Cruz Azul notches record-tying seventh Concacaf triumph with 5-0 demolition of Vancouver
Mexican club Cruz Azul clinched a record-equalling seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup title with a crushing 5-0 victory over Canada's Vancouver Whitecaps in the final at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
Hosts Cruz Azul struck early, taking the lead in the eighth minute as Carlos Rotondi slid in to square the ball for captain Ignacio Rivero, who calmly finished in a one-on-one.
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Lorenzo Faravelli doubled the lead 20 minutes later, winning back the ball and unleashing a superb strike that curled in off the far post, before Angel Sepulveda and Mateusz Bogusz added another two goals before the break.
While the Major League Soccer side failed to record a single shot, striker Sepulveda added his second goal with a 50th-minute header as Cruz Azul joined Mexican rivals America as the most successful clubs in the 60-year history of the competition.
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