Columbus Crew won and dreams of the semifinals

Columbus Crew, with the Argentines Lucas Zelarrayán and Milton Valenzuela as starters, was one step away from the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League by beating Real Estelí of Honduras by a categorical 4-0. Retaliation will be played on April 14 at the Crew Stradium in Ohio.

The match was played in Tegucigalpa and the MLS team's goals were scored by Gyasi Zardes (2), Jonathan Mensah from Ghana and Pedro Santos from Portugal.

Zelarrayán (former Belgrano) and Valenzuela (former Newell's Old Boys) played the 90 minutes in the Columbus Crew, which's preparing for the start of the US league scheduled for April 16, where they long to win the title again.

For its part, Monterrey de México, with the Argentines Nicolás Sánchez (former Racing Club, River Plate and Godoy Cruz) and Matías Kranevitter (former River Plate) as starters, beat Atlético Pantoja of the Dominican Republic 3-0 in the city of Santo Domingo. The revenge will take place on April 14 at the Bancomer BBVA Stadium, in Guadalupe.

The goals of the Mexican team, where Argentine striker Rogelio Funes Mori (former River Plate) was a substitute, were converted by Alvaro Gutierrez, José Alvarado and the Dutch Vincent Janssen.

In Pantoja the Argentines played Francisco Ortega (former Atlético Rafaela), Lisandro Cabrera (former Newell's) and the coach of the team is his compatriot Matías Mazmud.