Club Leon qualified for the Concacaf Champions League final, where Los Angeles FC awaits them, by beating the other Mexican contenders of the Tigres 3-1 in the semi-finals, in the second leg played in home on Wednesday.
Beaten 2-1 in the first leg, the team established in the state of Guanajuato, in the center of the country, was able to reverse the situation by first quickly scoring two goals by midfielder Fidel Ambríz (10th) and by Ecuadorian winger Angel Mena (15th).
The Tigres, where French striker André-Pierre Gignac plays, reduced the gap through left winger Raymundo Fulgencio in the 68th minute, which put the two teams level on aggregate. But Argentinian defender Adonis Frias offered the qualifying goal (79th) to Leon, who reached the final of the event for the first time.
In 1993, when it was still called the Champions Cup, the Mexican team came close to lifting the trophy, but the continental title was awarded to Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa, who finished first in the decisive group stage. . Leon will therefore try to be crowned for the first time against LAFC, who have reached this stage of the competition again, three years after being beaten on the last step by the Tigers. The Mexican club will receive the first on May 31, with the return match scheduled in California on June 4.
