KANSAS CITY CURRENT VS ATLÉTICO MADRID | THE WOMEN'S CUP KANSAS 2024 | FULL MATCH 17.08.24

[Music] it is and you see DEA and Tima showing back into the lineup they're going to go up top with Michelle Cooper talk about a lot of fire power between those and then Clare Hutton comes back into the Midfield as well just to really help things in possession if we take a look over you have to mention she's such a great attacking threat but also boara was really good in possession in their last game she'll be an important pivot player and we go down to the field better she's seen a lot of soccer but it is a first for her tonight Matt and the Kansas City current to be playing here in This Woman's Cup Championship thank you Austin we are underway from cpkc Stadium the home side is in red Atletico day Madrid in the light blue and immediate pressure for Kansas City and it leads to a deep throw in and I think we can expect to see this a quick start is what the Kansas City current is known for they don't want teams to settle in they want to make them feel the pressure and go and try to get rewarded with the goal right away here's de Bernardo she stays on side to the back post over hit it wheeler was closest and one of these managers first year in charge will lift the trophy blo andonovski took over last fall and for Victor Martin he is very new appointed at the end of June and he can lift a trophy just two games into his new tener and that's exciting for both of these coaches to be able to do that and and really I think it's going to be fun as championship game but see how they adapt throughout this game and which players step up in the big moments Kansas City has played in one other Final in its threeyear history is the 2022 nwsl Championship they lost two nothing to Portland Thorns three holdovers from that lineup in the lineup today it's LOL laata Haley Ma and the goalkeeper ad franch many of the players available Off the Bench also started that game but there's also some new faces for Kansas City currents including Michelle Cooper who's on the ball here and she's earned a corner kick well you could see the underlapping run from Vanessa D Bernardo could have played her in but hey Michelle Cooper in a 1B one wide is not a bad situation they get the corner kick but there's so many options in the wide channels for the current Cooper wins the corner last Touch by Andrea Menina and it's Vanessa deep Ardo to take this corner kick she scored on Wednesday night on the second phase of a corner with a clipped in Cross that found the back of the Nets Tima chwinga is about 20 yards away as an option to the top of the box first time hit over the bar great design for Ellie wheeler well there's five players that are in the penalty area clearing the space for Ellie wheeler on this she's very good in the air this Ball's just not high enough you'd ideally like her to get her head on this look at all the space Atletico Madrid drops in aabad recognizes it but recognizes it just a little bit too late to step just not a great connection from the outside back oh just one change for the team for Victor Martin he brings in Andrea Medina replacing Rosa otmin from the group that Drew one-1 with an KOB leonessa on Wednesday and then one in the penalty shootouts it was the Portugal International who scored the goahead goal Tatiana Pino in the 1-1 draw she stays in the lineup and this is Gabby Garcia who plays with Venezuela's national team well time run up this right side and a good timing from the Danish center backs ten balager Peterson [Applause] Hutton comes over to double team and a corner kick is one nice work from the Nigerian star who scored the game-winning goal in this game last August to beat AC Milan it's Rashid aabad and you can see what they want to do with aabad they want to play her in behind and Ellie wheeler just fites a little bit too much and leaves that space you want to defend inside against a player like her and of her quality vilda boisa she's from Norway she's standing over this corner kick this one goes towards the spot good defending from Kansas City current now whip back in and it's out to chinga in the Open Fields dein to her left here com Tima chinga running past four Atletico day Madrid Defenders it's chinga back to her left pulls it back for Clare Hutton and a good view there first decision for catara corala our referee what's so exciting about shinga is most players when you see him taking on four or five players you just think there's no chance that they're going to be able to create something dangerous and with her you just always wonder it might happen she might be able to take on this entire group she did have DEA on the far side but Atletico Madrid is going to have to be careful in that defensive transition here come comes Cooper seconde Pro maybe waited a little long for that run from Deep Bernardo goal kick coming and Mr and Mrs momes are here of course Patrick and Britney Britney a co-owner of Kansas City current and Patrick Mahomes considered by most the best quarterback in the NFL his Chiefs won the Super Bowl last season yes and look at the commitment him coming over here after his own game coming to support the group it's exciting to see them out here in such a big moment wearing the Kansas City current colors no less they had a pre-season game against the Detroit Lions a few hours ago down the road at Arrowhead Stadium so on a game day he's supporting his team Kansas City [Music] current that's clipped in excellent ball brought down by DEA her shots blocked into the hands of Lola gardo and it's no wonder Patrick and Britney are all smiles it's all Kansas City current right now going forward look at this ball just on the back shoulder dein sees it from De Bernardo she Clips it over it's just not quite far enough where deia can take this touch in to stride takes it with the outside of her right foot so technically it lets her down but that's a great little ball that's recycled over to the back post DEA missed out on the Olympics this summer a disappointment for the Brazilian after her great career but Brazil still won the silver medal falling to the US in the gold medal game well Casey white let's get your Kansas City key to the game I think what's going to be really important for them is to play Between the Lines Athletico Madrid knows that they have the pace to go in behind but who's going to pop off in this face and get it it might be TMA chinga here and she's earned a corner kit good sliding block that time from murl Bart the German Defender and that's exactly it de bernardo's in that space playing between the line it distracts and then you leave shinga who can score goals wide open she's able to create something out of it but this is the ball that's played in she's in between the lines so is shwing as she takes this aggressive Touch goes in the 1 V one not able to get it across bar does extremely well in that moment but it's dangerous from the [Music] current there's de Bernardo this time it's Cooper about eight yds [Applause] away and the corner and it outs chinga into the top of the stands we saw her kick one into the Missouri River by a month ago on the opposite [Applause] end first ball out of the stadium that landed in the Missouri River but what a bright spot she has been in her first season in the nwsl now Casey let's see your key to the match for Atletico de Madrid when they're in possession when they like to possess they're going to have to stay organized