Toluca revived the Mexican nightmare of penalties and was eliminated by Orlando City: 6-5



The Red Devils of Tolucacurrent champions of the MX League, they could not viralize or their success in the football of Mexico and much less than the first phase of the Leagues Cup when reliving the penalty nightmare with two shots that allowed him to eliminate them to Orlando City: 6-5.

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Definitely A very negative result For a squad that sought to start its internationalization march, where the result of this Wednesday night was fundamental to give the first pass of that plan, being victims of failures in the punishment shots and allowing him to the American painting advance to the semifinals.

A very tragic destination For the scarlet eleven, but nothing outside of reality, after what happened in the 90 minutes, where they were not able to decipher the reserved scheme of the local team and ended up giving an unexpected 0-0 far from the victorious days that allowed them to dominate The last semester to the MX League.

On the contrary, Toluca gave the impression of being a team with little football proposal where or Marcel Ruiz, Helinho, Alexis Vega and Paulinho They were able to find themselves to destroy a staggered rear that did not hesitate to sacrifice colorful for keeping scarlet dangerous.

Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese was the figure

The reality is that the party offered so little that The best thing was the penalty shootoutwhere the Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese ended up becoming the figure by stopping the Argentine shots Nicolás Castro and Juan Pablo Domínguezwhich allowed the Inca goalkeeper to put the hero layer to shoot the final shot of the team of Orlando City And thus defeat the goalkeeper of Toluca Luis García Palomera.

Thus, Toluca lived one more failure, but this time sponsored by his lack of cohesion in his lines, but especially of greater desire to propose within the field that took the step to the shots of punishment where Toluca scored Alexis, Vega, Federico Pereira, Robert Morales, Jesús Gallardo and Franco Romerowhile they failed Nicolás Castro and Juan Pablo Domínguez.

While by Orlando CityMartín Ojeda scored his shots, Robin JanssonAlex Freeman, Jorge Gerbet and Pedro Gallese, while the only Leagues Cup.

To top it off, Toluca Not only did he go with the defeat in tow, but with the balance against the casualties due to apparent injuries or tiredness of Paulinho and Helinho, Two of its main figures that would round one night of the thousand devils for the scarlets.

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