Columbus Crew advances to first semifinal after defeating Tigres on penalties

SAN NICOLAS DE LOS GARZA, Mexico – Columbus Crew SC and Tigres UANL tied 1-1 within the second leg of the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Quarterfinals on Tuesday night time at Estadio Universitario in San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The U.S. aspect superior to the semifinals, 4-3 on penalties, after the golf equipment ended 2-2 on mixture.

Andre-Pierre Gignac opened the scoring within the 3’ by pouncing on a sophisticated again move from the Columbus protection, stripping goalkeeper Patrick Schulte to ship the house crowd right into a roar. The aim marked the twentieth in CCC play for the historic Tigres UANL striker.

Juan Brunetta struck from outdoors the field within the 44’ however Schulte punched the ball out. Brunetta tried one other long-range try within the 45’+3 however Schulte was there for the save.

Within the 49’, Gignac would strive his luck from lengthy distance however couldn’t get the ball on body as Tigres labored to increase its lead.

Needing solely a aim to tie on mixture, Columbus held its composure because it looked for the equalizer with Mohamed Farsi taking a shot from the sting of the field within the 53’.

Diego Rossi tied the encounter within the 59’ with a right-footed hit contained in the field, placing the of completion on a counterattack that concerned Farsi and Juan Camilo Hernandez on the build-up. Rossi additionally scored within the first leg, marking back-to-back objectives towards Tigres.

Gignac had a glance contained in the field within the 73’ however didn’t get the specified energy on his hit because the ball rolled into the arms of Schulte.

Each groups remained deadlocked via full time to ship the match into further time. A penalty kick shootout was wanted after neither aspect might take the lead in the course of the extra 30-minute interval.

Schulte blocked the likes of Gignac and Guido Pizarro to start out the shootout. Maximilian Arfsten transformed the profitable kick to ship the Crew to its first semifinals.

Within the semifinals, Columbus Crew will face the winner of the sequence between Monterrey and Inter Miami, which shall be selected Wednesday at BBVA Stadium in Guadalupe, Nuevo León. Rayados gained 2-1 within the first leg final week.