ORLANDO – Leon fell without roaring. After two consecutive attempts to fight for the Concacaf Champions League, the brand new Liga MX champion was eliminated by Toronto from MLS. Not even the magic of Walt Disney World in Orlando smiled at the emeralds who fell 2-1 on Wednesday to a 3-2 aggregate and bid farewell to international glory.
Those from the Bajío came out eager. Luis ‘Chapo’ Montes was the amulet to filter passes on the offensive and create the magic that the environment asked to close the faucet. Ignacio Ambriz looked calm on the bench, but little by little hope was diluted.
It was Michael Bradley of the Canadians who was the driving force behind his team. In midfield he cut balls, leaked others and encouraged his teammates to endanger Rodolfo Cota’s goal.
Even the refereeing by Concacaf hurt Bradley and his team by canceling a goal from Noble Okello, who finished with a header in the first half and beat Cota without problems. They signaled out of place even though the striker was in good position.
The first half was stuck. The goalkeepers were not figures due to the heavy processing of the first 45 minutes.
In the complement, Patrick Mullins and Justin Morrow put the party in favor of Toronto. Both scored the two goals that gave the MLS the lead to knock out the brand-new Liga MX champion.
However, the controversy was involved, since Morrow’s goal was in the eye of the hurricane since the ball touched his arm before entering, so it was suggested that it had to be canceled, a situation that was not like that.
With much drama, in the last 10 minutes, the usual for León, Fernando Navarro, approached his team by sweeping into the area and finding a low center that came from the left wing.
There was only one goal left for the king of Liga MX to qualify, but not even the five minutes of added time were enough for a León who did not show his claws. In this way, Toronto is the third MLS team classified in the quarterfinals.
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