Sounders and Pumas play wild 2-2 draw 1st leg of CCL final
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicolás Lodeiro scored on a a pair of penalty kicks late within the second half, and the Seattle Sounders rallied for a 2-2 draw with Pumas within the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League last Wednesday night time.
Lodeiro scored the primary penalty kick within the 77th minute and the second got here within the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time after Cristian Roldan was fouled within the penalty space by Efraín Velarde. Referee Ivan Barton ultimately went to video overview and awarded the penalty kick that introduced the Sounders degree going into the second leg.
Seattle will host the second leg subsequent Wednesday night time seeking to develop into the primary Main League Soccer staff to win the Champions League underneath its present format that began in 2008.
Juan Dinneno scored two targets within the first 50 minutes for Pumas, however the LigaMX facet as unable to make the two-goal lead maintain up.
Dinneno, the highest scorer within the match, scored on the second likelihood at a penalty kick within the thirty eighth minute and added a strong header that left Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei frozen within the opening minutes of the second half to provide Pumas a 2-0 lead.
Seattle halved the deficit within the 77th minute after Raul Ruidiaz’s tried cross hit the arm of Sebastián Saucedo contained in the penalty space. Lodeiro squeezed his shot previous Pumas goalkeeper Alfredo Talavera.
Velarde’s foul on Roldan wasn’t first seen by Barton. Roldan yelled for the decision, video overview intervened and the penalty kick was awarded. Lodeiro beat Talavera to the identical facet once more and the Sounders had been degree.
Highway targets will not be a tiebreaker within the last, so if the groups are tied on mixture after 90 minutes the ultimate will aim to additional time. A win by both staff within the second leg will give them the title.
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