Pep’s won! With a brace from Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City defeated America in a friendly match

2022-07-20

With a double by Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, England’s Manchester City beat Mexico’s America 2-1 this Wednesday in a friendly match played at the NRG stadium in Houston.

The Mexican team generated the first danger approach at minute 3 when the Spanish Álvaro Fidalgo connected a header to a pass from the Paraguayan Richard Sánchez, but the ball was saved by the German goalkeeper Stefan Ortega.

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Fidalgo tried the shot from outside the area at 15 and Ortega contained the ball in the background.

On minute 25, British midfielder Jack Grealish fell in the América area and after demanding a penalty that was not scored, he got into a near quarrel with goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa that did not go beyond slapping and shoving.

Manchester City took a 1-0 lead after half an hour of play when Kevin de Bruyne took possession of the ball just outside the area and signed the goal with a shot that went over Ochoa’s lance.

The Águilas del América tied 1-1 before the break when Henry Martín appeared in the box, got rid of the mark of Dutch defender Nathan Ake and defined in front of the goalkeeper.

In the compensation of the first half fell 2-1 for the Citizens. From the right flank, Frenchman Riyad Mahrez made a diagonal pass into the area for De Bruyne to define with a shot that slipped between the legs of goalkeeper Oscar Jiménez.

Already in the second half, at minute 51, Grealish appeared in the area and ran into goalkeeper Jiménez, who was opportune to reduce the panorama and cover the shot with his body.

At 70 De Bruyne flew a shot before leaving the field. And at 90, Miguel Layún hit a deflected shot from the City goal.

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After this game, on Saturday, Manchester City will have another friendly match in the United States against Bayern Munich at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, América will face Real Madrid at the Oracle Park stadium in San Francisco, California.

LINEUPS:

Manchester City:

Starters: Ortega Moreno, Walker, Mbete, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Bernardo, Grealish, Mahrez, Alvarez.

Suplentes: Ederson, Carson, Phillips, Haaland, Kayky, Delap, Bobb, Palmer, Lewis, McAtee, Burns, Knight, Wilson-Esbrand.