Monterrey vs Sporting Kansas City, 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, Semifinals

· 1st Leg

Monterrey

7': Dorlan Pabón
14': Avilés Hurtado
55': Jesús Gallardo
70': Nicolás Sánchez (P)
76': Dorlan Pabón

FT
5 - 0
1st Leg

Sporting Kansas City

Monterrey puts Sporting KC on the ropes in 5-0 first-leg thrashing

Monterrey celeb vs SKC 190404 [1296x729]

CONCACAF Champions League

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
1': Foul by Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey).
1': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
7': Goal! Monterrey 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rogelio Funes Mori.
10': Foul by Gerso (Sporting Kansas City).
10': John Medina (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
12': Hand ball by Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City).
14': Attempt missed. Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dorlan Pabón.
14': Attempt saved. Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
14': Goal! Monterrey 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
16': Attempt saved. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodolfo Pizarro.
16': Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
18': Attempt saved. Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesús Gallardo.
19': Foul by Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas City).
19': Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) wins a free kick on the left wing.
23': Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City).
23': Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
24': Foul by César Montes (Monterrey).
24': Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) wins a free kick on the left wing.
25': Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
25': Attempt blocked. Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Dorlan Pabón.
26': Foul by Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey).
26': Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Attempt blocked. Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Felipe Gutiérrez.
30': Foul by Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City).
30': Rodolfo Pizarro (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Foul by Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey).
31': Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Corner, Monterrey. Conceded by Seth Sinovic.
33': Attempt missed. César Montes (Monterrey) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dorlan Pabón with a cross following a corner.
34': Foul by Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City).
34': Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Offside, Monterrey. Jonathan González tries a through ball, but Dorlan Pabón is caught offside.
35': César Montes (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas City).
36': Attempt missed. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez.
36': Offside, Monterrey. Dorlan Pabón tries a through ball, but Rogelio Funes Mori is caught offside.
40': Attempt saved. John Medina (Monterrey) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dorlan Pabón.
42': Hand ball by Jonathan González (Monterrey).
43': Attempt missed. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Graham Zusi following a set piece situation.
45'+1': First Half ends, Monterrey 2, Sporting Kansas City 0.
45': Second Half begins Monterrey 2, Sporting Kansas City 0.
49': Foul by Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey).
49': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
49': Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
50': Foul by Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City).
50': John Medina (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
51': Foul by Carlos Rodríguez (Monterrey).
52': Attempt blocked. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Carlos Rodríguez.
52': Corner, Monterrey. Conceded by Matt Besler.
53': Attempt saved. Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by John Medina.
53': Foul by John Medina (Monterrey).
53': Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
54': Attempt missed. Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Roger Espinoza following a set piece situation.
55': Goal! Monterrey 3, Sporting Kansas City 0. Jesús Gallardo (Monterrey) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
56': Foul by Jonathan González (Monterrey).
56': Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
56': Foul by John Medina (Monterrey).
56': Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
58': Foul by Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City).
58': Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
58': Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
61': Attempt saved. Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dorlan Pabón.
61': Hand ball by Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City).
62': César Montes (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
62': Foul by Gerso (Sporting Kansas City).
64': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Johnny Russell.
64': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by John Medina.
64': Attempt saved. Krisztián Németh (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yohan Croizet with a headed pass.
65': Attempt missed. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Avilés Hurtado.
66': Foul by César Montes (Monterrey).
66': Gerso (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
67': César Montes (Monterrey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Penalty Monterrey. Avilés Hurtado draws a foul in the penalty area.
69': Penalty conceded by Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) after a foul in the penalty area.
70': Goal! Monterrey 4, Sporting Kansas City 0. Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
71': Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
71': Foul by Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City).
72': Delay in match Avilés Hurtado (Monterrey) because of an injury.
73': Substitution, Monterrey. Miguel Layún replaces César Montes.
73': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
73': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gianluca Busio replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
76': Goal! Monterrey 5, Sporting Kansas City 0. Dorlan Pabón (Monterrey) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodolfo Pizarro.
78': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by John Medina.
79': Substitution, Monterrey. Maximiliano Meza replaces Dorlan Pabón.
80': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Kelyn Rowe replaces Krisztián Németh.
81': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Miguel Layún.
82': Attempt missed. Kelyn Rowe (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
83': Substitution, Monterrey. Leonel Vangioni replaces Jesús Gallardo.
84': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Graham Zusi tries a through ball, but Yohan Croizet is caught offside.
85': Attempt saved. Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Graham Zusi with a cross.
86': Corner, Monterrey. Conceded by Ilie Sánchez.
88': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Kelyn Rowe tries a through ball, but Yohan Croizet is caught offside.
89': Corner, Monterrey. Conceded by Seth Sinovic.
89': Attempt blocked. Miguel Layún (Monterrey) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rodolfo Pizarro.
89': Corner, Monterrey. Conceded by Roger Espinoza.
90'+2': Foul by Nicolás Sánchez (Monterrey).
90'+2': Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Match ends, Monterrey 5, Sporting Kansas City 0.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Monterrey 5, Sporting Kansas City 0.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Monterrey 5, Sporting Kansas City 0.

Statistics

SKC		MTY
16	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	5
6	Saves	2
55.6	Possession	44.4
6	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	11
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
395	Accurate Passes	295
465	Passes	370
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
10	Crosses	11
0.4	Cross %	0.3
50	Long Balls	62
27	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
1	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	14
14	Tackles	22
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
7	Interceptions	15
14	Effective Clearances	15
14	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: Concacaf Champions Cup

Venue: Estadio BBVA
Location: Guadalupe, Mexico

Line-Ups

Monterrey (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
1	Marcelo Barovero (GK)
4	Nicolás Sánchez
3	César Montes
17	Jesús Gallardo
33	Stefan Medina
25	Jonathan Gonzalez
29	Carlos Rodríguez
18	Avilés Hurtado
8	Dorlan Pabón
7	Rogelio Funes Mori
20	Rodolfo Pizarro

Monterrey Substitutes:

Adam Bareiro, Celso Ortiz, Edson Resendez, Maximiliano Meza, Leonel Vangioni, Ángel Zaldívar, Miguel Layún.

Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)

No.	Name
29	Tim Melia (GK)
5	Matt Besler
4	Andreu Fontàs
15	Seth Sinovic
8	Graham Zusi
6	Ilie Sánchez
21	Felipe Gutiérrez
17	Roger Espinoza
9	Krisztian Nemeth
12	Gerso
7	Johnny Russell

Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:

Yohan Croizet, Gianluca Busio, Kelyn Rowe, Adrián Zendejas, Gedion Zelalem, Botond Baráth, Rodney Wallace.

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