Santos Laguna returned to the field of work yesterday noon, after the defeat suffered on Thursday at 'Volcán', in the first leg of the Clausura 2018 quarterfinals against Tigres.
The lagunero team shows anger at the result, but at the same time conviction that the story will be different this Sunday at Corona.
The team was divided into two groups, on one hand there were those who did not see action or had few minutes, while the starters reported to the gym at 12:00 hours for regenerative exercises.
Néstor Araujo is not yet ready to play, but he seems eager to participate and walks at full speed, but it is very difficult for him to even be able to play in the final if Santos could reach that stage.
Robert Dante Siboldi and his coaching staff are still analyzing what happened in the visit to Tigres, the team's performance, why what had been worked on in the days leading up to the match did not work, and the mistakes.
The issue of refereeing has been put aside for the strategist, but he is aware that the Commission will make adjustments and there will not be situations again that question the performance of the referees, who have been under scrutiny with their partial decisions.
The team knows that they can come back against the felinos with what is needed to advance, as long as they return to the football that led them to be overall leaders for a while in the regular season, as well as stand out with their offensive, with the leading scorer champion in their ranks.
Many remember what has happened in the confrontations between these two squads, like that semifinal of Clausura 2012, when Santos turned the score around, in times of Oribe Peralta as an albiverde striker.
Now it is Djaniny Tavares, Julio Furch, and Jonathan Rodríguez, mainly, who will have the responsibility of contributing to the albiverde offensive, supported by experienced people like Osvaldo Martínez, who will be back in the santista midfield.
It is expected that Jesús Isijara will redeem himself from what he did in the first leg, like the rest of the team, who must pay special attention to plays from the sides, where Tigres likes to overflow with Aquino mainly.
Tigres has gone 27 games in a row without losing as a home team, now they are looking to score an early goal at Corona to completely take over the emotional situation, so "Tuca" will come out cautious, waiting to catch his rival on a counterattack.
This Saturday, the lagunera squad will close its preparation with a light rehearsal at the Territorio Santos Modelo in the afternoon, where coach Robert Dante Siboldi will make the final adjustments for the second leg of this Quarterfinal series.