On a day in which France's André-Pierre Gignac and Florian Thauvin scored goals, Colombians Julián Quiñones and Harold Preciado were also decisive in scoring and attending the weekend in matchday 10 of the Clausura-2022 tournament of Mexican football.
On Saturday, the Tigers visited the Nou Camp stadium court to beat Lion 3-0.
In the 22nd minute, both Frenchmen combined for the first goal. Thauvin sent an elevated center that reached the feet of Gignac who defined the 1-0 with the open frame.
In this way, Gignac reached seven consecutive matches scoring goals and eight scores in this tournament, thus consolidating himself in the individual scoring lead.
Thauvin scored the third goal of the match, at 72. The extreme wheel champion of the world champion in Russia-2018 had an outstanding performance in this game with three shots on goal and six head-to-hand duels won.
The goal scored by Thauvin was assisted by Luis Quiñones who in the first half, at the 27th, had been responsible for scoring the second goal for the Tigres with a surprise and distant shot, about 30 meters from the goal.
For his attendance and his goal, in addition to 83% accuracy in his passing, Quiñones was chosen the best player in the Tigres match against Lion.
- Harold Preciado is a revelation -
Just last January 29, Colombian Harold Preciado was announced as the new striker of the 'Guerreros' del Santos, from Deportivo Cali in his country.
His official presentation as a player of the 'Warriors' to the press took place on February 8. “This is an important league in the world,” said Preciado who had made his debut in Mexico two days earlier scoring a goal in the 2-1 defeat to Atlas on matchday four.
Preciado then scored four goals in three games Santos won: one against Cruz Azul, another against Pumas and two more against Tijuana in the 4-0 win on Sunday night.
The 27-year-old Colombian attacker scored the second and third goals for the santista squad and also provided assistance for the third scored by Argentinian Leonardo Suárez.
“God willing he can be the champion of scoring,” said Preciado who is third in the gunners table with five scores in seven games played in his presentation. Gignac is the leader with eight goals in nine games played.
- Ibanez and Furch also scored -
Between Harold Preciado and André-Pierre Gignac, Argentina's Nicolás Ibáñez is in second place in the scorers table with seven goals in nine games played, after scoring Sunday's second goal in leader Pachuca's 3-0 win over Toluca.
For his part, Argentina's Julio Furch scored for the second consecutive day, now in the Atlas 2-1 win over Juárez.
With this score, Furch reached 100 scores in Mexican football since his appearance in the 2015 Clausura tournament and has scored the 'Emperador' 28 goals for Veracruz, 59 with Santos and 13 with Atlas.
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