The 5th day will have been the good one.
Florian Thauvin shook the nets of the Mexican championship for the first time on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
The former Olympian, looking for a new challenge after almost eight years on the Canebière, scored with the Monterrey Tigers against Querétaro, during the opening tournament of the championship.
The tricolor world champion scored his team's third goal.
A dry strike of the right foot on a center back from Javier Aquino.
The Tigres' other two goals were scored by Uruguayan Nicolás López (22nd, 49th).
¡0h there!
@FlorianThauvin 🇫🇷⚽️🔥
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- Club Tigres Oficial 🐯 (@TigresOficial) August 18, 2021
At least this goal was needed to reassure Tigers fans after the French winger's mixed start to the season.
For his first official match, after his disappointing performance at the Tokyo Olympics, he received a red card against Santos on Day 2.
Sanctioned for a dangerous tackle, the midfielder left the field under the whistles and boos of part of the Mexican supporters of the Tigers.
💛 ¡La vida y el futbol dan revanchas, Flo '!
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- Club Tigres Oficial 🐯 (@TigresOficial) August 18, 2021
Note that King Gignac was not celebrating Thauvin's first goal but still wanted to congratulate him on the edge of the lawn. Victim of a "small fracture of the right fibula", the home scorer is unavailable for two to three weeks.