Monterrey came into this match knowing that they needed to score some goals to advance in the CONCACAF Champions League. And while this team hadn’t scored in its past two matches, fans of los Rayados would find relief that Rogelio Funes Mori, the club’s Argentine talisman, was back in the lineup. In the end, it took two penalty kicks and a goal from a central defender for Monterrey to pick up the 1-0 win.
Los Rayados made little headway in the first fifteen minutes, as Alianza seemed to drop into putting 10 men behind the ball and forcing Monterrey to work for a goal.