Tigres will walk into their visit to Querétaro on Saturday with a new voice on the touchline and an old problem on the scoreboard. Guido Pizarro has put his resignation as coach on the table this week, and Hernán Elizondo is now handling the team as interim boss for Jornada 3 of the Apertura 2026.
That is why Querétaro Vs Tigres is drawing attention now. The match is set for August 1, 2026, at Estadio Corregidora, and Tigres arrive without a win after two rounds. They opened with a 3-1 loss to Tijuana, then gave up a last-minute equalizer in a 2-2 draw with San Luis at Volcán Universitario, a result that sharpened the pressure around a squad still trying to find itself.
Elizondo is not working alone. Carlos Turrubiates is serving as his assistant, and the interim setup is the immediate answer to a coaching change that landed in the middle of the tournament rather than after it. Pizarro’s decision was framed around a message that the project was not being properly directed, a line that points to more than frustration with one result and more to a deeper break in confidence.
Querétaro, meanwhile, is coming in with a different mood. The club beat Pachuca 2-1 at Estadio Hidalgo after coming from behind, with Alí Ávila scoring twice to turn that match around. For Tigres, that means the next opponent is not just a mid-table test but a team arriving with momentum while Tigres are still adjusting to life under interim leadership.
Even with the coaching switch, some parts of the plan are expected to hold. Nahuel Guzmán is expected to remain in goal, Joaquim Pereira was kept in the side because Jesús Angulo is injured, and Alan Franco made his debut in the previous match after entering in the 74th minute. Those details matter because they show Tigres are not only changing managers; they are also trying to keep the rest of the structure intact while the results remain flat.
The real question now is not whether Tigres have time to settle. It is whether the club will present a permanent answer before the trip to Estadio Corregidora, or send Elizondo and his staff into Jornada 3 carrying the uncertainty that Pizarro left behind.
