Monterrey and Tigres battled to a 1-1 tie in a new edition of the Clasico Regio. The biggest match for both clubs of the season was lively and filled with incidents in a match were the tie was a fair result.
Tigres will complete their 2025 Apertura regular season by hosting Atletico San Luis while Monterrey will travel for a tough matchup against Chivas.
The 1st half started with both teams coming out with their best, including the return of Jesus Corona to the starting 11. Off a free kick, a cross into the area was headed from close range by Sergio Ramos but right to Tigres’ goalkeeper, Nahuel Guzman. Ozziel Herrera got off a right footed shot from outside the area that hit the post. After winning the ball in the area, Angel Correa got a shot past Monterrey’s goalkeeper, Santiago Mele, but Ramos was able to clear the ball. A cross into the area was headed by German Berterame into the path of Lucas Ocampos, who from close range skied a left footed shot wide in a terrible miss. Off a corner kick, once again Ramos got a close range header that went right to Guzman. After that play, Guzman got fouled trying to clear the ball which started a scuffle that ended with Jesus Alberto Angulo and Ocampos getting Yellow cards. After bringing down Correa, Jorge Rodriguez got a red card to leave Monterrey with 10 players, thirty minutes into the match. A cross into the area from Fernando Gorriaran was dropped by Mele but Juan Brunetta’s shot was blocked by defender Ricardo Chavez. A right footed shot by Correa was saved by Mele. After Mele passed the ball straight to Correa, he got off a right footed shot that went wide. After tripping Berterame in the area, Monterrey got a Penalty Kick but worse yet for Tigres, Angulo got his second Yellow card and thus a red. The match now had both teams having 10 players and Tigres went from a prime position to a disastrous one. Sergio Canales took the PK and got off a left footed shot past Guzman to score and give Monterrey the 1-0 lead. The halftime whistle blew and to the surprised of everyone, Monterrey had taken the lead and now looked better set up to maintain it after Tigres also went down to 10 players.
The 2nd half started with Tigres subbing out Ozziel Herrera for Andre Pierre Gignac. Monterrey subbed out Jesus Corona for Carlos Salcedo. Ocampos got off a right footed shot that went wide. Berterame got off a left footed shot in the area but Guzman made a wonderful save. Tigres subbed out Fernando Gorriaran for Juan Pablo Vigon. A great combination play ended with Ocampos getting off a right footed shot that went wide. From outside the area, Canales got off a left footed shot that went wide. A great thru pass from Gignac found Brunetta and the ball would be deflected into the path of Angel Correa, who got off a shot past Mele to score and tie the match at 1-1. Brunetta got off a right footed shot that was saved by Mele but it went right to Gignac, who sent his right footed shot wide in a bad miss. Monterrey subbed out Lucas Ocampos for Anthony Martial. After getting the ball in the area, Gignac got off a right footed shot that went wide. Monterrey subbed out Fidel Ambriz for Victor Guzman. A cross into the area was headed by Gignac but Mele saved it. Tigres subbed out Javier Aquino for Jesus Garza. A left footed shot from Correa went right to Mele. A possible 1 vs 1 from Correa ended when Guzman took the ball and left Correa injured on the ground. The injured Angel Correa was subbed out for Uriel Antuna. A cross into the area was left there for Berterame to head but it went right back to Guzman. It was the final chance as the match ended in a lively 1-1 tie.
Tigres and Monterrey battled to a tie in a Clasico Regio that was lively but maybe not as memorable as other edition. With both teams getting a red card, it was very physical with both teams trading possession. It looked like Monterrey had ran into trouble when they were down to 10 players but surprisingly Tigres failed to take advantage of it and Monterrey got the early goal. Then when Monterrey was dominating possession, Tigres struck with the tying goal. Tigres will close out their season by hosting Atletico San Luis while Monterrey has a tougher task when they travel south to Guadalajara to face off against Chivas.
