MEXICO: Toluca won their second straight Mexican league title after beating Tigres UANL 9-8 in a penalty shootout yesterday, after the two-legged Apertura tournament final ended 2-2 on aggregate.
Tigres, who won the first leg 1-0, took an early lead in the second through Fernando Gorriaran, but Toluca fought back on home soil, with Helinho and Paulinho finding the net to secure a 2-1 win, and the tie remained deadlocked at 2-2 after extra time.
The visitors started the shootout poorly when Nicolas Ibanez fired over the crossbar before Toluca’s Federico Pereira also missed the target.