo Vigón Cham	6
23	Rômulo Zanre Zwarg	23
198	Isaac Galván	198
19	Mauro Alberto Laínez Leyva	19
30	Diego Sanchez	30
205	Antonio de Maria y Campos	205

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Vancouver Whitecaps

Starting XI
#	Player	number
32	Isaac Boehmer	32
2	Mathías Nicolás Laborda Malseñido	2
3	Sam Adekugbe	3
33	Tristan Blackmon	33
41	Nikola Đorđević	41
7	Cheikh Tidiane Sabaly	7
8	Oliver Larraz	8
25	Ryan Stewart Gauld	25
26	Jean-Claude Ngando Mbende	26
59	J. Badval	59
19	Ryan Ellumi	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Yohei Takaoka	1
30	Adrían Zendejas Rodríguez	30
18	Edier Ocampo	18
28	T. Johnson	28
29	Mikhail Gerasimencov	29
43	Trevor Wright	43
6	Ralph-William Johnson Priso-Mbongue	6
11	Emmanuel Afriyie Mario Sabbi	11
63	J. Selmani	63