RSR6: Columbus Crew 3-1 LAFC Leagues Cup 2024 Final Review!

and welcome to another rsr tonight I'm reviewing Columbus Crew 3 LFC 1 in the leagues cup 2024 final Columbus Crew are your champions in the 2024 leagues cup gador colus crew colbus crew LFC Uno de scope Columbus wins they are your Champions they get the round of 16 slot for the conera Champions Cup next year whether they win the MLS Cup or not we'll see what happens that'll be interesting but Columbus are in lafc are as well but they're in round one Colorado winning the penalty shootout in round one as well but Columbus Crew this is a tail of two halves up until stoppage time up until stoppage time this game was a tail of two halves first half was mostly Columbus second half was mostly lafc once Rio came off injured and at westa came on off at halftime for O'Brien which they were probably the two players that led to Columbus really having the half they did and they could have been leading by more than one the fact it was only one nil was crazy the first half Columbus lafc was playing into Columbus's hands lafc was slow walking it Columbus were all over him just like the MLS Cup Final last year it was pretty similar to the MLS Cup Final that first half of the game the second half lafc were the better side lafc were all over them they should have scored more than one goal they had a offside goal that didn't count they had a goal that bonga could have scored that went straight to Hagen because he jumped into it he made the right jump at the right time 1-1 going into stoppage time Columbus shuts the damn door at home quickly goals are scored as follows in the 44th minute coo hernand scores ball crossed in cooo heads it in to make it 1 nil Uno aeto beautiful Header by coo Hernandez they had some really good chances in this half but at least they get one cooo with a goal beautiful goal pops it in there one n halftime 1 nil Uno aett they have the lead 56th minute Olivia jiru a header as well ball crossed in Jirus right there he heads it in Hagen's screened he doesn't make the jump quick enough he doesn't know what's coming giru heads it in about classic as you would expect for him 1-1 Uno Uno then in stoppage time 90 plus three cooo Hernandez has the ball he takes the shot Lofts it over Larice Larice thinks that Jason's going to head it in at the doorstep just a Teensy bit to the side of Larice it curls in two to one DOA Uno beautiful goal by cooo and then a minute later cooo Hernandez has the ball on a breakaway crosses it over plays it over to Jason Russell Rose says hey Jason sorry you didn't get the header I'll give you this one Jason Russell Rose slots at home bangs at home the Canadian the good old Canadian boy brings them the obvious win shuts down the game puts the nail in lafc's coffin 31 th Uno beautiful goal by Jason Russell R cooo with the assist fulltime 313 so Uno Columbus the champions of leagues cup fulltime stats are as follows 12 shots to nine five shots on goal to four 62% possession to 38% possession 479 pass to 292 86% pass accuracy to 72% eight fouls to 20 two offside to one one yellow card to two zero red cards to zero four corners three let me tell you this game again was a tale of two halves and I really think ATA westa and Mar were the players that you could tell they were arguing with each other during the cooling break they both had a bad first half they both had the team lafc absolutely shaky like they were I wouldn't say the absolute reason but this team was shaky and it's all basically because anesta and Mar who are two of the star warts of the team always have been were shaky they had a horrible performance aesta was this is the worst I've ever seen him play this is the worst ever seen Edward aesta play and yes he was in the brazero for a couple of years so I may have missed some bad performances at P Adas which maybe that's why I got to go back to lafc but I've never seen him play this bad in a black and gold shirt or a white and gold shirt or a wh and gray shirt whatever they wore I've never seen them play Bad in a lafc shirt I've never seen it this was the first bad game he's had and this is I think he did not play against Leon this is the first Confederation Continental final he has played with lafc ironically enough if he played against Tigres they would have been conaf Champions ironically enough I can't say he's the reason they lost but he's definitely the reason Columbus dominated in the first half which that goal matters that goal matters matters that goal helped them take the lead late and take the wind out of LFC Sals then score on the counter and put the nail in the coffin so really it's him if you really want to be honest it's ironic lafc were right there and they still haven't won a continental trophy they were right there and the guy who would have won them one four years ago 3.8 whatever the hell four years