Between 2010 and 2015, André-Pierre Gignac delighted Olympique de Marseille. With the club Marseille, the French striker often found the way to the nets and notably won the League Cup in 2011. But almost five years ago, the player, now aged 34, decided to take up a new challenge by leaving for Mexico, where he committed himself in favor of the Tigers of Monterrey. A surprising choice at first, but APG quickly struck. Chaining goals, the former Marseillais became the club’s top scorer last September, surpassing Tomás Boy (104 goals between 1975 and 1988).
However, the main concerned did not stop there. While many championships have been halted around the world in recent days with the coronavirus epidemic, health officials in Mexico have simply forced closed matches for the closing championship. Suddenly, the Tigers were able to face Juarez in the night from Saturday to Sunday and won with the score 3-2. A match during which André-Pierre Gignac lived almost everything. When his team had just equalized, the Lorient-trained player, author of a small sole, saw red. But the referee, with the help of VAR, reversed his decision and pulled out a yellow for APG, who has never been kicked in the Tigers’ jersey yet. Good news for the Monterrey club because behind, the latter struck.
Eight goals in nine league matches in 2020
Launched on the left, André-Pierre Gignac made the difference to return to the center line and score with a beautiful strike from the right (57th). Scorer, the Frenchman then put on the ferryman costume to serve under good conditions the Chilean Eduardo Vargas, author of the last goal of his own (75th) before the reduction of the score of the former Bordeaux resident Diego Rolan (84th, 3-2) . So a great evening for the former Phocaean with a goal and an assist, his first in this closing championship, which started in January. But overall, the former center-forward of Pau panics the counters in 2020. Already author of ten goals and three caviars in 18 matches during the opening tournament during the first part of the season (plus 1 goals and 1 assist APG set off on a better footing this year.
If for example he scored a double and delivered a decisive pass against Alianza FC in the knockout stages of the CONCACAF Champions League return on February 27, André-Pierre Gignac also had fun in the league, he now has eight achievements and caviar in nine appearances. On March 1, he mostly crushed UNAM Pumas almost alone by scoring a nice hat-trick, including a chisel, for a 3-0 victory. In all, the statistics are simply impressive: 32 matches played in 2019-2020, 22 goals and 6 assists on the clock. The waking dream continues for André-Pierre Gignac under the Mexican sun. It will however be necessary to wait a little before seeing him score again, since the championship of the Latin American country has also been suspended …
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