CHICAGO – Manchester City bertemu Borussia Dortmund di laga perdana International Champions (ICC) 2018 yang berlangsung di Soldier Field, Chicago, Amerika Serikat, Sabtu 21 Juli 2018 pagi WIB. Setelah melalui pertandingan sengit selama 90 menit, Die Borussen –julukan Dortmund– menang 1-0 lewat penalti yang dilesakkan Mario Gotze di menit 28.
Sebelumnya, penalti diberikan wasit karena winger Borussia Dortmund, Christian Pulisic, dijatuhkan di kotak terlarang oleh, Oleksandr Zinchenko. Dari susunan starter yang diturunkan, mayoritas personel Man City ialah pemain muda.
Hanya rekrutan anyar, Riyad Mahrez dan Claudio Bravo yang berstatus sebagai pemain senior di tubuh Man City. Bahkan, Bravo pun sejatinya hanya berstatus sebagai kiper lapis dari Ederson Moraes yang masih menjalani liburan. Skor 1-0 pun bertahan hingga babak pertama usai.
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Di babak kedua, The Citizens –julukan Man City– coba meningkatkan intensitas serangan dengan memasukkan winger andalan mereka, Leroy Sane, untuk menggantikan posisi Douglas Luiz. Masuknya Sane membuat serangan Man City tak lagi monoton.
Akan tetapi, pertahanan rapat yang ditunjukkan Dortmund membuat Man City tak dapat mencetak gol penyeimbang kedudukan. Hingga waktu berakhir, Dortmund asuhan Lucien Favre menang 1-0.
Selanjutnya, Dortmund akan menghadapi Liverpool pada Senin 23 Juli 2018. Sementara itu, lawan yang sama (Liverpool) juga akan dihadapi Man City tiga hari kemudian.
Susunan Pemain Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund:
Manchester City: Claudio Bravo (C) (Hart 49’), Riyad Mahrez (Robert 73’), Jason Denayer (Humphreys 67’), Oleksandr Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz (Sane 73’), Jack Harrison, Lukas Nmecha (Zoubdi 73’), Phil Foden (Garre 73’), Eric Garcia, Brahim Diaz (Bashiru 67’), Luke Bolton.
Borussia Dortmund: Marwin Hitz, Dan-Axel Zagadou (Dieckmann 45’), Alexander Isak (Wolf 45’), Mario Gotze (C) (Dahoud 45’), Sebastian Rode (Gomez 45’), Christian Pulisic (Pieper 45’), Marcel Schmelzer (Philip 45’), Dzenis Burnic (Sahin 45’), Jacub Bruun Larsen (J . Sancho 45’), Omer Toprak (Diallo 45’), Herbert Bockhorn (Toljan 45’).
CHICAGO, KOMPAS.com — Pertandingan pertama International Champion Cup ( ICC ) 2018 berhasil dimenangi oleh Borussia Dortmund atas Manchester City di Stadion Chicago Field, Sabtu (21/7/2018), dengan skor akhir 1-0.
Gol Dortmund dicetak Mario Geotze melalui eksekusi penalti pada menit ke-28.
Dengan hasil ini, Dortmund berhasil menjadi pemuncak klasemen sementara ICC 2018.
Untuk jadwal selanjutnya, Bayern Muenchen akan melawan Paris Saint-Germain pada Sabtu (21/7/2018) malam pukul 21.05 WIB.
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Susunan pemain Manchester City melawan Borussia Dortmund :
Manchester City : 1 C. Bravo, 28 J. Denayer, 50 Eric García, 26 R. Mahrez, 35 O. Zinchenko, 39 J. Harrison, 38 Douglas Luiz, 47 P. Foden, 43 L. Nmecha, 55 Brahim Diaz, 74 L. Bolton
Borussia Dortmund : 35 M. Hitz, 29 M. Schmelzer, 36 Ö. Toprak, 39 H. Bockhorn, 2 D. Zagadou, 18 S. Rode, 10 M. Götze, 32 D. Burnic, 22 C. Pulisic, 34 Jacob Bruun Larsen, 14 A. Isak
Man City 0-1 Borussia Dortmund: Riyad Mahrez and Joe Hart appear in defeat
1:20 Highlights of Manchester City's pre-season defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup Highlights of Manchester City's pre-season defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup
Riyad Mahrez made his debut and Joe Hart played 45 minutes as Man City were beaten 1-0 by Borussia Dortmund in their opening pre-season clash.
Dortmund won the International Champions Cup clash via Mario Gotze's penalty (28) after Oleksandr Zinchenko had fouled Christian Pulisic, but it was a decent run-out for the Premier League champions as two faces, one new and one familiar, turned out.
City gave Mahrez a debut in Chicago alongside a host of young players, including Douglas Luiz, Jack Harrison, Lukas Nmecha, Eric Garcia, Brahim Diaz and Luke Bolton.
Joe Hart made a rare appearance for Man City in Chicago
Player ratings Man City: Bravo (5), Denayer (6) Zinchenko (4), Garcia (6), Luiz (5), Foden (6), Diaz (5), Mahrez (7), Harrison (6), Nmecha (6), Bolton (6)
Subs: Hart (6), Sane (5), Roberts (4), Dele Bashiru (5), Humphreys (5), Touaizi (5), Garre (5), Sane (5)
Borussia Dortmund: Hitz (7), Bokchorn (6), Isak (5), Toprak (6), Schmelzer (6), Gotze (6), Burnic (6), Rode (5), Pulisic (8), Larsen (6), Zagadou (6)
Subs: Sancho (7), Toljan (5), Gomez (5), Wolf (5), Sahin (5), Diallo (5), Dahoud (6), Pieper (5), Dieckmann (5), Philipp (5)
Man of the match: Christian Pulisic
But Dortmund, who fielded a stronger XI, took the lead on 28 minutes during an uneventful first half, Gotze slamming the ball down the middle from the spot after Zinchenko had clumsily left a leg on the impressive Pulisic.
City had just one shot on goal in the first half, and it came in the final minute as Mahrez's deflected free-kick was superbly tipped over the bar by goalkeeper Marwin Hitz.
Goalkeeper Hart, who has made just one competitive appearance for City under Pep Guardiola, replaced Claudio Bravo in the second half, and did well to beat away Mahmoud Dahoud's fierce effort from 15 yards, before Maximillian Philipp turned the rebound wide.
It ended 1-0 to the German side, but Mahrez's performance was a bright note for City, while Hart did his chances of a revival at the club no harm with his second-half cameo.
Riyad Mahrez made his debut for Man City in Chicago
What's next?
City now face Liverpool in New Jersey on Thursday morning at 1.05am, before facing Bayern Munich in Miami at midnight Saturday.
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