Portland was planted in Orlando and snatched the title from the local team after winning 2-1 in the Grand Final of the MLS is Back Tournament. Larrys Mabiala and Dario Zuparic were the scorers for the Timbers squad, while for Orlando City, the only goal was scored by Mauricio Pereyra.
Orlando was the team that had the initiative in the first minutes, looking through Nani to create danger in the area defended by Steve ClarkHowever, the defensive back of the box led by Giovanni Savarese was well stopped avoiding any attack from the ‘Lions’.
Portland was trying to wake up, but the Orlando team was pressing from the start to the team that served as local in the Grand FinalIn other words, the Timbers team, who couldn’t even have the ball in the first minutes of the match.
When Óscar Pareja’s men played better, the Frenchman appeared Larrys Mabiala to connect with the head in a set piece, defeating the goalkeeper’s stretch Peruvian Pedro Gallese, and in that way put the Portland squad forward.
At 39 minutes, the best player of the Orlando squad appeared in this contest, the Portuguese Nani pulled out a wonderful center that Uruguayan Mauricio Pereyra ended up sending to the networks to equalize the score at Disney.
The Portland Seal
For the second half, the game slowed down a bit, but at 64 minutes Pedro Gallese would dress up as a hero to take the goal away from Portland twice. The Peruvian took a shot from Diego Valeri with a brilliant save and after Blanco.
The third was the charm for those led by Savarese. In a corner kick, the Croatian Dario Zuparic took advantage of a detour from Mabiala that ended up leaving him at will to beat the Inca goalkeeper on this occasion, which this time could do little to prevent Portland’s second goal.
Orlando continued to insist in search of the equalized goal and eight minutes from the end they were very close to achieving it. Jannsen took a powerful shot that ended up just passing the side of the goal defended by Steve Clark.
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