Pachuca extended its extraordinary record in CONCACAF’s annual club championship, winning the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League: the fifth regional club title it has won since 2002 - and the fifth final it has contested in that time.
Despite their perfect record in the final round of this competition, Los Tuzos were not favorites for this year’s title. UANL was in its third major international tournament final. After losing the 2015 Copa Libertadores final and the 2015-16 CCL final, surely this was Tigres’ year? Surely, it wasn’t.
Entering the second leg of this year’s CCL final, Pachuca and Tigres were tied, 1-1.