Cruz Azul head coach Vicente Sanchez was glad to “give again to the individuals who trusted him” as his facet received the Concacaf Champions Cup remaining.
The Mexican membership thrashed the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 within the showpiece in Mexico Metropolis. They scored 4 objectives earlier than half-time whereas Angel Sepulveda wrapped up the victory after 50 minutes along with his second of the sport.
This was Cruz Azul’s seventh Champions Cup win, equalling Membership America’s document, and it confirmed their spot within the 2029 Membership World Cup.
Regardless of solely becoming a member of the membership in January, there have been rumours of Sanchez already leaving the membership. Nevertheless, the Uruguayan coach stated his focus was on repaying the religion proven to him.
Sanchez stated: “Giving again to the individuals who trusted in me is the perfect factor that may occur. Now, we’re giving a world title to Cruz Azul.
“The reality is that I dwell in right now, I’m glad, I don’t take into consideration the longer term.”
Primer título como DT para Vicente Sánchez pic.twitter.com/AhVdLnC6kU
— Concacaf Champions Cup (@TheChampions) June 2, 2025
MLS facet Vancouver, who’re at the moment high of the Western Convention, didn’t even register a single shot on course within the match.
Head coach Jesper Sorensen expressed the frustration from throughout the dressing room after the end result.
“We got here with hope and aspiration and ambition, in fact, now there’s devastation,” stated Jesper Sorensen.
“We made an excellent event. We’ve crushed nice groups on our method, however right now we couldn’t placed on a efficiency to beat a very good group like Cruz Azul; that’s how generally it’s with sports activities.
“I really feel sorry for the gamers… to win we wanted our greatest efficiency, and right now it was fairly the alternative. Cruz Azul was simply higher in each side.”
