Best player:
2. Jorge Sánchez
Panama style: Possession combined with long passes afterwards
Monterrey always losing players due to red cards, wonder if Javier Aguirre personality is similar to Jose Mourinho, where some players take the “be aggressive” direction to the extreme. Montes this time.
Chivas trying to open the field, but lacks attacking power.
Chapo Sanchez is great at closing on players when marking them.
San Jose very weak at defensive aerial balls
10:03 Great save by Sean Johnson, MYC do have a quality goalkeeper!
Both teams closing the lines pretty tight. Good pressing.
52:56 Looks like the only way to the score was an error, in this case Bono bouncing the ball off to an attacker.
Toronto’s Yeferson Soteldo loves to inside cut defenders and shoot, some of them attempts look promisory
70:01 Bono does it again… He hits an opposition player as he clears a ball, and scores in his own net! The goal didn’t counted, but Bono sort of showing his lack of solidity.
73:16 Toronto scores in what seems to be a lack of concentration on the NYC central defense.
Double defensive change from NYC. Does it shows their defense runs out stamina at the end of games? They were looking a bit flaky.
Chicago’s defense is a leaking boat
13:08 Paredes precise pass from side to side of the field
15:22 PSG playing 4-3-3, compact in the midfield
17:40 PSG goalkeeper making the difference already. Block Neimar’s shot
21:30 Bayer via Lewindosky almost scores. Lewindosky needs little space to flip and shot. His Pivots are lethal.
PSG Di Maria via fast triangulations are looking dangerous.
24:30 Boateng out. He looked a bit slow in trying to stop the fast short counters. It may actually work in favor of his team that he is out.
27:05 PSG pressing compact in the mid field, and then trying to put balls behind Bayer’s players, looking dangerous.
29:00 Bayer can’t get past the midfield, great pressure of PSG
30:00 Bayer Lewindosky almost score an impossible header in between two opponents and contorting in the air. What a player.
32:00 PSG obvious now: wait, recover the ball, and try long passes to their forwards
Bayer tries to bypass the compact line of PSG with long balls now.
38:15 Looks like bayer is getting the control of the game more and more, pushing PSG back into their half. Another example of long balls just happened. It paid off as a corner.
45:00 Mbape shots to the goalkeeper hands, after a defensive error
45:00 Penalty? Bayer 22 left the defensive player behind, the defense slightly put his elbow on him. But not clear.
Half time: game seem to be slightly in favor of Bayer, but it feels both have the chance to score so far.
46:00 PSG not doing the pressing as before, some players walking as Bayer comes out of their area
59:00 Bayer Goal! after a few traces and a center to the middle
Looks like opening the field to the extremes, and having the defenders going forward and centering is paying off for Bayer.
Physical exhaustion, or emotional, but PSG is not pressing as in the beginning of the game.
67:00 Counthino and Perisish in, it looks like Bayer are liking the wings play
70:00 Di Maria shows again his excellent filtering balls skills, but the Bayer goalkeeper does it again
72:45 second air for PSG, they are pushing forward
89:00 Bayer, what a goalkeeper!