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English:
Colorado Rapids and Toluca faced off in a thrilling Leagues Cup Round of 16 matchup, with the Mexican side emerging victorious with a final score of 2-1. The match took place at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca on August 14, 2024.
The game started with a fast pace, with both teams having chances to score. In the 12th minute, Colorado Rapids’ D. Mihailovic received a yellow card. In the 41st minute, Toluca’s F. Amaya also saw a yellow card.
The first goal came in the 45th minute when Rafael Navarro scored for Colorado Rapids, assisted by S. Vines. Toluca responded in the 83rd minute with a goal from Paulinho, assisted by J. Gallardo.
In the 90th minute, D. Yapi scored the winning goal for Colorado Rapids, unassisted. However, the goal was reviewed by VAR and ultimately disallowed for offside by D. Mihailovic.
Despite the defeat, Colorado Rapids put up a good fight, but Toluca proved to be more effective in attack. Toluca dominated possession with 66%, while Colorado Rapids had 34%. Toluca also had more shots on goal (6) than Colorado Rapids (2).
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Substitutions toluca: at minute 60 A. Vega came in and J. Meneses went out., at minute 60 J. Gallardo came in and B. A. Garcia Caprizo went out., at minute 70 C. Baeza came in and F. Amaya went out., at minute 70 I. Lopez came in and J. Angulo went out., at minute 78 R. Morales came in and C. Orrantia went out.
Substitutions colorado rapids: at minute 70 O. Fernandez came in and C. Harris went out., at minute 70 C. Ronan came in and J. Lewis went out., at minute 86 D. Yapi came in and Rafael Navarro went out., at minute 86 K. Stewart-Baynes came in and O. Larraz went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Toluca
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Colorado Rapids
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