Manchester City led by Spanish coach Pep Guardiola beat Paraguayans Bruno Valdéz and Richard Sánchez’s America 2-1 last night in a friendly played in the United States.
The goals of the match played at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, were a brace by Belgian Kevin De Bruyne; for the Mexicans, Henry Martín scored.
The duel started with a good rhythm and control of America that had the Iberian Álvaro Fidalgo as its offensive engine.
Regarding the compatriot representation, Richard Sánchez started as the starter and Bruno Valdéz entered the complementary. Precisely Valdéz starred in one of the controversies of the match by propitiating a very hard kick to the English striker Jack Grealish.
Bruno Valdez gave a caress to Jack Grealish, the Manchester City footballer who had made fun of Miguel Almirón ?pic.twitter.com/RTugBUarY4
– Local Tournament (@torneolocalpy) July 21, 2022
For the English team, his star reinforcement, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, was already on the bench, but he did not enter the duel.
This was the third friendly matchup in history between these teams. The first, in 2010, ended in a 1-1 draw; in 2011 the Premier League squad won 2-0.
In their next pre-season game in the United States, Manchester City will face Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich on Saturday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The duel against those led by Guardiola was the second of the three international friendlies that America has scheduled in the United States. On Saturday they lost 2-1 to Chelsea of the Premier League at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Eagles, who are led by the Argentine Fernando Ortiz, former coach of Sol de América, will complete their tour on Tuesday with the clash against the monarch of the European Champions League, Real Madrid, at Orakle Park, in San Francisco , Calif.
