Deportivo Toluca wins CONCACAF Champions Cup against Tigres on penalties

Toluca and Tigres tied 1-1 in the final but Toluca prevailed in Penalty Kicks by a 6-5 score.

Toluca won its first Concacaf Champions Cup title in more than two decades, beating Tigres in a seven-round shootout to book a spot in Club World Cup.

Goalkeeper Luis García’s shootout heroics lifted Toluca past UANL Tigres on Saturday, securing the club’s first CONCACAF Champions Cup title in 23 years. Jorge Díaz Price, who came into the match in the 88th minute, put the home side ahead at the end of the first period of extra time, but Brazilian defender Joaquim Pereira leveled things with a header in the 113th minute. In the penalty shootout García saved attempts from Fernando Gorriarán and then José Juan Purata to give Toluca a 6-5 victory.

Deportivo Toluca defeated fellow Mexican side Tigres UANL on penalties to lift the CONCACAF Champions Cup for a third time on Saturday.That led to the shoot-out, and again there were nerves for Toluca when Franco Romero saw his penalty to win the game saved by Guzman with the home side leading 4-3.

Backed by a lively home crowd, Deportivo Toluca topped Tigres UANL on penalties in an all-Mexican Concacaf Champions Cup final. Scorers: Díaz 103' ; Henrique 113'Penalties: 6 - 5After a cagey, but...