By Edgardo Avelar
The Red Devils of Toluca They had to endure a huge setback at the end of the game when it seemed that they would leave with a tie in the bag in the first leg of the Concachampions; Suddenly, a shot in the area by Nkosi Tafari allowed LAFC take a 2-1 lead for the return leg in the State of Mexico.
A victory achieved by beating drums when in the second half the Gloomy & Gold squad went forward in search of victory after a first half dominated by Toluca, where they became heroes to the French goalkeeper of the Angelenos Hugo Lloris for the actions he saved in his goal.
It was precisely during this period when the best moments of the team led by the Canadian Marc Dos Santos and after taking the lead on the scoreboard with Timothy Tillman’s goal in the 51st minute and they were close to making it 2-0 when Canadian Jacob Shaffelburg managed to finish a cross at the far post, but Sergi Palencia’s out of place It caused the score to be annulled in the midst of great controversy, since the finisher was always in the correct position.
That goal that was so disputed and with such a rigorous offside after checking the VAR seemed to lower the intensity of the Angelenos, who allowed Toluca to go ahead and in the 73rd minute, Jesús Angulo, with a shot at the entrance of the area, was able to beat goalkeeper Lloris to reach the desired tie.
After Lloris’s save, the native team could have managed to take the lead in the first half, especially after Tillman was shot who was close to beating Luis García Palomares’ goal.
The Los Angeles team put all the firepower in the complementary part and in this period Tillman did not hesitate to beat the scarlet goal with a shot that Korean Heung-Min Son left on a platewho seemed to have a bad ball adjustment, but the ball fell to the North American and he did not hesitate to vaccinate the Red Devils.
The score was like a bucket of water for the scarlet team, who little by little pushed the home team back and There they found parity with a great goal from Jesús “Canelo” Angulo, ‘orchestrated’ by Marcel Ruiz.
Ruiz avoided losing the ball, he blocked a ball without caring about his injury to play a pass to Paulinho and it was the turn of “Canelo” Angulo, who with a shot to the right by Lloris put the ball into the Los Angeles goal to tie the game in the 73rd minute.
Toluca continued to control the game, taking out Helinho and then Paulinho to secure the result and when they already had the score tied to reach the Nemesio Diez stadium next week, defender Nkosi Tafari came, who took advantage of the space and finished alone against Luis García to make it 2-1.
Now the Mexicans will have to go for the 1-0 victory, but they will have to take care of the dangerous Los Angeles attack that, with a goal in another’s field, You can start to take advantage and chill the beer to celebrate your ticket to the grand closing.
Continue reading:
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