Tigre stun Lanús away, set up quarter-final clash with Racing | OneFootball

El Matador struck against the Granate as a visitor, won 1-0, and advanced to the next phase where they will face Racing.

Tigre spoiled the party for Lanús at their own home in the Clausura round of 16. The team from Victoria took advantage of the local team's fatigue from their effort in the Copa Sudamericana final, gave them the ball, and waited for a mistake or a fortuitous action to pull off the upset. That's exactly what happened with the winning goal of the Matador, who advanced to the quarterfinals and will face Racing at the Cilindro, one of the title contenders after having eliminated River.

The excitement from celebrating the Copa Sudamericana title led Lanús to control the game from the start, although the defensive block set up by Dabove with a double line of four closed off the paths to Tigre's area for the creative trio Salvio, Marcelino Moreno, and Carrera, who had to resort to crosses seeking Castillo's head to create danger. Even so, the left winger of the Grana was left alone in front of Zenobio's goal in a surprising appearance on the right side but faltered in his finish and sent the ball into the stands. The other clear chance for the home team in the first half was a header from the center forward that the goalkeeper sent to the corner.

In this context, Tigre's formula worked (except for those couple of exceptions already mentioned) despite the Victoria team focusing solely on defending and only occasionally attacking, as happened with Medina's left-footed shot from very far away where Losada watched as the ball hit the post. And with Romero's goal in the early minutes of the second half, again in an attack following a set piece, the Matador hit the jackpot and filled Lanús with questions and left the fans in shock at the Fortress.

Naturally, from that moment on, the stance of both teams intensified, as the visitor retreated even more into their own field and the Granate entered a state of nervousness that reduced their clarity to attack without desperation in search of an equalizer. Thus, crosses became the local team's permanent resource to try to score, and a poor clearance by Zenobio led to Castillo's equalizer, although the goal was disallowed by Rey Hilfer following a VAR review because the ball had bounced off the tall player's arm after the goalkeeper's right-hand deflection.

The entries of Aquino, Méndez, and Bou crowded offensive players but did not open gaps and provided valuable support for Marcelino, the most intense, intelligent, and precise player of a Lanús that began to lower their arms when their players' legs barely responded. Segovia's freshness was the last hope, and goalkeeper Losada sought heroics in the final crosses.

It was no use, it wasn't Pellegrino's team's night, and the party at the Fortress was marred by the claws of a Tigre that now goes for Gustavo Costas' Academy with the confidence of having brought down the Clausura illusion of the recent Sudamericana champion. Nonetheless, Dabove is surely aware that he will need better collective performance and to raise the level of certain individuals to dream of the title.

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