MEDELLIN, Colombia (Interstat) — Tigres defeated Independiente Medellin 5-1 on Saturday at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in a Copa Colombia match. Diber Armando Cambindo Abonia scored for the home side in the 16th minute, but Tigres answered with five unanswered goals. The victory gave Tigres a 1-0 record in the competition and overall, while Medellin dropped to 0-1 in both. Yellow cards were issued to Tigres’ Weimar Jesus Zuniga Duque in the 19th minute, Nicolas Steven Roa Reyes in the 21st, and to Medellin’s David Alejandro Loaiza Gutierrez in the 21st, Yesid Alberto Diaz Montero in first-half stoppage time, and Andres Felipe Alfonso Ciprian in the 63rd. The teams will meet again Friday, May 22, in the return leg at Tigres.