He Houston Dynamo raised his second US Open Cup by winning this Wednesday 1-2 match Inter Miamii in a very practical match where they got a lot of advantage from the counterattack and took advantage of the absence of the wounded Leo Messiwho didn’t even make the list of those available for the grand final.
The presence of the Argentine in this match was always a mystery. The club has never published a list of those called up in the previous press conference Gerardo Martino He didn’t send him away.
They won the narrative, but nothing Messi neither Jordi Alba (also injured) Inter Miami too defeated to prevail in a Houston Dynamo very well planted.
The Venezuelan Josef Martinez He added excitement with a goal already in added time, in addition to many opportunities to equalize the clash, but they could only recover the result and the title was won by the visitors.
Miami scored and Houston scored goals
He is willing Inter Miami in the early stages of the match, acting as the home team and wanting to dominate the field. They added arrivals in the area of Andrew Tarbell but there is no great danger.
The local team quickly understood that the game had to be developed by the wings and, at the same time, be careful in leaving considering the dangerous counters of the Texan team.
The relationship with the Mexican counterattack Hector Herrera and Nelson Quinones It destroyed those in Miami. He had to take the first between three suits Drake Callender a shot from the Colombian in the 14th minute.
Callender He was not going to give up easily and in the 21st minute he marked the territory with a double save, the first from a shot by Quiñones, who cleared the ball and left it to the likes of Corey Baird, who tried to beat him with weak but found himself. with his feet.
It was a new warning that served as a preamble to the first goal of the night, signed by Griffin Dorsey in the 24th minute. A huge mistake by the Argentine Facundo Farias In the middle of the field he enabled another counterattack launched by the Moroccan Amine Bassi and led by Bairdthat ended on the right side of the attack for the surprise arrival of Houston’s right back, who sealed the goal with a massive shot.
The possession until then was for Inter Miami but the clearest chance was for the Texan team. And so the dynamics of the match continued, where the visiting team received a penalty made by DeAndre Yedlin to Quiñones when the Colombian beat him with speed and passed him.
Bass He manages to convert it coolly, low and centred, tricking a Callender who spills to his right. It’s the 33rd minute and the light advantage is noticeable.
There may be more, with Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla and Herrera testing Callender. The break came to relieve an Inter Miami team in terrible pitch position and crying out for an end to the game. With the changes, the meeting changed
Martino moved the bench to start the second half, bringing on Venezuelan Josef Martínez and Ecuadorian Dixon Arroyo instead. Robert Taylor and Paraguayan Diego Gómez who was completely overlooked in the first half.
There was a reaction from the locals, who played more in offensive territory. Sergio Busquets He moved into the central zone and allowed the full-backs, with Yedlin up front, to join the attack.
Ten minutes after the restart, came the festival of chances that confirmed the improvement of Inter Miami, but without success. In the 55th minute it was Martinez with a header from a pass from Farías, three minutes later the Venezuelan wasted a brilliant pass from Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana, and in the 59th minute the Argentine-American Benjamin Cremaschi He tried it with a long shot from the front.
Houston He saved stoppage time on several occasions, but remained calm, betting on the same thing as in the first half: the counterattack. And it worked again, with Carrasquilla as the kicker in the 72nd minute. The ball passed from the Panamanian to Bassi and he fed it to Quiñones who fired past Callender with a cross shot.
The celebration of the third is a victim of modern football and VAR suspended the goal due to the Colombian’s millimeter offside. Judgment will have to wait and Miami still has life left. Caressing the miracle
Inter stepped up the pressure on the visiting goal. Farías did his great work of the night with a deep pass in the 92nd minute to that Josef Martinez Andrew Tarbell finally lost.
He growled DRV PNK Stadium to take his team in search of a tying goal, and Campana had a header, but he lacked power. Farías and even Callender could have scored as well, stepping up to finish the final corner.
The final whistle dried up the hope of Inter Miamiwhich gave him unsuccessful longing till his last breath.
Many personalities from the world of football did not want to miss the grand final, such as the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, as well as the former Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidanewho watched the game with David Beckham in his box. Also at DRV PNK Stadium is NBA star James Harden, who is one of the owners of the Houston Dynamo.
Data sheet:
1. InterMiami: Callender; Yedlin (Ruiz, m.75), Kryvtsov, Miller, Allen; Cremaschi (Stefanelli, m.84), Busquets, Gómez (Arroyo, m.46); Farías, Campana and Taylor (Martínez, m.46).
2. Houston Dynamo: Tarbell; Dorsey, Sviatchenko, Micael, Escobar; Artur, Herrera; Carrasquilla (Hadebe, m.91), Bassi (Caicedo, m.83), Quiñones (Smith, m.79); Baird (Ibrahim, m.83).
The objectives: 0-1, m.24: Griffin Dorsey. 0-2, m.33: Amine Bassi. 1-2, m.92: Martínez.
Referee: Jon Freeman (United States). He advised Kryvtsov, Allen, Yedlin and Escobar.
Happenings: The final of the US Open Cup was played at the DRV PNKStadium in front of around 17,000 spectators.
Source: La Verdad
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