A goal at the last minute of the Uruguayan Federico Pereira gave the devils of Toluca your first title of CUP champions by imposing 2-3 in a tight and suffered duel against Los Angeles Galaxycurrent MLS champions. The Mexicans traced the game up to twice with the many of the Argentines Nicolás Castro in the 53rd minute and Franco Romero in 86.
The first goal of the Galaxy, for a penalty by the Uruguayan Diego Fagundez in the 36th minute of the confrontation, put on notice the Mexican rival, who enclosed in the area to begin his threat from the draw. Even so, the locals carried the singing voice throughout the first match, with occasions such as the Defense Harbor Miller a few minutes after concluding the first half after a master play with ball threat and that resolved with a shot that ended out.
The Mexicans went to rest with the expulsion of coach Antonio Mohamed after entering the field to protest a play almost at the end of the first half. Toluca began the second part intimidating with his presence in the field, serving up to three corners in less than ten minutes. But it was not until the Argentine Nicolás Castro recovered a rejection and marked from outside the area in the 53rd minute that the long -awaited draw was achieved, giving Mexicans the necessary wings to continue fighting for the trophy.
Diego Fagundez (La Galaxy), at an instant of the match against Toluca
The goal drew a ray of hope about Antonio Mohamed’s team, who continued to attack the rival goal while the song support to the Devil Club, which resonated among the stands of the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in Carson (California, USA).
Even so, the moods of the Galaxy did not decay and were able to generate dangerous plays, as a shot from within the area of the Ghanaian striker Joseph Paintsil and another in the 67th minute propitiated by Miki Yamane. A missing ball that fell on the feet of the Mexicans was able to sentence the meeting in favor of Toluca, but after the revision of the VAR was determined offside.
The Angels took the threat of the Mexicans seriously and lashed out at the rival with a shot in the 83rd minute of Gabriel Pec. But when it was thought that nothing else would complicate the duel to the Angels, only five minutes were enough for the Argentine Franco Romero to match the clash in a stopped ball play.
The icing on the cake emerged from the feet of the Uruguayan Pereira with a shot from within the area in the 95 minute that did not give rise to the reaction of the Angels and sentenced the party in favor of the Mexicans. In the end “it could be”, the fans of the devils cried out from the grana, even digesting the emotion of the last ten minutes of the game in which his team managed to put the confrontation upside down and raise his first CUP champions.
Technical file
2 – The galaxy: Novak Micovic, Miki Yamane (m. 70: Mauricio Cuevas), Julian Aude (m. 70: John Nelson), Maya Yoshida, Edwin Cerrillo, Diego Fagundez, Gabriel Fortes, Elijah Wynder (m. 95: Elijah Berry), Carlos Garcés, Harbor Miller (M. 70: Matheus nas. Paintsil
3 – Toluca: Luis García, Diego Barbosa (m. 46: Santiago Simón); Bruno Mendez, Franco Romero, Andrés Pereira, Nicolás Castro (m. 85: Helinho), Ernesto Vega, Jesús Angulo (m. 70: Juan Domínguez), Marcel Ruiz, Jesús Gallardo, Joao days.
Goals: 1-0, Diego Fagundez (m. 36); 1-1, Nicolás Castro (m. 53); 2-1, Gabriel Pec (m. 83); 2-2, Franco Romero (m. 86); 2-3, Federico Pereira (m. 95)
Referee: Ivan Arcides Barton Cisneros. He admonished Marcel Ruiz, Federico Pereira and Jesús Gallardo, from Toluca; To Gabriel Pec, Edwin Cerrillo, Carlos Garcés, Joseph Paintsil and Matheus Nason, of the Galaxy. He expelled Antonio Mohamed, coach of Toluca.
Incidents: Match for the title of the CUP champions between the champions of the MX League and the MLS, held at the Dignity Health Sports, in Carson, California (USA).
With this meeting, the Galaxy sought to compensate for one of their most bitter seasons in the history of the MLS. The Angelino team is a colist in the classification of the West Conference of the American Football League. The title of the CUP champions is played between the current MLS champion and the winner of the champion of the Mexican Soccer League champion.
