Toluca FC Media Day Quotes: “We can be remembered forever”

Media day quotes from select players and manager of Toluca

TOLUCA, Mexico – The 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup arrives at its Final, with Deportivo Toluca FC at the doors of lifting a third crown when it hosts Tigres UANL on Saturday for an all-Liga MX meeting in the decisive matchup at Estadio Nemesio Díez in Toluca, Mexico.

Toluca is set to host the championship match after finishing atop the competition’s cumulative standings. Los Diablos Rojos last won the Champions Cup in the 2003 edition.

Ahead of the highly anticipated Final, manager Antonio Mohamed and select players previewed the decisive battle at Friday’s Media Day.

Manager Antonio Mohamed: “We hope to win this cup tomorrow so we can be remembered forever”

The fans’ support is incredibly comforting and moving, and it strengthens our commitment to the club. It’s a show of affection that will last forever. When we arrived at this club, that was our goal: to make history, and we did it. We hope to win this cup tomorrow so we can be remembered forever.

The team continues having that hunger to keep winning, knowing that we’re facing a very strong opponent. We feel it’s going to be a very close final where the details will make all the difference.

Goalkeeper Luis García: “We have to believe”

We have to believe that the cup will stay here at home. We're going to fight minute by minute and work our hardest so that the Concacaf title stays here.

Winning the final would be a huge achievement in my career. I've faced some tough times at the club, and now it's all finally paying off. Everything I've experienced here has helped me become stronger. I love Toluca, I love it with all my heart, and believe me, I'll give my all to win that title we so desperately want.

Defender Federico Pereira: “I dream of a perfect night”

It’s a final. It’s experienced differently. We’ve been in this situation before. We knew how to handle it. The team believes, the fans believe, so we’re very united and believe in the project that has been built and that has brought us here.

I dream of a perfect night in which we can lift the title.

Midfielder Marcel Ruiz: “We’ll give everything for the title”

I’m excited about the possibility of winning another trophy with the club and ready for whatever comes. I know the match will be very tough, very competitive, especially given our last final against them, but we know it will be a good match and we’re eager to win.

We’re a family, we’ve shown that from the beginning. We’re always together, we always support each other. We demand a lot from ourselves, which I think is fundamental. Now we’re playing in another final, and it’s all thanks to the example everyone sets. I think the confidence we have in each of our teammates is what has allowed us to compete for titles and win them in recent years.

The fans have always been a fundamental part of our success in recent years, and we’ve developed a very strong connection with them. We know they’ll be there, and they’re sure we’ll give everything for the title.

Midfielder Jesús Angulo: “We want to keep bringing joy to the fans”

We’re very motivated, very excited, because of what’s at stake. We’ve already won here, and it’s a wonderful feeling, so we want to keep doing it, making history for the club and bringing joy to the fans. We’re going to give it our all to lift another trophy.

Practically all of Toluca is behind us. We feel their support. The fans have become, as they say, our twelfth man. They’re always supporting us. The stadium is always full. We want to give this trophy to the city, and especially to the people who support us.

Forward Paulinho: “Winning this trophy would be very important”

For the club, for the city, winning this trophy would be very important because it gives us the opportunity to play in other international tournaments. We are thrilled to be playing in this final.

We are playing for a trophy, and we must turn the pressure into positive pressure. It's a difficult match against a great team with very good players, and we're going to give it our all so that Toluca can ultimately become champions.