FC Cincinnati vs FC Motagua, 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup, Round One

· 2nd Leg - FC Cincinnati advance 5-2 on aggregate
FC Cincinnati
  • 19': Kévin Denkey
FT
1 - 1
2nd Leg - FC Cincinnati advance 5-2 on aggregate
FC Motagua
  • 9': Rodrigo Auzmendi

About

FC Cincinnati are hosting FC Motagua at TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the Concacaf Champions Cup.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 3': Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Cristopher Meléndez.
  • 4': Attempt missed. Noah Adnan (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Evander with a cross following a corner.
  • 5': Foul by Noah Adnan (FC Cincinnati).
  • 5': Wálter Martínez (Motagua) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 6': Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 6': Foul by Yeison Mejía (Motagua).
  • 9': Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Motagua 1. Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jonathan Núñez with a cross.
  • 11': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 11': Marcelo Santos (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati).
  • 15': Riky Zapata (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 17': Attempt blocked. Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amir Daley with a cross.
  • 18': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Evander is caught offside.
  • 18': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 18': Wálter Martínez (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Motagua 1. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Corey Baird with a through ball.
  • 21': Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high. Assisted by Miles Robinson.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Yeison Mejía (Motagua) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rodrigo Auzmendi.
  • 25': Amir Daley (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 25': Foul by Riky Zapata (Motagua).
  • 26': Hand ball by Evander (FC Cincinnati).
  • 26': Foul by Amir Daley (FC Cincinnati).
  • 26': Wálter Martínez (Motagua) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 27': Amir Daley (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Evander with a headed pass.
  • 29': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Marlon Licona.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Evander with a cross following a corner.
  • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Marlon Licona (Motagua).
  • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 32': Foul by Jonathan Núñez (Motagua).
  • 33': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Giancarlos Sacaza.
  • 36': Corner, Motagua. Conceded by Corey Baird.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Héctor Castellanos (Motagua) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 37': Corner, Motagua. Conceded by Evan Louro.
  • 38': Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Yeison Mejía (Motagua).
  • 41': Attempt missed. Marcelo Santos (Motagua) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Yeison Mejía with a cross.
  • 43': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 43': Wálter Martínez (Motagua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Wálter Martínez.
  • 44': Corner, Motagua. Conceded by Kévin Denkey.
  • 45': Offside, Motagua. Jonathan Núñez is caught offside.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
  • 45'+1': Yeison Mejía (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 1, Motagua 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 1, Motagua 1.
  • 45': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gilberto Flores replaces Miles Robinson.
  • 45': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Stefan Chirila replaces Kévin Denkey.
  • 45': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo replaces Evander.
  • 45': Substitution, Motagua. Carlos Mejía replaces Yeison Mejía.
  • 48': Attempt saved. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amir Daley with a cross.
  • 48': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Marlon Licona.
  • 49': Carlos Mejía (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Foul by Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati).
  • 51': Amir Daley (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Riky Zapata (Motagua).
  • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Amir Daley (FC Cincinnati).
  • 53': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Teenage Hadebe replaces Amir Daley because of an injury.
  • 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 55': Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by Cristopher Meléndez (Motagua).
  • 55': Cristopher Meléndez (Motagua) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Attempt missed. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 59': Attempt missed. Wálter Martínez (Motagua) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Carlos Mejía.
  • 61': Attempt saved. Carlos Mejía (Motagua) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Núñez.
  • 61': Corner, Motagua. Conceded by Evan Louro.
  • 62': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Marcelo Santos (Motagua).
  • 63': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Wálter Martínez.
  • 64': Foul by Cristopher Meléndez (Motagua).
  • 64': Gilberto Flores (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 64': Attempt blocked. Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuya Kubo.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Stefan Chirila (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Tah Brian Anunga with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 65': Foul by Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati).
  • 65': Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Carlos Mejía (Motagua) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 67': Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
  • 69': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
  • 69': Wálter Martínez (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Delay in match because of an injury Marlon Licona (Motagua).
  • 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 71': Carlos Mejía (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati).
  • 72': Cristopher Meléndez (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Stefan Chirila (FC Cincinnati).
  • 72': Attempt saved. Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Mejía.
  • 73': Foul by Stefan Chirila (FC Cincinnati).
  • 73': Luis Vega (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 76': Substitution, Motagua. Jorge Serrano replaces Wálter Martínez.
  • 78': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
  • 78': Jorge Serrano (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 79': Rodrigo Auzmendi (Motagua) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kenji Mboma Dem replaces Pavel Bucha.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kenji Mboma Dem.
  • 82': Substitution, Motagua. Denis Meléndez replaces Héctor Castellanos.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bret Halsey.
  • 83': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Giancarlos Sacaza.
  • 84': Foul by Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati).
  • 84': Riky Zapata (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Denis Meléndez (Motagua).
  • 85': Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Tah Brian Anunga (FC Cincinnati).
  • 88': Jorge Serrano (Motagua) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Substitution, Motagua. Diego Ledesma replaces Rodrigo Auzmendi.
  • 90': Offside, Motagua. Diego Ledesma is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Corey Baird.
  • 90'+2': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Giancarlos Sacaza.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 1, Motagua 1.
  • 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 1, Motagua 1.

Statistics

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9 Fouls 20
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
4 Corner Kicks 7
2 Saves 3
35.4 Possession 64.6
8 SHOTS 13
4 ON GOAL 3
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
224 Accurate Passes 496
305 Passes 570
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 7
15 Crosses 13
0.1 Cross % 0.5
63 Long Balls 44
20 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.3 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 4
9 Effective Tackles 9
11 Tackles 11
0.8 Tackle % 0.8
10 Interceptions 6
8 Effective Clearances 15
8 Clearances 15

Game Information

Competition: Concacaf Champions Cup

Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 21,280

Line-Ups

CIN FC Cincinnati (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
13 Evan Louro (GK)
12 Miles Robinson
2 Alvas Powell
32 Noah Adnan
20 Pavel Bucha
27 Tah Anunga
15 Bret Halsey
42 Amir Daley Yellow Card
9 Kévin Denkey
10 Evander
11 Corey Baird
FC Cincinnati Substitutes:
Yuya Kubo, Roman Celentano, Paul Walters, Lukas Engel, Stiven Jimenez, Obinna Nwobodo, Nick Hagglund, Teenage Hadebe, Stefan Chirila, Kenji Mboma Dem, Gilberto Flores, DeAndre Yedlin.

MOT FC Motagua (5-4-1)

No. Name
25 Marlon Licona (GK)
35 Christopher Meléndez Yellow Card
4 Luis Vega
34 Giancarlos Sacaza
6 Riky Zapata
32 Jonathan Núñez
16 Héctor Castellanos
12 Marcelo Santos
8 Walter Martinez
10 Yeison Mejía
29 Rodrigo Auzmendi
FC Motagua Substitutes:
Edwin Munguía, John Turcios, Carlos Mejia, Rodrigo Gómez, Emilio Izaguirre, Diego Ledesma, Denis Meléndez, Jorge Serrano, Mathias Vazquez, Jefryn Macías.

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