An early goal by Argentine Juan Fedorco, somewhat from the Uruguayan Emilian Puebla 0-3 in front of the New York City on the opening day of the Leagues Cup. The Sports Illustrated Stadium of Harrison (New Jersey, USA), which is the home of the New York Red Bulls, changed colors for a day to house the Rival and enemy New York City.
But the celestial team took a hard blow as soon as I got out of the locker room with a goal in the 2nd 2 minute of Fedorco, Captain of Puebla and who took advantage of a corner. It was a dull start of the New York City in front of a much more settled and concentrated poblano set.
However, those of Pablo Guede suffered a remarkable setback in the Ecuador of the first part with two injuries at the same time as Édgar Guerra and Franco Moyano. Emiliano Gómez and José Pachuca entered instead. The domain of Puebla, with a scheme of three centrals and two lanes, remained on a very hot night in Harrison with about 35 degrees and almost 40 % moisture.
Edgar Guerra (Puebla) controls the ball against Nicolás Cavallo
The New York City could not be rescued or a single clear occasion in a very disappointing first part and in which it was clear that they missed the Costa Rican Alonso Martínez, substitute despite the fact that last Friday he scored a triplet and was chosen the best player of the day in the MLS.
In addition, those of the Big Apple stayed with 0-2 before going to the locker room after a great play on the right of Owen González and Alejandro Organist, who ended with a perfect pass for Gómez’s auction entering from behind with a lot of power. Nor fate smiled at the New York City because the referee whistled a penalty of Fedorco to his compatriot Nico Fernández but after the revision in the VAR that decision was annulled.
The New York City tried to stretch in the second half and assume the ball. He got it before a Puebla cast, but those of Pascal Jensen did not have a fang to really threaten the goal of a tremendously safe Jesus Rodríguez throughout the encounter. In addition, the visitors stayed millimeters to close the win with a shot of González, after a carafal error at the exit of the premises, which ended inexplicably in the stick.
As an oxygen bottle, New Yorkers sat the entrance of Alonso Martínez in the 60s. The Costa Rican ram radically changed the attack of his team and the chances began to accumulated: a shot by Jonathan Shore and another of Martínez who stopped with a lot of Rodriguez; A shot with the chest of the Tico that, without goalkeeper, went to the crossbar; An attempt by Julián Fernández …
Technical file
0 – New York City: Matt Freese; Mitja Ilenic (Tayvon Gray, M.60), Strahinja Tanasijevic, Justin Haak, Nico Cavallo (Kevin O’Toole, m.45); Aiden O’Neill (Máximo Carrizo, M.60), Jonathan Shore; Julián Fernández, Nico Fernández (Andrés Perea, m.45), Agustín Ojeda; Seymour Reid (Alonso Martínez, M.60).
3 – Puebla: Jesús Rodríguez; Luis Rey (Denilson Paz, m.85), Juan Fedorco, Nicolás Díaz; Édgar Guerra (Emiliano Gómez, M.23), Alejandro Organist (Iker Moreno, M.45), Franco Moyano (José Pachuca, m.23), Miguel Ramírez, Owen González; Ariel Gamarra and Ricardo Marín (Esteban Lozano, m.85).
Goals: 0-1, Fedorco (m. 2); 0-2, Emiliano Gómez (m. 38); 0-3, Owen González (m. 88)
Referee: Iván Barton. He admonished Cavallo, Carrizo and Haak in the New York City and Moyano, Pachuca and Díaz in Puebla.
Incidents: match of the first day of the CUP Leagues played at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison (New Jersey, USA).
They were undoubtedly the best moments of the New York City before a opponent too much enrolled in his area, but the Americans were unable to find the way to the goal. Instead, the Puebla completed the win with somewhat from González in 88 after a splendid collective play to complete a very firm and solid performance of those of Guede.
