29 April 2016

Awards in the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League

This morning (European time) ended the Champions League from the CONCACAF region. Mexican Club America beat up another Mexican side Tigres UANL 4:1 in aggregate and right after the game individual winner awards were announced in various categories.
Golden Glove award took the goalkeeper Hugo Gonzalez Duran from the winning team - Club America. Jarritos (popular soft drink in Mexico) Golden Boot award belonged to Emanuel Alejandro Villa who was the tournament's top scorer with six goals and is playing for Queretaro (Mexico). The captain of the newly (old) crowned champions, Rubens Sambueza (Argentina / Mexico) is the winner of the Golden Ball awards. Alberth Elis from Honduras earned the title Best Young Player with Club Olimpia (Honduras) while Queretaro won in the Fair Play award category.
That is how CONCACAF became the second region in the world where Club America will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan from 08 - 18 December after New Zealand team of Auckland City was crowned OFC (Oceania) champions last Saturday.

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