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🚨 Toluca defeat Tigres on penalties in Concacaf Champions Cup final

Backed by a lively home crowd, Deportivo Toluca topped Tigres UANL on penalties in an all-Mexican Concacaf Champions Cup final.

Scorers: Díaz 103' ; Henrique 113

Penalties: 6 - 5

After a cagey, but uneventful first-half, both teams went into the break scoreless. The Liga MX sides had a even share of possession and two shots on target each, through 45 minutes.

In a cruel twist of fate, Marcelo Flores was forced off through an injury in the 78th minute – just a day after being named to Canada's World Cup squad.

Flores was replaced by Tigres legend André-Pierre Gignac, who forced a stunning reaction save from Luis García with his first touch of the match.

However, after another 45-minute stalemate, the match headed to extra-time.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, Toluca's Jorge Díaz fired a low-driven shot across the face of goal and into the bottom-left corner to finally break the deadlock.

But remarkably, it wasn't over as Tigres' Joaquim Henrique equalised ten minutes later with an acrobatic, leaping header, with the game eventually going to penalties.

The penalties proved to be just as tight as the rest of the match, with Toluca coming away with a 6-5 win in the shootout.

It is the club's third Concacaf Champions Cup title and their first since 2003.

Meanwhile, it is the ultimate heartbreak for Tigres as they finish runner-up in a final that, well and truly, could have gone either way.

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