Toluca vs. Pachuca: What you should know about the final in Mexico 1:58 (Reuters) — Pachuca won the title of champion of the Apertura tournament of Mexican soccer on Sunday after beating Toluca 3-1 in the second leg of the final. The “Tuzos” of Pachuca conquered their seventh championship with a global score of 8-2, after on Thursday they pulled out a lofty 5-1 victory as a visitor in the first leg. (CLAUDIO CRUZ/AFP via Getty Images) “We all fight a lot for this, this title is very important, the players were the architects and they deserve it,” said Pachuca’s technical director, Uruguayan Guillermo Almada, who lost the finals of the Guard1anes 2021 tournaments when he led Santos Laguna and Grita México C22 at the head of Pachuca. In the series-defining match, Toluca revived their comeback hopes in the 20th minute when Raúl López beat Argentine goalkeeper Óscar Ustari with a powerful shot from outside the area. Pachuca had the option of leveling with a penalty in the 45th minute, but Brazilian goalkeeper Tiago Volpi deflected Argentine Nicolás Ibáñez’s shot. But on the next play, Víctor Guzmán leveled the score with a left-footed shot inside the area after Volpi deflected a cross from Spaniard Paulino de la Fuente. Ibáñez scored the second goal for Pachuca in the 52nd minute when he powerfully finished off a pass from Luis Chávez, which caused the uproar of the 25,000 local fans who attended the Hidalgo stadium. Pachuca’s third goal fell in the 75th minute with a penalty scored by Argentine defender Gustavo Cabral. In this way, the “Tuzos” of Pachuca put the seventh star on their shield after those won in the Winter 1999, Winter 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007 and Clausura 2016 tournaments.