in their rest defense so if they do lose the ball we can already see the Kansas City current wants to go quick so the more organized they are the more compact they are between their defensive lines the harder it's going to be on the current to generate [Applause] chances Tima chinga tied in the Golden Boot race in the nwsl here she is on the ball pulls it back for [Music] dein Clips it through and that's clear deia four goals at top the summer cup scoring charts and now you see the pace of rashidat aabad Garo and you can see how guaro tries to play back to goal a lot and it's a really good compliment for aabad because they can play in that unit together where she holds up play aabad looks to penetrate behind and there's just that different pace of play between the two of them you have to defend Atletico D Madrid wide right AA the Nigerian crossing here off the knee of Haley mace first time hit just pass the upper corner good technique from C Yensen the Norwegian midfielder and scary moments for the Kansas City current and that's what they have to be aware of even though they've had the majority of play they're capable of coming down and generating really good opportunities something like this is a little careless from Haley mace pops it up that's like what you salivate over as a forward you're trying to get something on it just doesn't let it drop enough to be able to get the right trajectory sen Yensen 28-year old from Oslo it's her debut season Atletico D Madrid after two years with real sadad 24 caps for Norway for C Yensen now the Dane over Midfield good touch from DEA look at that self pass to eliminate to T CH winga just pass the four post and it's incredible what those two players can do when they combine dein draws a lot of attention she gets the ball here great feet look at the creativity from her and then the slip pass and just opens up there using the outside of her foot does showing up it's the inside I think that curls into the far post but great interchange between those two Front Runners all dein beat two with that one touch incredible from the Brazilian Tima chwinga 12 goals and 16 appearances tied with Barber Banda of Zambia for the Golden Boot lead both players first two games in the league and they met here at the end of the first part of the regular season before the six week Olympic break Orlando handed Kansas City its first ever loss in this Stadium this team could score goals at home they've scored five goals in three different home games this stadium open March 16th when they beat Portland 5 to [Music] four you see right now from the Kansas City current they always like to build out in a three back so they decide who in which possession to push someone forward right now it's Ellie wheeler off that left side the outside back is looking much more like a Winger and that just allows him to get more players forward that Atletico Madrid has to deal with here's Alana Cook wide for Haley mace Alana cook picked up VI trade at the middle part of July here's chwinga off the chest goes for goal shot blocked and now it's cleared she just seems hungry for a goal tonight yeah and her decisions and the way she's making runs it's very good right now because it's off the back shoulder of a Defender but I think we're seeing more than we saw on Wednesday that Kanas City KR is purposely looking for that change of Point Fall that's over the back line we saw it a little bit against momodi Sundowns but definitely tonight it seems as that's something that V ganowski probably wants to see more from that Vanessa de Bernardo DEA first time pass T chinga back to DEA [Applause] [Music] and dein dance as much as you want because if this goal doesn't give you Goosebumps I don't know what will as a fan of football it's just great interchange one and two touch passing breaking a line from Vanessa D Bernardo dein plays it continues her run that's what makes this goal and then a very composed finish but shinga and dein their connection is undeniable and we see it again tonight dein Has Lifted six trophies in North North America each of those coming with the North Carolina courage she would lift her first one in Kansas City tonight if her team [Applause] [Music] wins DEA best 11 in the league the last two seasons so many accolades 136 caps for Brazil a channeling that disappointment from not making the 18 player roster for Brazil to score four goals in the summer Cup in her first of the women's cup here tonight here is Cooper's cross another corner kick coming well you mentioned it she's a player on a mission the way she's been playing the form that she's been in you can see it it's just ruthless in the way that she's playing in between the lines but also always wanting to run forward and create opportunities it's really difficult for a backline to deal with a player like [Music] that a DE was injured just 32 minutes into the season opener against Portland but she's fully back now short Corner taken to Michelle Cooper she has to Bernardo Cooper going to the end line deflected cross off the post halfway cleared and now fully cleared and I don't think Michelle Cooper can even believe that and it was maratha that was kind of challeng challenging her to go One V one she does it she separates with those two steps and very unlucky for that one not to go in but right now Atletico Madrid just kind of has to survive this beginning 15 to 20 minutes cuz the current are going after it one way traffic for the first 15 minutes toa's goal or Towing's assist setting up TOA here's CLA Hutton Cooper first time chinga leaving it for Hutton Cooper's blast is blocked Haley ma retains possession for Kansas City current scoop pass [Applause] [Music] chinga Cooper draws some contact Katarina corala the referee saw it acknowledges it but for now we'll keep Advantage for Kansas City current which I can understand why that happened but I think most people would rather have a set piece get everyone into the penalty area so it does take away an advantage Hooper's cross is cleared and this team can't de current open this brand new stadium the first of its kind built exclusively for women's soccer and they're averaging nearly four goals per game it's a great team blacko and zanowski has assemble but I think these home crowds that sell out every regular season game have helped spur them off yeah and I think when you play in a place like this in a league like they play in like it's it's hard not to get excited about it I mean it's absolutely beautiful out here and a great setup as a professional athlete Haley mace gets the run from low laanta de Bernardo back for laanta she cannot quite get [Applause] there and just the attack is clicking on all cylinders Michelle Cooper faces up right here you can just see the technique she pushes it by gives her way too much space it Clips off of gato then off the post Lola Gallardo has to be thinking your lucky stars that does not go in because it hits off that post but Michelle Cooper operates so well in the wide area and they're not covering for the outside back if they don't make that change he's going to continue to go out on most of the evening clearance came from Gabby Garcia after it hit the post Atletico D Madrid trying to gain a foothold in this one picked up by aabad defended by wheeler now it's picked up by Lona chingas waiting at Midfield winning header that time from Andrea Medina I enter the starting lineup tonight she started 25 times last season for Atletico