Patrick Vieira revealed that he was more pleased with this win than the previous two in his post-game press conference.

The Frenchman emphasized that the maturity his team demonstrated elevated this performance above the victories over Sporting Kansas City and LA Galaxy.

Taking on Orlando without Jo Inge Berget, Anton Tinnerholm and David Villa, who were ruled out late in the day, NYCFC had to be patient in waiting for their opportunities to seize the initiative but, when they came, the hosts were devastatingly clinical.

First, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi, playing in an unfamiliar no.9 position, capitalized when Joe Bendik misplaced his pass, before Maxi Moralez, who spun silky webs all afternoon, capped off a beautiful attacking triangle with Jesus Medina and Saad Abdul-Salaam to make it 2-0.

Perhaps this performance wasn’t as creative as the ones we saw in the last two weeks, but it was controlled and clinical - a gameplan executed.

Sezione: The Opinion / Data: Sun 18 March 2018 alle 19:00
Autore: Stefano Bentivogli / Twitter: @sbentivogli10
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