By Edgardo Avelar
He Toluca did not leave room for any distraction that might encourage any rebellion of the LA Galaxy to end up eliminating them with a resounding score of 0-3 (world 7-2) where the outstanding score It was Marcel Ruiz’s return to the courts after 34 days of inactivity.
It could be said that the scarlet team almost eliminated the Los Angeles squad, where the Portuguese Paulinho was once again the trigger for the Mexican attack with a double after Jesús Gallardo opened the scoring at minute 10 with an authentic goal that marked the destiny of the Mexican team’s preferred actions.
The ease with which they eliminated the Los Angeles team at the Dignity Effectively Being Sports Park It allowed coach Antonio Mohamed to move his pieces in an important way and within that method, it gave way to the reappearance of Marcel Ruiz who had been almost ruled out for the rest of the tournament due to an apparent rupture of the cruciate ligament in his right leg that suggested his absence in the 2026 World Cup.
But after 34 days of seemingly miraculous rehabilitation, Ruiz returned to activity at minute 72 in relief of Jesús “Canelo” Anguloafter he was injured on March 11 in the return match against San Diego FC in the same Concachampions tournament
On that occasion, The diagnosis was disastrous for the aspirations of the Red Devils midfielderbut after Marcel Ruiz assumed the risk of not undergoing a surgical procedure to correct the ligament rupture and meniscus injury in the knee and compensate for the strength of the knee with the work of the tissues with the muscle mass of his own knee that allows him to have the possibility of not feeling pain and much less weakness in that area of so much effort.
With his best men
Antonio Mohamed did not want to take any risks that Toluca’s two-goal advantage in the first leg could disappear due to a heroic effort by the LA Galaxy, but things, beyond this responsibility of the Scarlets, the Mexican team began to dominate the match from the tenth minute with a great goal from Jesús Gallardo with a shot from outside the area that a stranger hit goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski and went into the nets.
Then came Paulinho’s signal in the second half to consolidate the victory in minutes 58 and 64 to advance to the semifinal of the Concachampions against another Californian squad like LAFC, which passed over Cruz Azul.
The Portuguese made it 2-0 after the Brazilian Helinho sent a pass to Paulinho, who appeared due to speed and After leaving his marker behind, he was able to take a cross shot to beat the Los Angeles goal.
The third was done in Paulinho’s style when Nico Castro touched the ball to Paulinho’s speed and he, When facing the LA Galaxy goalkeeper, he beat him with a lob and made it 3-0 to leave the world 7-2.
Continue reading:
– LA Galaxy scared Toluca, but Paulinho’s hat trick put out the Californian rebellion: 4-2
– Marcel Ruiz will define in three weeks whether or not he will play in the 2026 World Cup
– Marcel Ruiz clings to playing the World Cup, mocking the operating room
– Marcel Ruiz, another Mexican absent from the World Cup due to a torn knee ligament
