The Concacaf Champions League is about to end and it is the turn for the Liga MX and MLS star in another electrifying finals match. On this occasion, the Eagles will star in the confrontation in the semifinals of the tournament against the Philadelphia Union. America prepares to hit the field in the PPL Park where it will be measured against the MLS team
The Mexican team will take the field with Guillermo Ochoa; Jorge Sánchez, Emmanuel Aguilera, Bruno Valdez, Salvador Reyes; Richard Sánchez, Pedro Aquino, Sebastián Córdova, Álvaro Fidalgo, Mauro Lainez and Roger Martínez.
The North American team will consist of Andre Blake; Olivier Mbaizo, Jack Elliot, Jacob Glesnes, Kai Wagner; Andrés Martínez, Alejandro Bedoya, Leon Flach; Jamiro Monteiro, Kacper Przybylko, and Cory Burke.
Santiago Solari He sent a team that is made up of players who have been constant during the last days of the Mexican tournament. Guillermo Ochoa it remains immovable in the frame. The defensive line maintains its base made up of Sánchez, Valdez and Aguilera, but maintains a variant on the left side. The person in charge of starting this meeting is Salvador Reyes, who keeps fighting for the title in that position with Luis Fuentes.
In the midfield, the Argentine helmsman also preferred to keep the players who are the regular base of the team: Aquino, Sánchez and Fidalgo. The variants come in the last sector of the court where names are constantly being replaced on the attack. Although Roger Martinez it is the “9” that has been used more times.
The Coapa team made the trip to the United States last Monday with all its squad available to face the return of the semifinal against Philadelphia. However, the only one who will not be able to see action in the remainder of the tournament will be Miguel Layún due to his involvement with the Rayados from Monterrey during the early stages of the tournament. That is why the Veracruz soccer player would be the only one deprived by the regulation of seeing action.
America did a training yesterday in the PPL Park to know the field of play and to be able to refine the last details for the search for your ticket to the final.
The first leg was played on August 12 on the field of the Azeca Stadium. America asserted its home and got a valuable score of 2-0: Richard Sanchez He opened the scoring with an accurate shot from mid-range in the first half. For the second part of the meeting, Emmanuel Aguilera made valid the collection of a maximum penalty at minute 80.
With this marker, Eagles put half a foot in the final of the tournament, the only thing that could leave them eliminated would be a score of 3-0 against him. Everything will be defined by who scores the most goals on the global scoreboard.
Another option that could put the Mexican team in trouble would be if they lost the game with a score of 2-0. Said result would equalize the global score and send the match to a penalty shootout.
Currently, the team led by Santiago Solari remains the overall leader of the tournament Gita Mexico on the MX League, the product of eight games played in which he has been victorious on six occasions and has achieved a draw in two commitments.
The other semifinal will be disputed between the Rayados from Monterrey and Blue Cross.
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