D Madrid good win here from Alana cook and Atletico de Madrid's been defending in a 442 so it really allows the current to keep possession with their three back they create that one player up advantage and then this underlapping run like deia's making has really been good so far for the Kansas City current good recovery from mortha in that moment but the current definitely looking to try to create that two against one against the outside back Lola gardo from Seville Spain 38 caps for her country with Leon in sporting wva before Atletico de Madrid it's her fourth season aabad now chased by three has some support picks out Pinto the Portuguese midfielder who scored the goal again T that Kobe leonessa on Wednesday good timing on the run from maab first time delivery cleared by aana cook and this is what Atletico Madrid needs to do they need to enjoy the ball a little bit more we saw Medina win it just a couple minutes ago and give it away right away they need to keep this and circulate it that just kind of takes some of the air out of the game and slows down the current aana cook acquired July 22nd from Seattle two time best to two-time nwsl Defender Of The Year finalist that cross comes in it hangs a long time and franch comes off her line just in time Cooper is fouled and she clutches her left foot [Applause] afterward training stop comes on to assess Michelle Cooper yellow card shown to C Yensen I'm not really surprised by the yellow card just because of the position that Yensen does come from it's a clear counterattacking opportunity as well Michelle Cooper gets to this this is a loss of possession from Yensen Michelle gets in front of there and then draws the foul so it's from behind it slows things down and and it looks like it was a hard hit on that ankle because she's still down Michelle Cooper from Clarkstown Michigan play it Duke played for my partner Casey white on the US 16 youth national team yeah she just has had two excellent Seasons last year three goals in 19 appearances and we talked about a little on Wednesday but tell the viewers that may not have seen that game about her growth from when you saw her as a 15-year-old playing for the U6 youth national team well think one of the biggest things is that players have to know their strengths and one of their her strengths is to get in behind the back line but they've really grown she's really grown as well to play in between lines Patrick of Britney Mahomes enjoying this one after the pre-season game earlier today the Chiefs taking on the Detroit Lions NFL regular season starts in a few weeks you confident about your Cowboys chances oh oh my goodness always in regular season yes I don't know about uh I don't know about playoffs but we'll see what happens it has cooled off 82° now humidity at 67% it's a nice breeze now blowing across the cpkc [Music] [Applause] stadium Alana cook into Lona that's good passing there it is because Atletico Madrid really wants to take away the sixes the holding mids of the Kansas City current their front two continue to shift on kind of that pendulum to take that away but lbon does a really good job of just manipulating play to find player Hutton that'll be more important as the game goes on because as much as the Kansas City current are one of the best teams that consistently going forward you do have to settle in possession at times and bring teams out it's fun to watch this attacking phase for Kansas City CU you see deep Bernardo here as a high Target forward leaving space for Cooper here Michelle Cooper centers it knock down and now finally [Applause] cleared you can see in that prior movement as it falls first time hit off the mark from Vanessa de Bernardo this is a Kanas cetti attack that is just dripping with confidence you can just see it when you hit a ball like that you know that they're feeling good and they're wanting to go forward but what I love is there's so many multiple runs above the ball this is great interchange and de Berard tries to take the make the most of a mistake there with the clearance but shinga attracts so much attention in that last one Michelle Cooper is the beneficiary just really good going forward here's Cooper again has deep Berard to her left Clips it towards the back post knocked down and clear but on that prior sequence we saw deep berardo was high as chwinga trying to occupy a center back or even draw the left back in to open up space for Cooper we've seen her playing in the nwl for 11 years and most of those first nine years with Chicago as a deep line defensive midfielder and there was a little bit of that that was probably part of her career and just getting comfortable with certain things but also just the way Chicago red stars likes to play and who they wanted to build around and she was one of them so they put her as that pivot player but I think we're seeing just an evolution of Vanessa D Bernardo playing higher and you're right she distracts and it allows shinga have space as she won it again there she quickly found AIA this is Relentless from Kansas City current leading one to nothing here in the women's Cup Championship Game trying to lift their first ever trophy talking with Leo andonovski this week and he talked about you've got to convince your forwards to defend and if you can convince your forwards to defend you can do anything as a group of 11 and I think if this is any display not only is the attack really good but immediately upon a loss of possession every player that's an an attacking player is trying to win it back within just a couple seconds this picture right now is beautiful if you like offensive soccer there's five players for Kansas City basically even with the backline of Atletico D Madrid that's not very fun for their back line is it I mean that is incredibly hard to figure out and they even have two lower Ling midfielders in pinto and and Gabby and Gabby played a lot higher up in the last game they certainly have them pinned back but Atletico D Madrid able to break now with Garo 27-year-old from Valencia second year with attico d Madrid after 5 years with Via Real and Garo had a quiet day on Wednesday but she's a goal scorer she scored 13 times in 29 games last season well I think it kind of is one of those things where your Center forward they just need one opportunity sometimes and she did a lot in buildup play a lot of holding the ball back to goal in possession which is difficult when you have two strong center backs coming at you and that's what happened against inac Kobe on Wednesday but if she gets an opportunity to around goal she can put it away there was a good buildup but the pass is too heavy from Pino one of their best moments so far tonight r franch one of those three holdovers from the 2022 nwsl final she lost against her former team Portland that was the first chance for Kansas City to lift a trophy they'll have another in October against Gotham one of the Front Runners in the nwsl it will be the summer Cup Championship Kansas City and Gotham so they could be in contention for a double at that point if they lift the trophy tonight and that'll be really exciting but I think they want to take care of the first right that's the that's the most important thing one game at a time and that's something that's you see your best teams take care of offside flag comes up Cooper in an offside position and then we think about other trophies cpkc Stadium will host the championship game for the nwsl this