Mexican Final: Apertura 2008 Leg 1
By: Albert | December 12th, 2008Dominating performance by Toluca in Estadio Azul in front of a full stadium. Toluca took the 1st leg with a 2-0 win in Cruz Azul’s own stadium and will face the return leg on Sunday in Toluca.
Toluca held posession from the very start, with some good midfield work and attack on goal.
The first goal came by an excellent pass from the left side crossing the field over all Cruz Azul defenders and on the head of Paolo Da Silva for a header past Yosgart Gutierrez. Some weak coverage by Jaime Lozalo gave Paolo enough space to get a good head on it and punch it past the keeper. An excellent pass from Zinha.
The next goal was off a free kick placed slightly to the right, in front of the goal. Sergio Amaury Ponce took the kick and put it just past the right post away from a stretched out Gutierrez. Once again, Lugo on the wall, halfway jumped and let the ball go just passed his head and into the goal. Failure of a good wall allowed the goal.
Cruz Azul couldnt generate any offense against the Toluca defenders until late in the 2nd half. Even then Cristante and company did their Job for the shutout.
Category: Mexico Football League
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Damn, after last tournament’s final loss against Santos I thought that Cruz Azul would take it this year, even though they are a little lucky to have made it to the final this year. Who knows really, it’s not over yet.
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Doesn’t look good for Cruz Azul. Toluca has been all but invincible at home this year. Making up two goals is going to be a lot to ask.
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Whose going to Columbus to watch the game next Wednesday, Feb 11th? I just got my tickets from a company called 333seat.com in Ohio. Tickets can be ordered by calling 614 333 7328 or 800 237 8849, or you can order online at 333seat.com
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