CONCACAF Champions League, Group Stage
Can't believe these awful odds available for a Pumas win... an average of 1.35 for a team that is taking this competition as a joke? The Pumas decided to tackle this Champions League with their youth team, and the players that took part in the previous 2 games have an average age of 20, at most. All of them are from their youth system, and even though they are promising players, the results are far from proving it. They lost at home to FC Dallas in the opening match, entering the history as the first Mexican team to lose at home against a MLS team. In their second match, they only drew 0-0 away at Tauro, despite playing with an extra-man for more than an hour. And for what it seems, the same youth players will see action tonight, as Pumas's dreadful form is also present in the local league, where they are without a win for 5 games, just got trashed 0-4 by Queretaro, and there's a very important match with Toluca coming up this weekend. Toronto has made it clear that their objective is to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so I'm pretty sure that we'll see a lot of regulars on the field tonight. They are well organized team, and I see them capable of withstanding the young Pumas assault, especially since their confidence should be sky high following their 4-2 weekend win at Columbus Crew, and since they know that a win here will pretty much seal their qualification. Odds on Pumas are very poor, so the value definitely lies with the Canadians. GL!
Toronto (+1.25 AH) @ 2.14, 4/10
Result: 4-0, LOST
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