fall and then you have the Shield they're in contention for as well and is a little bit too aggressive on this run just leaning in was Michelle Cooper it's very close but it's a good call from the assistant referee dein won two championships back to back with North Carolina courage three Shields also those were consecutive a challenge cup as [Music] well team honors six of those for dein and her goal has her side in front 26 minutes gone here is tempo chinga running right at the defense it is chinga back for Haley ma there was a little window of opportunity where Gallardo was a bit High could have potentially looked to try to chipper but does a good job just to keep possession and I think that's what we're starting to see with the Kansas City current just over the past month or two they love to go forward they like to be ruthless in the attack and score lots of goals but they're picking their moments better and better dein wide left the cross comes from wheeler it's a good one and it's headed away very close to it K Michelle Cooper now some space it's been rare tonight for Rashid that aabad three starts at the Olympics for Nigeria there she comes chase by three she goes for goal and it's on to the conc [Applause] 10 goals last season and as much as the game has gone the other way the current have to be careful aab on the Run trying to isolate Baler and decides to go from dist distance this one's not on the mark but it's only a one zero lead and we have to remember that as much as the current has generated a lot going forward they've really been on the front foot you have to find that second goal otherwise a team like atletic Madrid could build into the game and get those opportunities going forward as the game goes on how's your body so important for Nigeria play 90 minutes in all three games of the Summer Olympics games against Brazil and Spain and Japan nice touch here laon and she draws a free kick over eager in the challenge was Gabby Garcia [Applause] [Music] 12 caps for Venezuela she scored against Panama in April and Labon just tries to take the space in front of the back line gab's on the back side of her an obvious foul in this moment but when you get that body position it makes it really difficult because it's hard to not want to have that confrontation in that part of the [Music] field Vanessa de bernado standing over another restart here for Kansas City [Music] Curr she went low a good defending there by Yensen Cooper Clips it back towards the box and good strength with the body that time St balager Peterson s deny aabad slightly too long there into the path of Clare Hutton and one of the things I think we're seeing in this game is the the ability to play vertical of the Kansas City current we talked to Victor Martin yesterday about that and like most of the teams in the nwsl it's hard to deal with that verticality but he he has said that through his observations he's seen the game evolve so much in the United States where there's also those moments to recycle and keep possession and I think that's where Kansas City is doing really well especially on Wednesday and tonight free kick is one now was Andrea Medina in midfields she gets her first start this week 25 starts in Liga F last year Victor Martin first season in charge of Atletico de Madrid appointed late June a contract that runs through the 26 Season previous experience with Madrid cff Al B set and metaler beabad as well here's Teo chinga Crossing knocked down by De berardo and [Applause] [Music] clear forisa senia Perez back with ol gardo and you mentioned boisa I'm a little bit surprised at how High she's playing they have her more in a tin roll and she could be someone that sits in that six that really calms things down for Athletico Z Berard stays on side she cannot quite get there it's a goal kick [Music] coming and again it's the wide areas that are being fruitful for the current the ball from shaa comes into de Bernardo just not a good connection on the volley but those 2v ons in the wide spaces until Athletico shows that they can shut that down by either bringing a center back over or letting one of their midfielders chase the runner they're not going to be able to shut that down so continue to do [Music] it pressure from Cooper [Music] he steps forward T berado back for chinga she draws two keeps possession timma [Applause] chinga Cooper all the way back Destina bager Peterson and now it's wheeler Alana cook acquired from Seattle reain in July [Music] and this possession just forces Atletico Madrid a little bit further back really compact they're having to shift it side to side and this is okay these moments set things up like this to go forward Bas for [Applause] [Music] Cooper Haley [Applause] mace Cooper against Garcia Garcia wins that duel Cooper commits the foul against C Yensen [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Travis Kelce in the house as well after the preseason game for the Chiefs earlier today well and you'd love seeing that you love seeing other athletes come out and support and then just amazing things that are being done with women's soccer and you've got those players coming out and and watching these games but isn't it an exciting brand for all of these fans when they make out to cpkc Stadium it's a fun brand of soccer to [Music] [Applause] watch that's a nice little one twoo but the final ball is just a bit off cook Reddit well but the intent was there for aabad yeah and and that's something that they're going to have to continue to look to do is try to is at aaba every time she gets on the ball there's something dangerous that could come from it what's happening though because they're such a compact shape and they're having to condense defensively there just aren't numbers forward to be able to join her in the attack DEA back for Hut chinga de Bernardo Hutton once more and time and again now we're seeing Kansas City slightly heavy with that final ball yeah and I think those are that's the hardest part of the game besides scoring is just those final chance Creations like especially when you play a team that's really well organized with Atletico Madrid is um and so it's that balance of going quick going fast but also being in control there's vco andonovski and his staff antovski won two nwl titles both seasons upsetting the favorite Seattle Reign in the championship game that was the previous edition of the pro team here in Kansas City known as FC Kansas City but he's brought back to a place he called home for a long time before the US Women's National Team and every time we speak with him he's just so happy about what he has here with the stadium the training facility and the support of the ownership group wheeler for dein Pinto wins it back for attico Madrid this is a good moment now for Gabby Garcia we saw this against anac KOB Leona okay you see the methodical buildup in these transitional moments that felt to me like a moment of transition but maybe a little too slow from the Spaniards yeah and I think I think it was and there's moments where they can go a little bit more vertical but also if you're going to mat match up verticality to verticality Kansas City is going to win that battle more often than not so they need to try to settle into their identity and connect passes the problem is that Kansas City just has the energy right now and the fitness level to be pressing and they're doing really well so the ball has to move you've got to change the