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GUADALAJARA — Marky Delgado could have done what most of his teammates did.

He could have walked past media, head down, headphones on, all the way to the team bus, and never spoke of what happened.

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Or, what should have happened.

Nobody would have blamed the 22-year-old after watching Chivas parade around Estadio Akron late Wednesday night with the Champions League trophy.

But he didn’t walk on by. Delgado, after squandering the chance that would have meant everything to a TFC side on the cusp of history, looked up when the Toronto Sun called his name.

He walked over.

“It was definitely heartbreaking,” Delgado said as he departed the venue. “We wanted to win it.

“We shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves,” he added.

But he will be. How could he not be?

Delgado had the game on his foot in stoppage-time with a chance to break a 3-3 (aggregate) deadlock.

Sebastian Giovinco’s cross sat up perfectly for Delgado to strike metres from goal. He saw the goal was empty. Then he saw his attempt fly over the crossbar.