Monterrey repeats as CONCACAF Champions League winners
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Neri Cardozo's 82nd-minute goal helped Monterrey clinch its second straight CONCACAF Champions League title on Wednesday despite a 2-1 defeat at Santos in the second leg.
The first leg saw Monterrey bring a 2-0 lead into Wednesday's match courtesy of a pair of goals from Humberto Suazo, who was suspended for the second leg because of an accumulation of yellow cards.
And Santos took advantage by evening the aggregate score at 2-2 thanks to a goal in first-half stoppage time from Daniel Luduena and another early in the second half by Oribe Peralta.
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But Monterrey turned up the pressure in the final 20 minutes and Cardozo snatched the win for the visitors when he played a one-two with substitute Walter Ayovi before his shot took a deflection on its into the net.
The win seals a place in the FIFA Club World Cup for Monterrey, which becomes the seventh straight team from Mexico to win the CONCACAF Champions League.