point you have to shift Kansas City to be able to have a little bit more time on the ball this is better go Madrid cook comes over to help out mace mace touches it back towards her end line Under Pressure here from guaro and Cooper's fou was very clever what Michelle Cooper did right there it looked like she was going to try to collect it just straight out but instead when it was bouncing in she just took a little slight step to her right because she knew that Medina was coming super quick it's a small thing but it's important in your final third [Applause] I think an important moment tonight for Shyer Peterson she gets the start next to Alana cook to start the season it was Elizabeth ball there she's been around longer but in a championship game lowski Partners two first year players in cook who just arrived and bager Peterson and they're the ones that are in form right now and playing and so much about your center backs is their connection to one another and so when you're in formed like that you certainly don't want to mess with especially when you're going to play for a championship they're played in and this group really there's not there hasn't been a lot of changes from the first game but especially you don't usually want to change the center backs over the top for Cooper she will get there Cooper earns a corner kick great slide from Ona Medina to deny the cross well you can see the passion from Medina sliding back and there was no pressure on the ball in Midfield and when you're a Defender you want your Midfield and your forward to step up and get pressure this ball is not well read but give her credit for recovering because Michelle Cooper is not slow she is fast and she's getting in behind on this and she recovers well to block the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] cross T Bernardo standing beside Michelle [Applause] Cooper towards the spot t up de Bernardo deflected cross DEA runs it down Haley mace great win aabad can Atletico de Madrid capitalize at shayar good tackle from Cooper and that's the team first teamwork mentality that black andonovski talks about and that there's a clear identity even Alana cook has talked about this that you've got to be able to do whatever you can for the team and Michelle Cooper in that moment does it with Haley ma caught out of position and today Min will throw it in Atletico de Madrid they won the Copa de laena in May so they have tasted success recently in a final just a few months ago but a new head coach and Victor Martin several new players and they'd love to head back to Spain with the trophy to kick off the upcoming season [Music] here again we see the position with a four or five right across the back line the aggression from Kanas City in the attack and the Run comes from [Music] cooper cooper won maybe the first 10 or so battles but I think it's shifting now for Anda Medina who's really settled in well and she's staying a lot closer to Perez her Center back and making it be on the outside of her rather than stepping aggressively to play players that might be moving centrally like a de Bernardo like a shinga so she's staying more connected with exactly what you want your outside back to do in that moment you don't want them to collapse too much but you certainly don't want to give up the space in behind and she's adapted well what were Cooper's Fitness levels like with the u6s cuz she's been running all night tonight let's just put it this way we didn't worry about her Fitness that's for sure she was able to run all day she was a leader in that way and she led by example at even such a young age and she is had endless energy tonight in the first 40 minutes on that right side relay bars out to aabad Good Feet from aabad she slips it through wellager Peterson beats kiaro and goes back to ad franch that was better from Atletico Madrid it was 3v3 actually against the back line in transition they weren't able to take advantage but Clare Hutton and lantto were caught a little bit high so I think the current needs to be careful a little bit they're playing great but it's still just a one- zero lead and Atletico is going to build into this game they have a lot of experience they have a lot of quality within their [Applause] roster Hutton argu in her case 18-year-old from Bethlehem New York came out of the world class FC Youth Academy in her first pro season Hutton was the captain of the US 9s at the panan games last year there's Gabby Garcia she is a threat on set pieces we saw it on Wednesday against AA Kobe [Music] leonessa flicked on by Garo s Yensen [Music] Adina bisa good work from France she came a long way to punch [Applause] away back across and cleared hand ball against Atletico D Madrid and there were a couple scary moments in that but we know from Wednesday that boisa has very good set service and we see it in that moment as well she doesn't float it in there she puts it with Pace but it's incredibly accurate and then there's extra opportunities that come from this that's the hand ball that we just saw and our Center official was right on top of it for the call but Atletico Madrid in those moments when there are fouls that just gives them an opportunity to put players forward and make Kansas City uncomfortable I think one of the big changes too we need to take a look at is the back five for Atletico Madrid they're pulling Yensen back to deal with Michelle Cooper on the back back line so the Midfield is going to become more important for the current here comes dein the goal scorer in the first half her cross is blocked Biser first touch to Maz back to Alana cook so if you take a look at it it's a 532 and so you've got boisa and giar up top and then you've got a jaab Abby and Pinto across that backline of five and what that allows them is to deal with the wide space a little bit better you've got an extra player so you've got an extra 10 to 15 yards of space that you can now cover as the backline it just speaks to the athleticism the pace that the Kansas City current have demonstrated in this first [Music] half a bit too heavy in Ted for chinga well they've done a great job specifically against chinka she was running wild in the first 15 minutes and now KC's having a hard time finding their leading scorer feet well it's just not going to be as clear of opportunities because you've basically got three players against one and shinga we we know can take on three or four players but when it's in tight areas it's much more difficult good win from Vanessa de Bernardo onto her left foot shot is blocked and a good clearance to avoid the corner kick from Merl bar that's ain's goal in the 12th minute the difference so far in this one now it's Yensen away from mace great into a tackle great tackle I love that now it's chwinga but too heavy cuz there's there's no reason not to tackle in that moment the reason I love it is because it stops the Counterattack even if you miss time it and you give up a foul everyone can get behind the ball so why not take the risk and the opportunity to do that hey minimum of one minute of sage time we'll be added on here at the end of the first half what you make at the first 45 minutes Casey white it feels like a championship right there's so many tactics there's so many things you can think about and areas that both teams are trying to get into and what Kansas City current's done with tactics but it's really about the energy and the passion to defend the to get after a title