A new battle between Liga MX vs. MLS for the CONCACAF Champions League title, when LAFC and Tigres define the champion
ORLANDO – Tigres and LAFC will meet in the final of the CONCACAF Champions League, after leaving Olympia in Honduras and America in Mexico, respectively.
On Saturday, the cats opened the curtain on the anteroom for the title against the Central American club, which they defeated 3-0 after two penalties by André-Pierre Gignac and an own goal.
In turn, LAFC beat Sebastián Cáceres’s early goal in the 11th minute, sent off Eduard Atesta in the first period and raised the score thanks to a Carlos Vela double.
In its first participation in the top competition in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the MLS club from Los Angeles, which was founded in 2014 and played an official duel for the first time in 2018, will seek to become the first foreign team to the League. BBVA MX in lifting the trophy in the current format of the competition.
In turn, the cats aspire to the first international title in showcases, after three attempts in this fair against America, (2016), Pachuca (2017) and Monterrey (2019).
Once again, teams from Mexico and the United States will define the best team in the confederation.
Carlos Vela at the head of LAFC and André-Pierre Gignac with Tigres, will play in a duel of quality crimes and strikers.