Toluca Beats LAFC 4-0 to Reach an All-Mexican CONCACAF Champions Cup Final
- On Wednesday, Deportivo Toluca FC defeated Los Angeles Football Club 4-0 at Estadio Nemesio Diez, clinching a 5-2 aggregate victory to reach the Concacaf Champions Cup final.
- Entering the match with a 2-1 deficit from last week's opener at BMO Stadium, Toluca overcame the gap despite missing national team players Alexis Vega and Jesús Gallardo.
- Helinho powered home a 49th-minute penalty, Everardo Lopez struck in the 58th minute, and Paulinho added two stoppage-time goals after Ryan Porteous was sent off in the 88th minute.
- The result sets up a title match against UANL Tigres, who advanced Tuesday by defeating Nashville SC 2-0 on aggregate.
- Mexican clubs have claimed the championship trophy 20 times in the past 21 years, with the 2022 Seattle Sounders title run being the only exception in that span.
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Son Heung-min loses dribble and concedes decisive goal; Son Heung-min 0 shots, rating 5.2; LAFC suffers devastating elimination amidst high-altitude nightmare. OSEN = Reporter Woo Choong-won. Son Heung-min and LAFC's challenge for the North American title ultimately crumbled in the high altitudes of Mexico. The momentum they had been holding onto wavered drastically in the second half, and LAFC failed to mount a single counterattack.
Despite losing his Mexican team last minute, Toluca beat Los Angeles FC on Wednesday 4-0 with so many of Helinho and Everardo del Villar, to qualify for a totally Mexican final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup against Tigers.
LAFC endured 49 minutes the height of the city of Toluca and then was erased by the Red Devils 4-0 to become finalist of the Concachampions
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