'Tis a pity.
'Tis a pity.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
We need to be careful here. Do you know they can squeeze honey from maple leaves?
http://www.clubsantoslaguna.com.mx/santos_toronto_02.html
GOOGLE TRANSLATE FROM SANTOS LAGUNA SITE:
After recreational activities carried out this morning in the premises of the Holy Land Model, Panama's Felipe Baloy said:
We are thinking about winning, Toronto is not an easy opponent, Santos is showing that it is for great things, whether playing at home or visitor. We have the opportunity to play the return match in Torreon and we will do things the right way with our audience will try to advance to the Final
Is there confidence to overcome this tie?
The total trust is the team we have, by group, by the performance we've had. Tomorrow we will try to show, to make a great game and moving on to the Final, we play it and win it.
Avoid concieding the first goal?
Certainly, keeping the back are zero in the final, the goalless draw gives us the pass, the idea is to be solid behind. Yet the team wants to win, our important players can score at any time.
[Is it] Essential to keep a cool head and not fall into provocations?
That will be important, ending eleven, not to make any devolution or we expel any player. We must dedicate ourselves to play, to do our thing, to think about winning the game.
For his part, Rodolfo Salinas lagoon stressed the importance of play in? Alien House of Pain?:
We have to build that we are at home with our fans in our stadium. We will facilitate the whole game. There [BMO field] [we] could not have as much possession as the court was too small, here will be a nice football game to generate as we have been doing in the tournament and the Champions League?
What will be the key to getting the ticket to the Final?
Possession of the ball, playing the ball is our strength, they are much more complicated when an opponent starts playing them the ball.
Focused on advancing to the final analysis?
Yes, this team can play mini-leagues, in all tournaments try to reach the final and be champions in both tournaments we play this team aspires to much.
The match between Santos Laguna and Toronto FC, corresponding to the Semifinal Round of the Champions League CONCACAF will be played on Wednesday April 4 at about 19:00 at Estadio Corona.
Just imagine if the feeling in our bellies as we anticipate kick off tonight was something that came along much more regularly.
Sort of like gas.
have not been this excited for a game probably since the first time i saw Porto face benfica. This is going to be a good game (hopefully) and I do believe anything is possible in this game. I would love to see Toronto FC come in and win, and already its shown us you do not always need the big name players or budget to get a quality team and get this far in a tournament.
COME ON YOUR REDS!!!!!!!. you can do this. as long as they put forth 100% of their efforts im happy.
6 hrs until... Dare to dream
Despite the long odds and such, it's quite stunning to really realize the magnitude of our match tonight. CCL might be still in it's infancy, but it's still extremely massive to think of where we are and what we can accomplish tonight.
Just picture what BMO would be like for the (assuming) 1st leg of the CCL final. I want that soooooo bad.
we can do this!!!!!
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League
Semifinals – Second Leg April 4, 2012
Santos
In Semifinal, First Leg 1-1 draw, Herculez Gomez (30’) scored his 4th goal in 3 CCL games.
Advanced to second-ever appearance in CCL semifinals thanks to a 6-1 quarterfinal, second-leg rout of the Seattle Sounders to win the series 7-3 on aggregate. U.S. international Herculez Gomez scored 3 goals over the two games.
• Group Stage record: 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss (16 GF, 6 GA)...1st Place, Group B.
• All-Time CCL record: 17 wins, 4 draws, 10 losses (76 GF, 44 GA).
• All-Time CCL home record: 14 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss (54 GF, 14 GA)...only loss came in the 2010/11 quarterfinals v Cruz Azul (1-3) on March 1, 2011.
• Scored 3 or more goals in 11 of 15 all-time CCL home games, including 14 in last 3 outings.
• Conceded 1 goal or less in 11 of 15 all-time CCL home games...allowed 1 goal in last 3 CCL home games.
• Lost to Mexico’s Atlante in 2008/09 semifinals 4-3 on aggregate (home: 2-1 win; away: 1-3 loss)...Carlos Darwin Quintero scored both goals in victory.
• 2011/12 CCL scorers: Oribe Peralta, Christian Suarez (5 goals each); Herculez Gomez, Carlos Darwin Quintero (4 goals each); Carlos Ochoa (3); Jose Maria Cardenas, Juan Carlos Enriquez, Jesus Escoboza, Aaron Galindo, Daniel Ludueña, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, own-goal (1 goal each).
Toronto FC
Miguel Aceval (37’) scored his 1st CCL goal in Semifinal, First Leg draw (1-1).
Became 1st team from Canada to advance to CCL semifinals with 4-3 aggregate triumph over the LA Galaxy in the quarterfinals. Jamaican international Ryan Johnson scored in each leg.
• Group Stage record: 3 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses (7 GF, 7 GA)...2nd Place, Group C.
• All-Time CCL record: 9 wins, 7 draws, 5 losses (24 GF, 23 GA).
• All-Time CCL away record: 4 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses (12 GF, 14 GA).
• Unbeaten in 6-consecutive CCL games...3 wins, 3 draws, 0 losses (10 GF, 5 GA).
• Won 4 of last 5 CCL away games...4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss...scored 2 or more goals in each win.
• 9 of last 12 goals scored in the CCL have come in the 1st half...4 of Ryan Johnson’s 5 CCL goals have been scored in the 1st half.
• 1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss in 5 CCL games v Mexican opposition.
• 2011/12 CCL scorers: Ryan Johnson (5 goals); Joao Plata (4 goals); Danny Koevermans (2); Miguel Aceval, Julian De Guzman, Peri Marosevic, Luis Silva, Nick Soolsma (1 goal each).
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Exactly. F**k fragile psyches. Support your club!
I think we will lose tonight, but I BELIEVE we will win.
just do it, reds!!!!!
TORONTO FC, 2017 MLS CHAMPIONS!!! (Still the greatest in league history!)
Have they released the date(s) the final will be played on?
Also I much prefer a one-legged tie for a final at a pre-determined stadium like the UEFA Champion's League, but I guess it'd be difficult as some fans over here are a little less likely to travel to a neutral stadium for the game.