Angel Sepulveda scored twice and Cruz Azul routed the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 on Sunday to win its seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup.
Sepúlveda completed with a tournament-best 9 targets. Ignacio Rivero, Lorenzo Faravelli and Mateusz Bogusz additionally scored for Cruz Azul, which constructed a 4-0 lead by halftime.
The Liga MX membership tied crosstown rival Membership America for many titles within the event. It was Cruz Azul’s first title since 2013-14 when La Máquina beat Tijuana.
The Whitecaps had been trying to make historical past as the primary Canadian workforce to win the event, and the primary winner from Main League Soccer for the reason that Seattle Sounders in 2022.
Cruz Azul had 4 pictures on aim within the first half and scored on all of them. La Máquina took benefit of a defensive lapse by the Whitecaps and Ignacio Rivero coolly completed together with his left foot within the seventh minute in entrance of cheering house followers at Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
Faravelli’s aim got here after an identical defensive lapse, struck from distance and went into the web after hitting the publish.
After Sepúlveda’s sliding aim within the thirty seventh, Bogusz added a aim within the forty fifth simply earlier than the groups went into the break. Sepúlveda added one other aim on a header within the fiftieth.
Angel Sepulveda (L) of Cruz Azul celebrates with Jose Ignacio Rivero (R) after scoring the workforce’s fifth aim at Estadio Olimpico Universitario. (Photograph by Jaime Lopez/Jam Media/Getty Pictures)
It was Cruz Azul goalkeeper Kevin Mier’s fourth clear sheet of the event. The Whitecaps had no pictures on aim in the course of the match.
Vancouver was with out Sebastian Berhalter due to yellow card accumulation. He scored in each legs of the semifinal towards Lionel Messi and Inter Miami.
The Whitecaps had hoped that captain Ryan Gauld would return from a knee harm in time for the sport however he was not out there.
Cruz Azul superior with a two-legged victory over UANL Tigres.
It was the primary assembly between the Whitecaps and Cruz Azul.
Reporting by The Related Press.
Need nice tales delivered proper to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account and observe leagues, groups and gamers to obtain a personalised publication every day!
Get extra from CONCACAF Champions Cup Observe your favorites to get details about video games, information and extra
