Tigres became the first Mexican side to reach the Fifa Club World Cup final with a surprise victory over Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras of Brazil.
French striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, 35, netted his third goal of the tournament by stroking in Tigres’ winner from the penalty spot in the second half.
Tigres will face either Champions League winners Bayern Munich in the final.
Tigres become the first side from Concacaf – the federation representing North America, Central America and the Caribbean – to reach the final.
Line-upsPalmeirasFormation 4-1-4-1
1Pereira da Silva
2Rocha Aquino13Garcia Teixeira15Gómez17Viña
28dos Santos de Oliveira
25Vinicius Menino23Cavalcante Veiga8Vivian11da Silva Barbosa
10de Souza da Silva
1Pereira da Silva2Rocha AquinoSubstituted forRocha de Oliveiraat 72’minutes13Garcia TeixeiraBooked at 52mins15Gómez17Viña28dos Santos de OliveiraSubstituted forMelo de Carvalhoat 57’minutes25Vinicius MeninoBooked at 32minsSubstituted forGomes de Siqueiraat 62’minutes23Cavalcante VeigaSubstituted forFurtado Scarpaat 73’minutes8VivianSubstituted forde Paula Carreiroat 57’minutes11da Silva Barbosa10de Souza da SilvaSubstitutes3Santos4Kuscevic5de Paula Carreiro6Empereur12Rocha de Oliveira14Furtado Scarpa16Esteves Souza20Araujo Lima22dos Santos24Silvestre da Costa29Gomes de Siqueira30Melo de CarvalhoTigresFormation 4-4-2
1Guzmán
28Rodríguez13Reyes3Salcedo29Dueñas
20Aquino5De Souza Pereira19Pizarro23Quiñones
32González10Gignac
1GuzmánBooked at 84mins28Rodríguez13Reyes3Salcedo29DueñasSubstituted forMezaat 86’minutes20AquinoBooked at 45minsSubstituted forSierraat 90+2’minutes5De Souza Pereira19Pizarro23QuiñonesSubstituted forFulgencioat 87’minutes32González10GignacSubstitutes4Ayala8Sierra14Sánchez17Fernández18Cruz21Meza22Fulgencio33Quiñones35Chávez43Ávalos50Delgado52Ogama VendrechovskiLive TextMatch ends, Palmeiras 0, Tigres 1.
Second Half ends, Palmeiras 0, Tigres 1.
Attempt missed. Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Gustavo Gómez.
Attempt missed. Weverton (Palmeiras) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Gustavo Scarpa with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Palmeiras. Conceded by Diego Reyes.
Attempt blocked. Matias Viña (Palmeiras) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Patrick de Paula (Palmeiras) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Carlos González (Tigres).
Substitution, Tigres. Jordan Sierra replaces Javier Aquino.
Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres).
Luan Garcia (Palmeiras) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luiz Adriano.
Substitution, Tigres. Raymundo Fulgencio replaces Luis Quiñones.
Substitution, Tigres. Francisco Meza replaces Jesús Dueñas.
Foul by Carlos González (Tigres).
Luan Garcia (Palmeiras) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Luiz Adriano (Palmeiras) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Willian.
Javier Aquino (Tigres) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matias Viña (Palmeiras).