MONTERREY – The UANL Tigers traveled to Qatar this morning to face the Club World Cup, with only two absences that were those of Nicolás López and Francisco Venegas.
Both players were unable to move with the team because they are in isolation, after testing positive for COVID-19 and will continue with their recovery process.
The other players have been concentrating since last Wednesday to face this international competition, which will be the first in the history of the neo-Leonese club.
Tigres made it to the Club World Cup by being crowned in the CONCACAF Champions League after defeating Los Angeles FC in the final and now on February 4 he will have his first engagement.
The rival of the cats will be the Ulsan Hyundai, which they will try to beat to reach the next round, in which they will face the champion of the Copa Libertadores who will come out of the confrontation between Sants and Palmeiras and in case of reaching the final could be measured at Bayern Munich.
Thus, led by technician Ricardo Ferretti, the cats left by bus from a hotel located in the area of Monterrey airport to enter the hangars and then board the plane that will take them to Qatar.