Tigres vs. Toluca: Key Match-up Preview in CONCACAF Final
Tigres vs. Toluca in the CONCACAF final features elite talent and strategic coaching, guaranteeing a vigorous clash. The LatiNatton crew breaks it down.
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Tigres versus Toluca, my friends, the final for CONCACAF.
Is it surprising to you guys that this is a all Liga MX affair?
Chiva?
my heart says it's not, but it's not surprising.
Honestly, as, as a Mexican, I know that when it comes to, to the nat- international, cups like Champions, Cup, Mexico has always been on top of the United States, even though the, the it's almost the parity w- where the style of football and the level of football, it's almost the same.
But when it comes to tournaments like this, Mexico always comes up, unfortunately for MLS, and for my LAFC, obviously.
You know, I, I these are two really good teams with really good squads, with a really good coach, 'cause on the other hand, you know, Guido Pizarro, I think he still has a lot to learn, and Mohamed is gonna be the key to, to who's gonna win this match.
Definitely.
Alex, Mo- Oh, sorry.
Sorry, just one thing I wanna add to that.
I think, you know, I can't say that I was surprised.
A little disappointed, but something that I, you know, thought about even this weekend watching the Pumas-Amrica game, the type of intensity we see in Liga MX is not what we see in the MLS.
I have never seen a game in the MLS with that much intensity.
Players throwing themselves all over on the ground, giving their whole entire mind, soul, and body to the game is something, you know, that's why Liga MX comes out on top, and has that edge over the MLS.
With that, we saw it with LAFC.
They were not playing at the intensity that the Mexican teams can, can achieve.
Yeah.
Right?
And I feel like this goes m- just, in a broader sense, in a broader sense, Latinos in general.
Yeah.
Because you watch a game from South America and Mexico- Anywhere, yeah compared to MLS, these players are willing to die on this pitch.
Oh, yeah.
And because they have nothing to lose, you know what I mean?
Like, they just go with everything, and you see the difference in passion, definitely.
Yeah.
So now we have Toluca versus Tigres.
Tigres, a team, they cast aqu in Latin Nation, although we don't have any more games this season.
We'll see you guys next season right here- Thank you, Chiva on Latin Nation.
Ms Tigres, pero tenemos Chivas contra Pumas.
Si.
Now, predictions, we have to f- to wrap up this segment.
Who do you think is gonna make it to the end, and is gonna be crowned the champion of the continent, the best team in CONCACAF?
Ay, Dios mo.
Look, I want Tigres to win because I hate Toluca now, but I think Toluca's gonna take it.
I, I kinda agree with Chiva, but at the same time, I have to ride or die with, Tigres, so.
ngel Correa, hat trick, I'm gonna call it right now.
Hat trick?
Oh.
Oh, my God.
Hat trick for ngel Correa.
Let me stop you right there, because ngel Correa has been one of the most spotty players this season for Tigres.
Yeah.
I feel like if he had been performing at his highest level, that he reached in some games- Yeah Tigres would have been in a very different place, maybe in the final right now, like, in its way to the final Liga MX.
but also, they did gear up at the end of the season.
Well- Yeah they had very, very difficult first half, and they were able to make it to the final of international competition.
That is success.
Now, El Turco Mohamed, Cami, has said from the beginning that this is a tournament that they were going to favor, to the point that- Yeah we could see them being completely flat- Mm-hmm versus Pachuca on the, a quarterfinal for Liga MX.
Do you think Mohamed has the scheme to defeat Tigres on this final?
I mean, definitely.
If you just look at their track so far in the season, I think that the stats are with them, the, you know, the leadership is with them, and I 100% think that.
You know, especially because Tigres is kind of this hit-or-miss team.
If they turn on that intensity, then they're really strong, but I mean, I haven't really been seeing that so far.
