The Toluca Devils, champions of Mexican soccer, will host LAFC (Los Angeles FC) of MLS tomorrow, prepared to ‘drown’ them at 2,600 meters above sea level and thus qualify for the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
At home in Toluca, central Mexico, Argentine coach Antonio Mohamed’s Diablos will be looking to do some damage with an offense led by Portuguese Paulinho and Brazilian Helinho.
Toluca bets everything on a comeback
On Sunday, Mohamed used an alternative team in the quarterfinals of the Mexican Clausura to keep his best players in good condition.
Confident of turning around a series that is in favor of the Americans.
Last Wednesday, the Los Angeles side won 2-1 and will now aim to win, draw or lose with more than one goal scored against an opponent that has balance in all its lines.
They will be looking to take advantage of their home advantage in a stadium that is difficult for visiting teams.
Although he will prioritize the defense, the Americans’ coach, Marc Dos Santos, will go for goals with Gabon’s Denis Bouanga, Venezuela’s David Martínez and Korea’s Heung-Min Son (Filed under: Toluca vs LAFC).
Unpredictable clash to define Concacaf finalist
It is a duel of difficult prognosis.
While MLS teams tend to struggle in Mexico, Los Angeles FC, a team with high-level stars, is in a good moment, third in the MLS West standings.
Toluca is the best team in Mexico in the last year and a half and is betting on extending its dominance to Concacaf.
He will look to take advantage of the home-field advantage
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The winner of the series will face the best of Mexico’s Tigres UANL and MLS’s Nashville for the title, who will decide their series this Tuesday in Monterrey (Filed as: Toluca vs LAFC).
Probable lineups
Toluca: Luis García; Santiago Simón, Bruno Méndez, Everardo López, Diego Barbosa; Franco Romero, Nico Castro, Marcel Ruiz, Jesús Angulo; Helinho, Paulinho.
Coach: Antonio Mohamed.
Los Angeles FC: Hugo Lloris; Aaron Long, Nkosi Tafari, Ryan Porteous; Jacob Shaffelburg, Marco Delgado, Mathieu Choiniere, Denis Bouanga, Timothy Tillman; David Martinez, Heung-Min Son.
Coach: Marc Dos Santos.
Referee: To be designated.
Stadium: Nemesio Diez, Toluca, central Mexico, 2,600 meters above sea level.
Time: 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM (ET), 9:30 PM (CT), 7:30 PM (PT).
Where to watch: FOX Sports, TUDN and ViX (Filed under: Toluca vs LAFC).
With information from EFE
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