León wins 2-1 against LAFC in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final

A good first half was enough for León to take the lead in the first leg of the Champions League final. Concacaf Champions League and impose 2-1 against LA FC.

The return duel is played on Sunday 4 in the United States. The Mexican team with a win or a tie can be crowned.

Despite the fact that the visitors tried to be aggressive from the start, the dominance of the emerald team was felt from the first minutes, with attacks mainly from the right side, with Ivan Moreno And Angel Menawho logged in multiple times.

One of the beneficiaries being at the forefront of that side was Jose Alvaradowhich, at 6′, caused the first dangerous play which the American defense barely managed to remedy.

At minute 7 it looked like things were getting more complicated for those led by Nicolás Larcamón, with Jairo Moreno leaving through injury and the entry of a veteran like Elías Hernández. But the local team did not relax and at 8′, the score opened with a corner from the left side that William Tesillo directed very well in the axis.

mastery of the game

For very brief minutes, we thought that LAFC the pressure was removed, and he took the ball to go on the counterattack. But his attacks were completely sterile, with a Charles Candle as a reference area, although very isolated.

The Fiera came back to recover the wide dominance of the start. And after a warning from Elías Hernández, at 32′, he found himself before the break with a hand in the opponent’s area after a shot from Stiven Barreiro, who after seeing the VARwas scored as a penalty.

Mena, with a relentless charge, at 45+4′, widened the gap on the scoreboard.

With the obligation to close the gap, the American team rose to the front against an opponent who depended on the counterattack. And in these attacks, Vela finally had a good ball, at 52′, but his shot went wide.

The meeting ended in much friction. The home team in their eagerness to seek to increase the score, and the visit in their desperation not to find the places.

It was only in 90 + 7 ‘, that the LAFC discount fell, in the slippers of Denis Bouanga, after the trajectory of a counterattack from the right. Something that fell like a bucket of cold water on the local fans.