Unión Española vs Tigres UANL Live Streams and TV Channels

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United States	FOX Deportes
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Unión Española vs Tigres UANL Delayed and Repeat Broadcasts

Country	Date/Time (US/Eastern)	Channel
United States	Thu, Jan 26 12:00pm	FOX Deportes
	Fri, Jan 27 16:30pm	FOX Deportes
Argentina	Tue, Jan 31 11:00am	Fox Sports +
Bolivia	Tue, Jan 31 11:00am	Fox Sports +
Colombia	Tue, Jan 31 11:00am	Fox Sports +
Paraguay	Tue, Jan 31 11:00am	Fox Sports +
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Unión Española vs Tigres UANL Match Preview

Union Espanola will confront their Copa Libertadores debut against Tigres with caution, even if the Mexicans travelled to Santiago with a second-choice side, with only one foreigner, American defender Jonathan Bornstein.

The decision made by the Mexican champions received heavy criticism from the local press, who considered it to be a sign of disrespect to their rivals and to the Copa Libertadores for that matter.

"It isn't a reserve team, they are part of the squad where all of them make up part of our work force," Ricardo Tuca Ferretti, the coach of Tigres, explained to the press, after being asked about his unexpected squad selection.

Despite the fact that the Mexicans will take the field without their regular starting eleven, Union Espanola won't take any risks and will confront the match as if it were a final.

Union Espanola, who will participate in a second straight Libertadores, are confident in their chances of progressing to the group stage of the competition.

"We are preparing ourselves to face a great team, it doesn't matter what players they bring, as it will still be extremely difficult; we have mentalised ourselves to do things well, we know we can win," affirmed Union Espanola defender Roberto Currimilla.

The Chileans will count with a full-strength squad, apart from Argentine striker Emanuel Sierra, who is out injured.

Unión Española vs Tigres UANL Match Report

A 57th minute strike from Gonzalo Barriga was the difference as Union Espanola edged Tigre 1-0 in an evenly matched clash in Santiago.

Tigre arrived in the Chilean capital with a side plagued by reserves, but this didn't keep them from dominating their opponents for large periods of the encounter.

The Mexicans almost went ahead in the 9th minute when American attacker Jonathan Bornstein received a right-sided cross from Fernando Navarro, but fired the ball over the bar from close-range.

Just moments before the interval, Barriga almost put Union Espanola ahead when his powerful header flew inches over the crossbar.

Barriga made amends for his earlier miss in the 57th minute, when he put his side in front with a simple close-range finish following a Sebastian Jaime cross.

In the dying moments of the match Tigres almost snatched a draw with a sweetly-struck Jesus Duenas shot, but the effort flashed agonisingly wide.

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