"MEXICO CITY -- Former Atlético Madrid winger Ángel Correa scored a second-half goal on Thursday, and the Tigres UANL defeated reigning champion Toluca 1-0 in the first leg of the Liga MX Apertura final. The 30-year-old Correa, who scored 88 goals with 65 assists in 469 matches with Atletico, joined the Mexican side in the summer and scored the game-winner in the 46th minute on a cross from former Real Betis player Diego Lainez."
"The Argentine winger helped Atletico to win the Spanish league title in the 2020-21 season and reach the final of the Champions League in 2016. His last appearance for Atletico was at the Club World Cup, where the team failed to advance from its group. Tigres are trying to capture their ninth league title, and their seventh since 2011, with a core of players that includes Argentinian goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán and former Olympique de Marseille striker André-Pierre Gignac, among others."
Ángel Correa, a former Atlético Madrid winger, scored the lone goal in the 46th minute to give Tigres UANL a 1-0 advantage over reigning champion Toluca in the Apertura final first leg. Correa joined Tigres in the summer after scoring 88 goals with 65 assists in 469 matches for Atletico. He previously won the Spanish league in 2020-21 and reached the 2016 Champions League final; his last match for Atletico was at the Club World Cup. Tigres pursue a ninth league title with veterans like Nahuel Guzmán and André-Pierre Gignac. The second leg will be in Toluca on Sunday, where Toluca seeks a 12th title and consecutive championships.
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