With goals from Angulo and another from Araujo, the Devils took the three points and avoided Columbus Crew
Toluca beat the Sporting Kansas City of Alan Pulido with a score of 2-1 and was placed at the top of Group D with six points, leaving its rival in turn with three in Monday’s activity of the Leagues Cup.
Already advanced to the round of 32, the contenders were playing for the lead in Group 4 of the West at Children’s Mercy Park.
The first half of the match was back and forth, and was played at a good pace.
Brian Garcia was one of two scorers for Toluca to beat Kansas City. EFE
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From the first minutes, the Toluca He showed danger in a play where Brian Garcia He put in a cross and John ‘John’ Dominguez He shot at goal, but the goalkeeper prevented his goal from falling.
But the rival did not shrink and at minute 12, he sent a shot that went over the goal defended by Thiago Volpi.
Sporting Kansas City He continued to insist and in ’34, Thiago Volpi He saved the ball with great reflexes after a good attack by his opponent.
However, the Scarlets were also determined to continue looking for goals; Jesus ‘Canelo’ Angulo He stole the ball in the area and after a couple of dribbles, he sent it home with power so that Toluca could take the lead in the 39th minute.
However, before going to rest, Kansas City found the route to goal with a good shot Stephen Afrifaafter wasting another important shot in the 42nd minute.
After the break, Renato Paiva He kept changing his starting 11, reserving his best players for the next round.
Even so, Toluca did not lose its punch and at 61, Brian ‘Guamerucito’ Garcia He was close to scoring the second for his team; at minute 65, Maxi Araujo He would not fail and after a good collective play he made it 2-1 for the Mexicans, after being assisted by García himself.
The end of the game continued to be marked by Kansas’ desperation to equalize, but the ‘Diablos’ were well positioned on defense to prevent their opponent from achieving their goal and Toluca continues to advance in the tournament leaving a good taste in the mouth.
