The French striker, after nailing the goal, made the ‘Free and Lokos’ sign that identifies feline fans
Tigres and Bayern Munich will have a historic duel in the Club World Cup, as the Mexican team seeks to be the first of CONCACAF to win the tournament, while the Germans are behind the sextet, something only achieved by Guardiola’s Barcelona.
A duel that seems key is that of André-Pierre Gignac against archer Manuel Neuer, whose faces were already seen before this duel, With their national teams, and the Frenchman defeated the German, who even scored a goal.
Also, after nailing the goal, he made the ‘Free and Lokos’ sign that identifies feline fans.
It was a friendly match held in 2015, prior to the European Championship where France was local, in the midst of a rarefied climate, conditioned by a tragedy in the vicinity of the Stade Saint Denis, home of the duel, where several explosions caused numerous deaths.
André-Pierre Gignac came in to finish the match. for the 2-0 in the 86th minute.
After the party that was clearly dedicated to the fans of Tigers, the player won the cries of ‘Gignac … Gignac … Gignac’ by the fans who attended the meeting at the Stade de France.
The tragedy in Paris left the clash in the background, marked by the blackmail scandal with a sex video involving Mathieu Valbuena, as a victim, and Karim Benzema, accused of being an alleged accomplice.
Precisely, the substitute of the Real Madrid striker with the ‘blues’, Olivier Giroud, took advantage of the moment to monopolize the prominence and was responsible for scoring the first goal, before the end of the first half.
The Frenchman had just arrived in Mexico, at the 2015 Opening, where he was already the sensation of the tournament for the simplicity that characterizes it and because from the first moment he scored goals.
Gignac, 29 at the time, carried 11 goals in 14 appearances in the MX League, where he had played all of his matches as a starter for a total of 1,216 minutes and three yellow cards.
Now, almost six years later, André-Pierre Gignac and Manuel Neuer will meet again in Qatar with the task of bringing his respective team to the title of Club World Cup.