that's what I love it has the feel of a final balas Sager Peterson came out to mate Rashi got [Music] aab fourth here with Atletico D Madrid for aabad on the ball here against [Music] lavant Pinto [Music] pass towards the back post me will settle in front of French little self pass for mace who earns a free kick Jensen needs to be careful she's already on a yellow card and honestly that could be a second yellow because that's a reaction foul it was clever from mace it was composed and it looked like it just angered Yensen for her to do that in her defending final third but this is a complete just reaction foul there's no attempt to play the ball so Jensen's incredibly Lucky in my opinion to still be in this game well said Casey white there is halftime from CP casc Stadium blo andonovski heading back into the locker room yellow card and she comes off cine Yensen is replaced by Rosa oine who started Wednesday semi-final it not only makes complete sense just from the yellow c car perspective and the frustration that Yensen was showing you certainly can't afford to go down player when you're down one already to the current but also they've gone into this five back system and odine is a natural outside back yenson is not and Yensen had slid into that so it really makes a lot of sense tactically and Personnel wise to make this change early a free kick is won immediately by Ellie wheeler she's fouled there by Rashida [Music] aabad a 12 minute goal from dein a difference so far there's T chinga back for Clare Hutt gambi wins it in Midfield flance from gardo leads to a Kansas City Curr throw it any tactical changes for either side beyond the one you just mentioned with OD me entering no I don't think for the Kansas City current you really change a whole lot L laon this whole game's been playing a lot deeper than normal but that's just the way that they offset their Midfield Atletico Madrid but I think you keep going the way you were in the first [Music] half I wouldn't be surprised with maybe some different buildup patterns or some different movements because you go into halftime Atletico Madrid's going to go okay how do we make it a little bit better and defend the wide area so maybe there's some different areas that black linowski wants his team to try to over L to throw Atletico Madrid [Applause] off here's Hutton Thea tries to turn well defended crunching challenge there free kick is given Rosa otan she just came on at halftime and she just had a hard challenge against lant [Music] I'm not surprised Leon staying down after this just completely crunched right here goes down and then fallen on very awkwardly but it was a good challenge there in Midfield and she gets into this space goes down slides wins The Challenge fair and square but then takes that that opportunity right there but it'll be a set piece for the Kansas City current and you know we were just talking about maybe some tactical changes it's not so much that as dein is not slit inside to where shinga was originally and shinga is off the left side so that will give the Kansas City current a little bit of a different look after they settle back into possession play loo andonovski and his staff looking on first year head coach and sporting director two titles in the previous pro team in Kansas City FC Kansas City here's the restart [Music] now we're seeing more Central position for maab dispossessed by our fellow African Tempo shinga I just love seeing a forward track all the way back I that's just a non-negotiable within this team and so you become accustomed to watching it but that's not always the case and so you see that with shinga there you love that industriousness from the forward [Music] Here Comes Cooper from a deeper position just much better than the first 15 minutes for Atletico D Madrid they're getting a toe on it they're getting a foot on it nothing is coming easy anymore for Kansas City current so what's really obvious from the way they've come out is that they want to try to just stop the leading a little bit let's not give so many attacking chances and and although there weren't a lot of shots on target Kansas City current just kept coming kept coming so they want to slow the game down by this Tactical change and they're really opening up the wide space saying take us wide we're going to stay Central and make it hard on you to penetrate through US merley bar from Germany third season with L Goan Madrid time before with turbine potam and Byer lus [Music] Arisa chinga wins it CLA Hutton back for chinga Here Comes chinga with four runners in the box and she could not connect on the cross it's a go kick and although it didn't come off the way that shingo would have wanted it in this moment right when that ball was played in to her bar immediately takes a step back and like they're very respectful of the speed that she Poss possesses the technical ability the problem is when you give someone with that kind of pace that much extra space it's actually worse for you you should commit to it make them face backwards if you can especially in a five back cuz you have automatic cover oh Arisa back for gardo good read from May she saw that coming GI Bernardo early ball and well blocked at Time by CIA Perez Perez gives it away Haley May steps again T bernardo's turning Cooper Clips it in just feels like Cooper starting position much deeper in the second half of what we saw in the first 45 minutes because they've gone to a five back they've pushed de Bernardo up on the front line creating a two front and then you've got dein off the left and then Cooper off the right but she's playing a little deeper they want to draw out the outside back which is oine out so they can create space to play in behind Chingo with the turn she's wrestled down fre kick coming and a yellow card shown to mlay Bar she's just so incredibly hard to contain when she's at PACE and running she's fast she's strong she's good on the turn and B can do nothing but just grab her in that moment and it earns her a yellow I mean look at it right there I mean you think you want to stop her I just talked about okay be aggressive you have to be aggressive but then shinga has all these tricks up her sleeve to be able to separate from Defenders 12 goals in her debut season in the nwsl a half seon remaining she's in an epic Golden Boot race with Barbara Banda of [Music] Orlando De Bernardo again this time driven did not come off but de berado sticks with the play to win it back and now she goes for goal she has earned a corner kick good dive to her left from Lola gardo really well-timed tackle from De Bernardo and we talked about it earlier a higher position here with the Kansas City current playing in the 10 but you still see her defensive presence that sets her up for her attack Gallardo though with a great save on this one it was knuckling just a little bit there's a challenge on aabad DEA clear space as a left footed strike it might have been going wide but you don't want to take that chance and Gallardo parries it out G Bernardo goes over to the corner to take another set piece is this the time we see a 2v one they haven't done it all day and that's something that the current can do and they never send two out Atletico Madrid but they've opted for the long service there's one out to defend it's TMA chinga one of the most dangerous players in North America all alone they go to the near post it's left by baser [Applause] Peterson wheeler wins the race she