English
New York City FC Defeats Charlotte in a Tense Match
New York City FC defeated Charlotte in a hard-fought match at Yankee Stadium, characterized by high intensity and a large number of yellow cards. The home team secured the victory thanks to a brace by A. Martinez, both goals from penalties, scored in the 11th and 58th minutes.
The match was characterized by physical play, reflected in the nine yellow cards shown throughout the game, five for Charlotte and four for New York. Charlotte had greater ball possession, with 58%, but failed to convert that dominance into goals. In fact, W. Zaha missed a penalty in the 68th minute, depriving his team of the opportunity to narrow the gap on the scoreboard.
Regarding the general statistics, New York City FC achieved 42% possession, generating 15 shots, of which 5 were on target. Charlotte, on the other hand, had 5 shots, with only 2 directed at the goal. The match was refereed by Tim Ford, as part of the Major League Soccer regular season.
Substitutions charlotte: at minute 60 B. Bronico came in and P. Biel went out., at minute 75 T. Ream came in and A. Privett went out., at minute 75 J. Marshall-Rutty came in and A. Goodwin went out., at minute 90 K. A. Calderon Vargas came in and L. Abada went out.
Substitutions new york city fc: at minute 65 K. O’Toole came in and S. Tanasijevic went out., at minute 65 N. Mercau came in and A. Ojeda went out., at minute 77 T. Gray came in and M. Ilenic went out., at minute 77 M. Moralez came in and A. O’Neill went out., at minute 80 A. Martinez came in and J. Fernandez went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
New York City FC
Charlotte
Titulares:
class=”wg_loader”>