ago if he played did not help them deny not covering yourself in glory I gotta say Mario he got hurt I don't think he was the one who needed to come off instantly I would have done the same that cherundolo did give Mario a chance to play himself back into the match without aesta with O'Brien and Midfield which they looked better with O'Brien in Midfield and even with Mario on he just got injured sagora was okay he was better not expected but that's probably what Mario would have been had he not gotten hurt so I don't think that one's totally on him I'm more mad at at westa if I'm an LFC fan I'm mad at him I'm not happy with him I'm not happy with him O'Brien would have won them this game if O'Brien played 90 minutes they arguably I don't think Columbus would had a foothold ironically enough and you say but they still won 3-1 that one goal that cooo got the fact it was one1 gave them a chance to have it be a bit more open that lafc weren't sitting back and Columbus had to go against a brick wall they had a chance to score late because it was 1-1 you're hoping for penalties right but both teams are going to be open they're going to leave some guys out to try to get that late goal and that's what happened it wasn't a brick wall if it's one nil lafc it's probably a brick wall right it's probably a brick wall cooo doesn't get that shot off and the screen isn't there and arguably you could say maybe they should have checked that screen fair but that screen isn't there so so in that sort of way if he's not there if he's not there and it's a brick wall it stays one nil lafc wins it's that simple it's the fine margins it's the fine margins that decide championships and Columbus right now are the better team in the fine margins lafc whether it was under Bradley or shundo they're they're not the team within the fine margins they are not the same team within the fine margins they get all these players a laundry list of big players and they don't find it because they just don't have the those small metrics those small margins are just not for them they Wilt even under Bradley Bradley's a crap manager but they wilted they were good enough to carry that guy to Conference Finals and Champions League finals and all that they still wilted cherundolo is a fraud they Wilt banga is a great footballer but what did he do tonight nothing what does Yu do tonight he got a goal n much else he started nothing much else Kai Kamar look more lively up there I'd have to say so the question is is why are these fine margins never going lafc's way the fine margins that they play in are not going their way and that's a problem because if the fine margins Columbus have them cooo great player Rossi great player but I think the big thing is that lafc do not play like a team they never have they play like a cadra of stars wearing the same Jersey but whenever the going gets tough you have to be on the same page and I don't think they are whether it's shundo or Bradley I don't think they're on the same page when the going gets tough you say what about MLS Cup Philly's always been frauds it was it was a match of frauds it was a match of frauds I don't think lafc really felt oh by the way was that their Stadium I don't think they felt fine margins and Gareth Bale saved their ass Gareth Bale's known to do stuff like that he's known to save your ass he's known do you not remember chamus League final Kev or keev the Champs League final in ke do you not remember he saved Real Madrid's ass also doesn't hurt that Loris Cary has threw it away but he saved their ass he saved their ass right so right right so so the question is when it comes down to it where is it land where does it land the players that are good in the fine margins are not there anymore Gareth Bale Carlos Vela I'd say was good during the fine margins nobody else really like the fine margins are the thing that hurts LFC when the going gets tough they Wilt and that's the problem the going gets tough they wilt Columbus does not Wilt the going got tough in the second half oh it sure did it sure got tough but they didn't Wilt they allowed a goal they didn't wil they had a chance to attack late on and they're like no we're not going to penalties what who you think we are we're at home we're gonna make these fans go berserk and they did cooo Hernandez makes the Last Stand scores a minute later they get a rebound or they get a quick chance to tie the game or take the lead 3-1 right and that's exactly what they did it's exactly what they did they knew exactly what they were doing Jason Russell R gets the dagger it's over it's over and they take the lead they put the dagger in within four minutes in stoppage time you want to talk about a Tobias time moment that was it that was it you could tell when lafc gave up that goal the wind just flew out of their sales I wasn't surprised that a second goal