English
Norwich Claims Victory at Vicarage Road with Early Surge
Watford, England – Norwich City emerged victorious against Watford at Vicarage Road in a League Cup match that promised excitement and certainly delivered in intensity. Norwich dominated the first half, translating their superiority onto the scoreboard with two early goals. J. Sargent opened the scoring in the 10th minute, assisted by P. A. Diallo, who once again became the protagonist in the 24th minute by assisting M. Nunez for the second goal.
After the break, Watford attempted a comeback and improved their play, but Norwich successfully defended their lead. Watford managed to reduce the deficit in the 68th minute with a goal from K. Baah, assisted by I. Louza, but it wasn’t enough to level the score. The match was marked by intensity in the midfield, reflected in the yellow cards received by E. Kayembe of Watford and J. Medic of Norwich.
Norwich controlled possession with 55% compared to Watford’s 45%, reflecting their territorial dominance, although Watford had more corners (7 against 3). Regarding shots, Norwich made 11 attempts, 5 of which were on target, while Watford attempted 9 shots, with only 2 directed at the opponent’s goal. The referee, James Linington, had his work cut out, awarding 11 fouls to Watford and 9 to Norwich. The match ended with Norwich’s victory, allowing them to advance to the next round of the League Cup.
Substitutions norwich: at minute 46 M. Topic came in and J. Wright went out., at minute 62 P. A. Diallo came in and J. Schlupp went out., at minute 62 J. Sargent came in and J. Makama went out., at minute 73 O. Schwartau came in and L. Gibbs went out., at minute 82 K. Fisher came in and M. Jurasek went out.
Substitutions watford: at minute 46 R. Andrews came in and I. Louza went out., at minute 46 T. Dele-Bashiru came in and K. Keben went out., at minute 46 J. Grieves came in and J. Ngakia went out., at minute 62 T. Ince came in and K. Baah went out., at minute 80 V. Semedo came in and L. Kjerrumgaard went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Watford
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