Oribe Peralta made the most of his final game before joining the Mexican Olympic team by scoring a hat-trick in Club America’s 3-1 win over los Diablos Rojos de Toluca on Saturday night. Peralta’s performance earned him a standing ovation as he made Toluca’s goalkeeper have no other option than to gaze at the three shots going past him. Here’s my three takeaways of America’s performance.
1)America won’t feel Peralta’s absence too badly
Five absences didn’t keep America from convincingly defeating Toluca, and although Peralta went on a tear before his Olympic departure, America still has plenty of options to stay in contention.