Chivas vs. Tigres: date and time of the 2023 Clausura Grand Final matches
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Chivas vs. Tigres: date and time of the 2023 Clausura Grand Final matches [NEWS]

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Chivas seek their 13th title, while Tigres their eighth star.  (Art Jesus Aviles Ortiz)
Chivas seek their 13th title, while Tigres their eighth star. (Art Jesus Aviles Ortiz)

Finally, it was revealed which are the two teams that will play the Clausura 2023 tournament trophy of the Liga BBVA MX, that is, the Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara and the Tigers of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL).

chivas and tigers faces will be seen again in the final of short tournaments of Liga MX. Both teams outclassed their bitter rivals, America and Rayados, respectively, after ending their aspirations during the semifinal round.

The feline ensemble, led by Robert Dante Siboldi, he won the game Victor Manuel Vucetich’s Gang by taking the 0-1 victory at BBVA with the goal of sebastian cordova; while Rebaño Sagrado took pride in eliminating América on the Azteca Stadium court with a score of 1-3, thanks to goals from Ronaldo Cisneros, Alan Mozo and Jesus Orozco Chiquete.

The schedules for the Clausura 2023 final were announced (Twitter/@LigaBBVAMX)
The schedules for the Clausura 2023 final were announced (Twitter/@LigaBBVAMX)

The first leg final match will be played on Thursday May 25 at the University Stadium of San Nicolás de los Garza, at the point of 8:00 p.m. Due to the expectation around the meeting, a full house is expected in the volcano. And it is that the cats seek revenge after that 2017 final where they fell by the global score of 4-3.

The second leg will take place three days later, that is, on Sunday, May 28 at 7:35 p.m. in the Akron field. The Sacred Flock will seek to earn its title 13 and thus manage to tie America as the top winner of the Mexican soccer league. Another incentive is that this is the Serbian’s first campaign in the Liga MX Veljko Paunovic, strategist of the rojiblanco team.

Cordova, the author of the goal that gave tIGRES the pass to the Final. [Twitter/@LigaBBVAMx]
Cordova, the author of the goal that gave tIGRES the pass to the Final. [Twitter/@LigaBBVAMx]

The series will be a reissue of the Grand Final of the Clausura 2017, which was played in the same order in terms of the venues for the round trip, as well as on the same dates for both games. The first leg, played in Nuevo León, ended tied 2-2, while in the second leg, played in the Perla de Occidente, Rebaño Sagrado won 2-1 and lifted its 12th league title.

The decisions of Luis Enrique Santander generated doubts among the fans of the Tigres
The decisions of Luis Enrique Santander generated doubts among the fans of the Tigres

In that final, and after a 2-2 loss in the first leg, Chivas and Tigres disputed the Clausura 2017 trophy on the field of Akron Stadium. The chiverío, led at that time by the Argentinian Matias Almeyda, led thanks to goals from Alan Pulido (17′) and José Juan Macías (71′) and they left with an advantage on the scoreboard.

The college they added emotion to the game in the last minutes with the goal of ismael sosabut the controversy came in the time of compensation when the referee Luis Enrique Santander did not score a clear penalty in favor of the Tigers after the lack of Jair Pereira over Sosa in the area.

The most controversial play of the match was a possible penalty for the UANL Tigers
The most controversial play of the match was a possible penalty for the UANL Tigers

From that tournament, the Tigres players seeking revenge are Nahuel Guzmán, Rafael Carioca, Guido Pizarro, Javier Aquino and André-Pierre Gignacwhile for Chivas, there are Jesus Sanchez, Miguel Jimenez and Isaac Brizuela, who seek to apply the same result to the cats that are now directed by Robert Dante Siboldi.

In the 2023 Clausura final, all the matches lean in favor of Guadalajara, a team that, with the hand of Veljko Paunović, Serbian seeks to be the team with the most leagues in Mexican Soccer together with America. However, Tigres will not be an easy opponent when seeking revenge for that final where they alleged a robbery after Enrique Santander’s controversial refereeing.