The Leagues Cup 2024 between Liga MX and the MLS continues. Day 3 of the East Group 6where Pachuca and Toronto FC They will face each other to find out who is the boss of the sector, which they share with the eliminated one. New York Red Bulls. The three teams have two points, so the Tuzos and the Reds will look to stay in the lead.
In the first match of the group, the Canadians tied without goals against the New York team, which led to the penalty shootout. In that stage, the bullfighters came out victorious 5-4 after the Italian’s mistakes. Lorenzo Insigne and Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty.
For the second date, the Tuzos achieved a 1-1 tie through the Venezuelan Solomon Rondonafter the Brazilian Elias Manoel put the Bulls ahead. In the penalty shootout, the Hidalgo team won 5-4 with Nelson Deossa as the only one to miss his shot.
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When? Sunday, August 4th
Where? Toronto Canada
Stadium: BMO Field
Schedule: 18:00 hours
Channel: Apple TV
Streaming: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV
The Uruguayan coach Guillermo Almada He said that even more can be expected from the squad, saying that there are players who are just starting to get minutes, and others who are about to join the team due to their activities with their respective national teams.
“I didn’t like the first half, we played badly, if we don’t make two passes in a row, we don’t pass the ball between us, it will be difficult, in the second half the team showed a different attitude, we created more chances”said the Uruguayan.
In addition to this, the helmsman added that recently the Ecuadorian defender Andres Micolta and Solomon Rondon They began training with the team, after they were with their national teams in the America Cupfor which reason, they have had little activity, while the Ecuadorian Angel Menawho played a few minutes in the match, arrived after the tournament had already started and is therefore working to be at the level of the rest of the squad.
Goalie: Carlos Moreno
Defenses: Sergio Barreto, Gustavo Cabral, Bryan Gonzalez, ‘Chaka’ Rodriguez
Midfielders: Nelson Deossa, Pedro Pedraza, Alan Bautista
Forwards: Oussama Idrissi, Angel Mena, Solomon Rondon
Substitutes: Carlos Sanchez, Ponchito Gonzalez, Gael Alvarez, Sergio de los Rios, Owen Gonzalez, Daniel Aceves, Luis Calzadilla, Borja Baston, Jorge Berlanga, Andres Micolta, Jose Tellez, Sergio Aguayo
After the match, the coach John Herdman attended the press conference mentioning: “This is a really tough place to come to, the Red Bulls are one of the most aggressive teams in MLS, you have to work really hard to get any advantage here. They are the hardest working team and they have a tireless energy to keep going, so I was proud of the lads tonight. We had some good moments, especially in the first half and obviously at the end they had some good moments to win the game as well, some good saves from the opposition.” Sean (Johnson). Overall, we are happy to have taken the two points tonight, in the first game, we will certainly get them in the group stage”.
“Pach
uca coming here will be a tough match for them, even with their championship spirit, and having Pachuca at home gives us that small advantage. We know they are a top-level team, we have seen what they did to Columbus (in the Concachampions final), there are not many teams that do that. We had the opportunity to see Rondón in the Copa América and the type of threat he represents. It will be a tough test, but we come into this match with the best chance of advancing. The mentality is to win the match and we cannot lose.”he concluded.
Goalie: Sean Johnson
Defenses: Nickseon Gomis, Kevin Long, Richie Laryea, Raoul Petretta
Midfielders: Deybi Flores, Jonathan Osorio, Federico Bernardeschi, Derrick Etienne Jr
Forwards: Lorenzo Insigne, Prince Osei Owusu
Substitutes: Sigurd Rosted, Shane O’Neill, Matthew Longstaff, Jahkeele Marshall-Ruty, Kosi Thompson, Cassius Mailula, Aimé Mabika, Luka Gavran, Kobe Franklin, Greg Ranjitsingh
Pachuca (5)1-1(4) Toronto
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