Crayth
**** ON THE CITY!
- Joined
- Mar 3, 2010
- Messages
- 695
- Reaction score
- 396
- Points
- 63
Atlanta United - Ezequiel Barco (1)
Columbus Crew - Artur (15)
Columbus Crew - Fanendo Adi (21)
Columbus Crew - Youness Mokhtar (pen 89)
Barco gives us the lead straight from kick off away at Columbus Crew but they equalise wthin the quarter hour mark and within another six minutes the match was turned on its head. 2-1 to Columbus. We can't let our season fall apart now! Richter is put clean through by Leko but is unable to capitalise. Leko tees up Martinez and again we can't equalise. 2-1 down at half time. This is turning out to be another frustrating afternoon.
This was abysmal and not at all good enough..... very annoyed. Very tough training sessions this week. We've seemingly lost our cutting edge and were cut apart by Columbus numerous times. Nerve wrecking times with two more games this week and a HUGE Cup Final against LAFC. After the disappointment in the Campeones Cup, I'm eager to ensure the MLS Cup is in our cabinet at the end of the year.
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Atlanta United - Mattheus Rossetto (23)
Philadelphia - Sergio Santos (69)
Philadelphia - Kacper Przybylko (82)
Josef Martinez thought he'd broke the deadlock on 15 minutes but unfortunately the goalwas chalked off. Jose Martinez had the same problem 5 minutes later at the othe end. 0-0 it stayed until Matheus Rossetto poked home from a corner to give us a 1-0 lead. Escobar then rattled the crossbar with a header which denied us from doubling our lead to 2-0. We were forced into resting a few of our key players as they were extremely tired.
Blake manages to turn over a Josef Martinez header, he hasn't hit the same form as he'd done earlier in the season. Anton Blake has been sensational for Philadelphia. Sergio Santos latches onto a brilliant pass and tucks home with just 20 minutes remaining. They manage to nick a 2nd in the second half and now fly into a 2-1 lead with less than 10 remaining. Rossetto lashes wide late on. We have been so poor this 2nd half. Really embarrasing turn around and we are slipping away here. Words are needed!!!!!
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Orlando City - Dom Dwyer (1)
Atlanta United - Marco Richter (40)
Atlanta United - Ezequiel Barco (52)
Atlanta United - Josef Martinez (62)
Orlando City - Dom Dwyer (82)
AWFUL START. What is going on? We seem to be totally folding at the moment! We miss a huge chancded with n the opening 10 minutes, and Josef Martinez has a header blocked a minute later! Two huge chances go begging. Barco has a free kick right on the edge of the box but is unable to convert. Richter strikes a thunderbolt from 25 yards but is denied by the Orlando keeper. FINALLY!! EQUALISERR! Escobar threads Richter through and he dispatches his shot past the keeper. Fantastic finish. 1-1 GAME ON. Some neat passing football gets Escobar into a shooting position but hecan't make the most of it.
Really missing Gonzalo Martinez, Remedi and co at the moment. Bello and Adams also both out on the Disabled List along with McCalmont. We are lacking options up top. 61 minutes in, Josef Martinez steps up and dances round two and places beyond the keeper to make it 3-1. Surely we should get back on track with this performance.
WHAT A BELTER! Barco bends a pearler of a freekick into the topright hand corner of the net! 2-1! Long throw finds Dael Fry who touches onto Josef Martinez but he is unable to put the ball past Gallese, the Orlando keeper. Dwyer grabs his second of the game and gives us a real scare with 10 minutes or so left to play. Very well needed. Puts us right back in the driving seat.
It's all in our hands now! Just got to make sure we make the most of our games in hand. Our next game though is Los Angeles FC in the US Cup Final!!!
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THE NEXT POST WILL BE ALL ABOUT THE US CUP FINAL VS. LOS ANGELES FC - 27TH AUGUST 2019.
WE ALSO HAVE NEW YORK RED BULLS IN THE MLS ON 31ST AUGUST 2019.