SOCCER-COPA LIBERTADORES/TIGRES Mexico's Tigres train ahead of Copa Libertadores final

Record ID: 145293

  • Title: SOCCER-COPA LIBERTADORES/TIGRES Mexico's Tigres train ahead of Copa Libertadores final
  • Date: 4th August 2015
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 3, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MEXICO'S TIGRES TRAINING AT BOCA JUNIORS' 'CASA AMARILLA' SPORTS COMPLEX ARGENTINE TIGRES PLAYER GUIDO PIZARRO TRAINING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GUIDO PIZARRO, TIGRES MIDFIELDER, SAYING: "I think we have to be careful in the first few minutes. We know that they're going to wipe us out quickly but the idea is to gro
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: Mexico's Tigres trained in Buenos Aires on Monday (August 3) ahead of Wednesday's Copa Libertadores final second leg, and vowed to push back against local favourites River Plate.
    "I think we have to be careful in the first few minutes. We know that they're going to wipe us out quickly but the idea is to grow as the minutes go by and try to play our game. As I said this past week, it won't serve us well to defend during the entire match. I think we're going to have to, at times, control the match and, at other times, know how to defend," said Tigres midfielder Guido Pizarro.
    The deciding match at River's Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires comes after the two teams scored a 0-0 draw in Monterrey. River Plate coach Marcelo Gallardo was sent off during that match for abusing officials.
    Tigres player Egidio Arevalo Rios said the players know their strengths and would remain firm against River.
    "We're calm because we know we're going to fight to the last minute. We're not just going to hand them the game. I think the group knows what's coming and what we're going to face, but what people are saying (that it will be an easy victory for River), we'll have to see about that after the game," he said.
    Tigres coach Ricardo Ferretti has yet to name his side, though central defender Hugo Ayala will miss the game after fracturing a bone in his foot.
    France striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, however, will be fit after a scare over a toe injury suffered in the first leg.
    River has big game experience but Tigres were not overawed in the first leg and were unlucky not to arrive in Buenos Aires with a lead.
    It is aiming to become the first Mexican team to lift the Libertadores since sides from Mexico joined the tournament in 1998.
    River, meanwhile, is aiming to win the competition for a third time following triumphs in 1986 and 1996.
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