Regardless of Membership America’s 4-0 thrashing of New England Revolution within the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal, Eagles boss Andre Jardine totally believes the tie is ‘nonetheless open’ with the second leg on the horizon.
The Mexican giants served up one in every of their most dominant performances of 2024 at Gillette Stadium Tuesday evening, not permitting the Revs a lot of an opportunity on their residence turf. The field rating additionally relays that very same message, as America notched 58% possession and 12 whole photographs (seven on track) to New England’s 9 whole photographs (three on track).
Talking to the media after the victory, Jardine was fast to notice that in his thoughts the tie is much from over regardless of his aspect’s commanding 4-0 lead going into the second leg.
“It is a 180-minute recreation, there are previous experiences that inform us that we’ve got to play each video games” Jardine stated after the sport. “Every thing went properly for us, we had been forceful, however for me the collection continues to be open and the second leg can be robust.”
Regardless of the Revs’ surprising kind to being the 2024 MLS marketing campaign beneath first-year head coach Caleb Porter — 4 defeats and one attract 5 video games — Jardine thought the primary leg was going to be a a lot nearer contest.
“I used to be stunned, I imagined a reasonably balanced and difficult recreation. However as I stated it was a recreation the place every thing went properly for us, we had been forceful within the first two photographs and scored a objective. It was one in every of these video games to maintain in reminiscence for its virtually good execution,” he stated.
Jardine’s aspect return to Liga MX motion this Saturday to tackle Santos Laguna on the Estadio Corona. The Eagles will sq. off with the Revs within the second leg on the Estadio Azteca on April 9, and protected passage to the semifinals of the Champions Cup would see them matchup with the winner of Columbus Crew vs Tigres.