Denis Bouanga scored twice as LAFC beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 in the first game of a two-leg CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday.
. Bouanga leads the CCL with five goals in three games heading into the quarterfinal’s second leg Tuesday at BMO Stadium, where LAFC needs to avoid a loss by three or more goals to the advance to the semifinals for the second time in four seasons.
The biggest play in a scoreless half came in the 13th minute when LAFC keeper John McCarthy made a diving one-handed save of a Tristan Blackmon shot that was headed in at the far post. Vancouver wouldn’t put another shot on goal until the final minute of regulation. In between, Bouanga took control, giving LAFC the only goal it would need by driving a right-footed shot from distance over Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka and off the underside of the crossbar in the 55th minute for the first of three goals in a 10-minute span.FIFA president Gianni Infantino continues to court authoritative regimes and look the other way on human rights issues in his relentless expansion quest.
Bouanga set up the second six minutes later when he took the ball away from Vancouver’s Andrés Cubas at the top of the Whitecaps’ penalty area. The loose ball rolled into the middle of the box for Opoku, who took a short dribble before finishing with a left-footed shot inside the left post. Bouanga closed the scoring in the 65th minute, taking a pass from Tillman and eluding three defenders to score on a left-footed shot high into the left corner of the net.
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