takes a shove a Katarina coras is play [Applause] on and look at that five players right around the ball that is just a commitment to defend and there was no foul I thought we might see a retaliation foul like you just took out my teammate in the attacking third but they don't they just stay with their principles they surround the ball and they're rewarded with possession I think tremendous referee and he kind of ran Cora she's letting the physicality happen tonight and I think she's been spot on I do I do too I think that she's been really good with her calls and I I didn't see much in that Challenge from aabad maybe a little bit from the side but I just thought it was a really tough Challenge and Ellie wheeler was caught a little bit off guard [Music] [Applause] [Music] de Bernardo gets a run from labont it's dein sering it's a laata and it's save Lola [Applause] gardo and it's multiple Runners multiple runs beyond the ball where the ball is played and that's what's so hard to defend and look at that just if Falls right to deia but look at that ball it's so great she hits it straight on lont if there's a little bit of Bend I think it goes around Gallardo but again now it's labont getting forward and it just seems that Kansas City just has no shortage of weapons well she's a untracked central midfielder cuz most of tonight she's been sitting back between the center backs supporting Alana cook and bager Peterson while wheeler and mace push forward and a lot of that I think had to do with the positioning of Clare Hutton having to step up to Tatiana Pinto who's receiving it now and now in this second half lont has a little bit more of a free role but she has a lot of discipline andonovski talks a lot about that and her discipline and playing in a certain space and and really just contributing in the role they need wheeler wins it in the path of chinga corner kick coming Earl bar was taking no risk [Applause] [Music] timu chinga last four years in China older sister Tabitha also plays for Malawi and for psj Britney and Patrick Mahomes Isaac pko Kansas City chief star seated next to the Chiefs quarterback and Casey current co-owner Cooper is the short option T Bernardo plays her this feels like Wednesday night's Corner instead Cooper goes in the Box it's a little too hesitant for me if you're going to go 2V1 you go you put your head down you dribble in the 1 V one and draw someone out so they're definitely looking for the longer service they've seen something that they feel like they can exploit but that unpredictability is something that's going to open up things a little bit more for the current [Music] Iana cook back to ad franch fourth here with Kansas City after six seasons with Port Le Thorns now you can clearly see the 532 that athletic is defending it this change of point is what they need dein the goal scorer in the first half Hooper over the top and gardo comes out to claim three World Cups for gardo Golden Gloves the U7 World Cup over a decade ago ear 38 caps for [Music] Spain laon behind DEA changes seem imminent for Atletico D Madrid Gio KIRO preparing to enter [Applause] alongside leani who will make her debut with ATO Madrid aabad enters the Box aabad shot block by [Applause] cook and as much as the game has been in the current's favor those are the moments where aabad is a special player she can really attract a lot of atten ention she can go in the 1 V one and so that's something they're going have to be really careful of a lot of cook looks very composed in those moments but the Midfield is going to have to track back and really try to help as they go forward here's bar she'll clip it in mace heads backward corner kick coming for Atletico D [Applause] [Music] Madrid B deoa 74 caps for Norway played for Manchester United before joining Atletico de Madrid last season two assists last campaign here's the corner near the spot headed out by Hutton and now it's chinga 2v2 jabin to her left labont arriving as well it's tea [Music] chwinga into the area tainga Crossing oh jaia does not get there and you got to love that in end action Clare Hutton clears it on one side they're going it's shinga and deia slows down if DEA keeps running and trusts shinga that she'll get it across that's a goal that one would be going in and have the two lead the Brazilian usually never stops running that time she may have just run out of gas here is the triple change Gio kiddo will come on for Shayla giaro Fama benitz will enter for siia Perez and it's a return to North America for leani who played for Seattle rain never appeared in the nwsl but played on loan with Madrid cff last season under Victor Martin so Martin brings him back and she just officially transferred last week from Seattle to Atletico D [Applause] Madrid three changes right on the hour mark from Victor Martin and down to Austin Ivan Who's down on the sideline it is 21y old luani who just entered the game like you mentioned making her debut she just arrived to Kansas City the night before the women's cup started to meet her teammates for the very first time luani has played for head coach Victor Martin though so it's been nice for her to have that familiar face around the calming presence for her as she is meeting and getting to know this new team but it does look like she's already comfortable with her teammates there has been lots of laughs and jokes with her and their teammates down here on the field it's been a whirlwind for her but she's excited to officially make her first appearance with her new team good stuff Austin leani did not play on Wednesday as Austin reported she came in Tuesday nights there's chinga and not only with having luani in it's a whole different look now aabad is going to that Central forward role a completely different type of player than guato guato is more back to goal helps in possession and then likes to be in around the Box aabad wants to run at you and she wants to get in behind so this could be a different more direct look from Atletico good step from laanta she has Cooper making the Run perfect pass Cooper is denied by Gallardo great goalkeeping from [Applause] Gallardo here's dein Peaks over the shoulder dispossess good defending right off the bench ofo kiddos good tackle from wheeler a moment ago the window was tight for lont she still found it oh her accuracy and pass is so good and it's not just about the direction but the pace so it gets right in behind I mean the margin for error is just so small there and I think you have to give credit to Gallardo on that one Michelle Cooper did incredibly well with that I don't think she could have done much more Cooper bending it chinga couldn't quite settle it and it's into the hands of Lola Gallardo what you're going to start to see is Atletico Madrid trying to go forward it is risky because when Kansas City wins the ball there are a lot of opportunities to go forward and they're turning that attack into 10 shots Atletico Madrid only having two so far in the game but they do need to do that now they go kind of into this 352 when they're in possession but when you've got the likes of shinga and dein and Michelle Cooper running at you and lont picking them out they're going to have to figure out how to transition back to defend quick very similar OPP opportunity for Cooper as Wednesday night against mamod Sundowns in that moment she went around the goalkeeper this time she tried to beat gardo well there just wasn't as much space in this