New York City advance to the second round of the playoffs mls after winning this Monday Inter-Miami with three goals that could be more than the match that marked the final farewell to active professional football in Gonzalo Higuain.
the brazilian Gabriel Pereira and Heber and the Argentine Maxi Morales scored for the New Yorkers while Higuain there was the clearest opportunity for a Inter-Miami which closes the best period of its short history.
For New York City, defending champions of mlsthis is the sixth time he will play in the conference semifinals in the eight seasons played since his debut in 2015.
Montreal will be the rival of New York City in the East semifinal to be played next Sunday.
Inter-Miami recovered from his injury in the Spaniard Alejandro Pozuelo with the hope of giving the team more creation.
Pozuelo and Higuain make distinctions in the range of Phil Neville but that can only be seen in specific moments since the defense of New York City he knows how to stop his game.
They started dominating the away team, including taylor signed the first dangerous shot of the match. But as the minutes passed the encounter turned into a two-way duel.
In this dynamic vertical game, Thiago Martins he headed to the post in response to Taylor. And went Higuain who, in minute 22, put it in the goal before the VAR it was canceled for offside.
New York City he became more comfortable on the ball and was able to get into the opponent’s area more often, while the approach did not bother an Inter Miami that tried to move quickly and find spaces.
This is how the clearest part of the first half was reached, a very funny action because it was a miracle that it did not become the first goal.
Callender Raffled a simple ball that Héber managed to take advantage of to identify the goalkeeper, Mabika arrived in time and struggled to clear it so that it crashed into the crossbar and, the same refusal, again faced the wood in an attempt to move. away from the danger of McVey.
They were the best moments for the locals but they couldn’t make their chances.
Inter-Miami He completely lost his presence on the field of play and tried to respond to the defense with more improvisation than order.
closed the first part Inter-Miami with another pipitan action that put the Argentine on the edge of the area and, after a feint and cut, he pointed slightly off target with his left foot.
It could not change the tone of the match in the second half with a clear dominance of the locals and a Inter-Miami that the only chance to score is through the inspiration of Higuain either Pozuelo.
So the Argentine forced goalkeeper Johnson to stretch everything with a powerful shot that found the goal from almost any angle.
In the 63rd minute the first goal came on a long ball and it was a tough fight for the Uruguayan Santiago Rodríguezwho took all the defenders of Inter Miami with him and saw his right-hand disposition of a Gabriel Pereira completely alone.
The Brazilian definitely defined the squad from the opposite post.
Six minutes later he signed Maxi Morales the second for New York City.
He took the ball with a backheel from Rodríguez, who sealed his second assist of the night surrounded by chaotic Miami players and left him hands-on with the goalkeeper to cross low.
The last minutes showed the frustration of some players of Inter-Miami that they cannot play comfortably or find their best football. Pozuelo is one of them, reemerging from an injury and without the rhythm of competition.
The final push was given heber in another Miami defensive blunder, with a backward pass allowing the Brazilian to score alone against the goalkeeper.
At the final whistle, a contrast of emotions was seen on the grass of Citi Field: on the one hand, the celebration of the soccer players of New York City; and on the other hand, Higuaín’s tears were touched by his farewell
match sheets:
3. New York City: Johnson; Tinnerholm, Thiago Martins, Chanot, Callens; Acevedo, Moralez (Andrade, min. 88); Gabriel Pereira (Parks, min. 79), Rodríguez (Pellegrini, min. 94), O’Toole; Heber.
0. Inter-Miami: Callender; Yedin, Lowe (Gibbs, min.72), Mabika (Sailor, min.72), Mcvey; Gregor, Speck; Taylor (Duke, min.80), Pozuelo, Lassiter (Vassilev, min.58); Higuain.
The objectives: Gabriel Pereira (min. 63), Moralez (min. 69) and Héber (min. 92).
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (USA). He showed a yellow card to Acevedo (min. 77) for the local team and Lassiter (min. 58), Lowe (min. 66) and Pozuelo (min. 90) for the visitors.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the first round of the MLS Playoffs, played at Citi Field in New York.
Source: La Verdad
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