happened in that interim period but I knew it was probably GNA be Columbus I didn't say oh there'll be no more goals for two minutes no I I kind of thought no lafc ain't scoring again but that's exactly what I said is they ain't scoring again Columbus though did because they were like oh the wind's out of your sales we'll throw The Knockout blow finish him rip him apart for the crime of tying us at home I sentence you to death instead of the eye you know and just rip them apart that's what they did finish them ripped them apart guts flying out spine flying out blood flying out that's what they did to LFC and coa's like I'm gonna give it to Jason you rip him in half Mortal Kombat style Mr Jester smiling friend Style you rip him in half spam Topia style boom I'll let you do it because you should have got the header you deserve a goal Boom game over and let me tell you Columbus went into this match dominating the first half and doing enough in the final four minutes and they win it looks like an ass kicking it was not the first half was it should have been probably two three in the first half I will say that but let me tell you when you look at this match you'll watch again and say it was 31 it's not an ass kicking it was not an ass kicking it was a very tight match where both teams had moments to take the lead to dominate to have a half of their own lafc possession wise yeah they were down for most of the match possession wise but that second half I thought was lafc's I really did I think Columbus were shaky I think lafc came out better with their subs and they got back into the match they lost but they got back into the match and could have won it by themselves as well it could have went the other way it could have been 3-1 the other way a similar way it could have so when you look at it it's a situation of hm who's the better side who really kicked who ass both kicked each other's ass lafc just landed knockout or got a knockout punch landed on them I should say Columbus landed The Knockout Punch they finished him more Moral Kombat spam Topia you know that type of thing so the question is you look at the football that was played by both sides and you say Okay Columbus deserved a win lafc fought hard but it was always Columbus and that's exactly what I thought and by the way I was two for two on my third place in final predictions two and 0 this day Colorado won Columbus won I was right Third Place Colorado second place LFC First Place Columbus they lift the trophy congratulations player of the game man of the match for me is cooo two goals one assist that's that's man of the match don't need anything else to say two goals one assist should have been three maybe hattick yeah three points though that's man of the match cooo gets it with that being said There You Go Columbus did exactly what they needed to do lafc got owned again on Columbus's Turf again Columbus are them sadly enough they had the shits when they were in pichuka if they didn't man they could have won a trouble well they still can well not still can but they still could have won a treble this year and then won the MLS Cup Champions Cup leagues cup treble they could probably do it two straight years you know as in they could have done it MLS Cup going into CCL and leagues cup then the MLS Cup coming out of it but they couldn't because you know they got the shits in puka which you know I'll never let them live that down because you know I won't but I won't but it's not an excuse and non didn't really say it as an excuse but come on don't bring it up if you don't want it to be talked about with that being said congratulations please it out is Columbus commiserations lafc we have our least Cup champion we have our top three we have our three conquer C spots filled and lafc if they beat Seattle and get some revenge and get angry and win that game and Indie 11 beat SKC which is very possible we have a USL team in the Champions Cup we'll find that out on Tuesday we'll also find out if Toronto FC makes the Canadian championship final which that's what we'll really be covering with that being said I will see you Tuesday don't know if it's here don't know if it's up there depending if it's on FS2 or not I will see you on Tuesday for a live watch along and review of Toronto FC versus Forge FC the second leg of the Canadian championship final or semi-finals to get to the Canadian championship final semi-finals and then Wednesday Thursday cona Central American Cup I think it's all Central American I'll check to see which ones are the most meaningful and that's the ones we'll do on Wednesday and Thursday Friday we're off Saturday TFC plays again at home against DC live rsr Sunday I think we're doing Domingo football l so there you go with that being said I'll see you Monday off but I'll see you on Tuesday I'm running I'm out peace congratul ulations Columbus feles