Leagues Cup

FT Tuesday, July 23, 2019
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Chicago Fire FC LLDLL 0
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SeatGeek Stadium · 14,213 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Cruz Azul beat Fire to reach Leagues Cup semis

Roberto Alvarado and Elias Hernandez sealed a 2-0 victory for Cruz Azul against Chicago Fire in the first ever Leagues Cup game on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
6
69
Possession
31
14
SHOTS
5
7
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
440
Accurate Passes
146
512
Passes
225
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.6
6
Accurate Crosses
2
22
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
54
38
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
18
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
6
Interceptions
4
16
Effective Clearances
35
16
Clearances
35

Lineups

CHI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Richard SánchezG
  2. 15Grant LillardCD-L
  3. 2MarceloCD-R
  4. 36Andre ReynoldsLB
  5. 17Diego CamposRB
  6. 21Fabian HerbersAM
  7. 13Brandt BronicoLM
  8. 33Jeremiah GutjahrRM
  9. 23Nemanja NikolicF
  10. 12Amando MorenoAM-L
  11. 11Przemyslaw FrankowskiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Dax McCartySUB
  2. 1David OustedSUB
  3. 5Francisco CalvoSUB
  4. 31Bastian SchweinsteigerSUB
  5. 14Djordje MihailovicSUB
  6. 9C.J. SapongSUB
  7. 4Johan KappelhofSUB

CAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1José CoronaG
  2. 4Julio DomínguezCD-L
  3. 23Pablo AguilarCD-R
  4. 24Juan EscobarLB
  5. 27José MadueñaRB
  6. 5Igor LichnovskyCM
  7. 19Yoshimar YotúnLM
  8. 25Roberto AlvaradoRM
  9. 9Milton CaraglioF
  10. 31Orbelín PinedaLF
  11. 21Jonathan RodríguezRF

Substitutes

  1. 17Édgar MéndezSUB
  2. 7Martín CauteruccioSUB
  3. 12Guillermo AllisonSUB
  4. 11Elías HernándezSUB
  5. 22Rafael BacaSUB
  6. 14Josué DomínguezSUB
  7. 10Guillermo FernándezSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Chicago Fire 0, Cruz Azul 1. Roberto Alvarado (Cruz Azul) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 58' Francisco Calvo (Chicago Fire) Substitution at 58'
  3. 58' Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire) Substitution at 58'
  4. 60' Marcelo (Chicago Fire) Yellow Card at 60'
  5. 64' Édgar Méndez (Cruz Azul) Substitution at 64'
  6. 64' C.J. Sapong (Chicago Fire) Substitution at 64'
  7. 70' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Guillermo Fernández replaces Roberto Alvarado.
  8. 70' Pablo Aguilar (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 72' Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 82' Diego Campos (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Igor Lichnovsky (Cruz Azul) Yellow Card at 86'
  12. 87' Elias Hernández (Cruz Azul) Substitution at 87'
  13. 90' Goal! Chicago Fire 0, Cruz Azul 2. Elías Hernández (Cruz Azul) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Edgar Méndez.
  14. 90'+3' Brandt Bronico (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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