The Union achieved a purposeless draw Wednesday night through FC Cincinnati at Nippert Stadium in an attack in which only one purposely shot through either team arrived in the 92nd minute.
“It’s not the big game, of course, ” said union director Jim Curtin afterwards. “Thanks to Cincinnati . . . We knew that with them putting 10 boys on the ball, it would be a challenge to break them. “
The first half scored more hard shots than anything else, as the groups combined for 16 fouls: nine through Cincinnati, seven across the Union (7-2-4, 25 points). Kacper Przythroughlko, José Andrés Martínez and Jamiro Monteiro have suffered hard blows that have been amplified through the hard synthetic turf of a place better known as the University of Cincinnati football field.
“It seems like an excuse, but this floor is special. ” Jim Curtin gives his last regards at Nippert Stadium.
Ray Gaddis, a lawn victim at the beginning of the moment, suffered what gave the impression of being a hamr tendon injury. He left in the 56th minute. Olivier Mbaizo went from left-back to right-back, and Matt Real moved to the open square. At the same time, Ilsinho replaced Andrew Wooten, which led the Union to move from 4-4-2 to 4-2-3. 1.
First, Curtin assumed that Gaddis would leave “a week or two,” but the official word might not arrive until the team got home. He also noted that left-back Kai Wagner is expected to return after a few weeks. no injuries for Sunday’s home game against Inter Miami.
Three minutes later, Alejandro Bedoya received a yellow card for putting a high boot near Frankie Amaya’s arm in Cincinnati playing a ball in the air. he is the first in Subaru Park. Se he hopes this will be the beginning of the new signing of the expansion team: former Juventus striker Real Madrid and Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín.
Bedoya had to spend a night off, having played in each and every game so far this season, but that’s not the plan.
“We put our most productive players in the box every week, and it’s bad luck that you’ve won a yellow card in a game that . . . it’s just fortuitous contact,” Curtin said. ” If I leave him off the court. team and we lose, then other people say, “Why did you do that?”
Sergio Santos entered in the 72nd minute by Brenden Aaronson, who created two chances and finished 18 of 27 passes. Aaronson caught Cincinnati’s attention all night, and arrived a few hours after the announcement that a deal was about to sell it to Red Bull Salzburg. .
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Santos produced the first quality of the Union in the afternoon in the 78th minute, a corner and a punchline at the post of the moment after a pass from Monteiro separated him from two defenders.
Cincinnati (3-6-4, thirteen points) won a loose kick about 40 yards from the target in the 89th minute, and former Union stalwart Haris Medunjanin directed her perfectly into the 18-meter area. Kendall Waston directed him through the mouth of the purpose ball, and José Andrés Martínez dived in to transparently. Joe Gyau got closer to everyone in ’92, beat Olivier Mbaizo in the dribble and forced Andre Blake to avoid a jump.
The Union won a loose kick from about the same distance in ’95. Monteiro let him in. Cincinnati’s defense erased him and the final whistle sounded in a game no one would remember.
“It was probably a game that deserved a 0-0 [marker],” Curtin said. “We tied a football game on the road. This is not the end of the world. “
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