Tigres is already waiting for Bayern Munich or Ulsan Hyundai in the final after beating Palmeiras
French striker André-Pierre Gignac assured that Tigres was going to the World Cup for clubs to make history and that they will not be celebrating second place, but have made it to the final of the tournament.
“I said it after Ulsan that we came to make history because long ago I had to wait for that moment to win a Concacaf to get to the Club World Cup, we are in the final, it was difficult to the Libertadores champion., I’m happy for the attitude, the fans who deserve it and for us we did well.
“I’m not celebrating second place, we can celebrate the transition to the final, but tomorrow to prepare for the final we will see who we are against, nothing is easy in this tournament, everyone can win, we are everywhere prepared for it, ”he said.
Striker Carlos González, in turn, said he was proud of the final of the international tournament, making them the first Mexican team to do so.
“We are with the stars in the sky that illuminate us, we are proud of what we did, the people are crying with us, this victory is theirs. With a lot of effort we reached the goal, we are happy to have this great final. So dreamed of playing and the figure was the goalkeeper of Palmeiras, we could benefit more, we did what we could and we accomplished the task, very happy for that, ”he said.
The attacker made it clear that the felines arrived at the international tournament to put the name of Mexico to rest and that they are now only thinking about taking the title in the Club World Cup.
“We come with that mindset to raise the name of Mexico, of Concacaf, with great pride we can say that we have achieved what we were looking for, reached a final, no team made it, we want more, we take this cup, we are motivated and hope this task can be accomplished, ”he added.
Colombian Luis Quiñones rejected that in Tigres they think they have already met when they reached the final of the match and made it clear that they will fight to win the crown, “we are players who speak in the matches, we have it the all the time. these years, focused on what we should be doing and we’re focused on becoming champions. “