opportunity than there was on Wednesday two similar opportunities but just it's so much more space against the Sundowns flip to the back post here's leani facing her form we teammate in Alana cook Lani does well she's earned a corner kick and then after the fact we hear a little talking to he counter in a COR of a warning with Kansas City Defender Ellie wheeler now decision time for Kansas City as Atletico D Madrid sends two to the corner Rama benitz right off the Bench Kansas City sends one with Vanessa de Bernardo it's a long corner to the back post French comes out to punch away leono wins the header away from Cooper here's dein wristle down yellow card shown no argument from Tatiana Pinto well I don't really blame Pinto in that moment because you're not going to slow her down had you completely beat she spun you it's early earlier up in the attack higher up on the field so you allow your team to get back rest relax what's going to have to happen now is more and more players on a yellow card they're going to have to be careful cuz if you're caught in a moment like this it's not going to be good if you get your second yellow Michelle Cooper clears it and it's just this little spin move and binzo just holds right onto her waist makes no attempt to actually defend the front runner Martino Mar pinto and bar both on a yellow Jenson picked one up in the first half she was subbed at halftime cook good ball to findy [Applause] Bernardo L leant good read from mace again Chingo with the flip header [Applause] here's odor mean back to Alana cook it's really well organized behind the ball so they're picking up on these CU to press a m touch in the Box shinga steps a ball out that doesn't have a lot of pace the next person steps and everyone behind then just gets to pick up those errant balls that are cleared clever from [Applause] dein Clare Hutton chinga back to goal chwinga shot blocked it's going to bounce towards de Bernardo but by gardo spills it offside flag comes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] up that's what you get with d Bernardo being up on the front line she's normally an attacking midfielder she's taking a high position it's good play from Clare Hutton into shinga an opportunistic bounce and it looked pretty close on that one but de Bernardo was in a position just to make the backline and Gallardo uncomfortable Jessica carnavale assistant Referee on the far side of the field with that decision bar wins it one back by [Music] dein leani inside for Pino Cooper pressing and gallardo's clearance is off Cooper risky business that time from Atletico de Madrid Sena Perez with a back pass another Jersey tug and now frustration mounting for Atletico D Madrid that was Rosa oine and it looked like much more of a retaliation I think she gets away with that one with not getting more than the foul call but they just can't settle in they're showing their comfortability on the ball but it's like sh you know shark infested waters when those players are going they see it they go after it they want to step and it's just like a very hard brand of soccer to play out against and then you see the frustration that mounts [Music] [Music] here's the delivery gardo punches away with one hand pass Cooper direct ball for aabad aabad pressing a push in the back easy decision not subtle at all into the back of bisaga Peterson yeah it's getting pretty combative now I think ad franch could have maybe helped the situation is coming cleared that and helped basaga out basaga goes behind there's a little bit of hesitation right there but she has position obvious foul and our referee is doing well she has to protect the players because it's getting combative but I don't blame Atletico Madrid they've got to figure out something they've got to figure out how do we get forward and those are some of their best [Music] opportunities Rashid aabad scored against AC Milan last August to win the women's cup trying to L her team to another trop in North America I from to win yeah I'd be really surprised if we don't see Atletico Madrid send more numbers forward I don't know why they would stay in a five back for much longer maybe another five minutes I mean what's the difference it's a final it's a championship so you're going to have to make them more comfortable uncomfortable excuse me and get players higher up the field as the game goes on just saw an assisant coach walk out to Victor Martin on the edge of his technical area with a few words come on Coach let's push it let's take some risk yeah and it's hard cuz you want to play within your identity and they're hanging in this game but at some point you've got to get the the tying goal right so it can't be just enough to hang in the game and keep it one zero if this was a friendly okay maybe you'd say let's try to figure it out with how we want to play but because you've got the championship on the line you got to figure out okay how do we actually test 8 fr Ranch at the back chwinga with Haley [Applause] [Music] mace a double change coming for Kansas City current Michelle Prince and bayy Feist both preparing to [Music] enter wheeler gives it away over the top again for aabad she pulls off aler Peterson Rashid at aabad excellent ball Save ad Fran she turns away to oidos her first true test tonight and she comes up big on that one gavini comes in behind and and bringing her into the game makes a difference cuz she can join aabad they both have the pace to be able to penetrate behind the back line this is a great ball and just to toe pooke it that's incredibly hard to read for a keeper and French comes up big here is that change for blacko Anan offski Michelle prin he surpassed 100 caps for Canada at the Olympics she comes on for Michelle Cooper and Vanessa de Bernardo is replaced by bayy Feist [Music] I thought a good night for Vanessa de Bernardo I think so too I think for both of the players Vanessa de Bernardo did exactly what she needed to do was make the backline uncomfortable by playing in an advanced position as a 10 and I think we'll see something a little different here though with fece coming in she normally plays in that six or eight role but coming in in that space so maybe a little bit more defensive of a sub um or some different rotations that we're going to see but then you've got Nelle Prince coming on who we know can attack and go at players in the 1 V one as well Cooper her second straight start and quality performance biley F started on Wednesday she's out of Wake Forest previous time with Washington Spirit where she spent Five Seasons Michelle brince acquired from Houston Dash in a trade in January wheeler is fouled by Kos who just had the chance on the opposite ends well I think that's what we were talking about earlier that's so important is Kansas City current have by far been the dominant team but they're still only one goal and Atletico Madrid has the quality and the ability and the patience to say hey we just need to create one more opportunity like that and make French come up with another save so it's incredibly scary moments because this is one sport that can be incredibly unfair with how things go in possession and opportunities and they could still end up tying up this game [Music] [Applause] good touch from dein now Timo chinga turns inside dein loose ball dein and it's tipped wide by Garo dein scored in the 12th minute she comes close to her second there and dein's positioning is a bit more inverted here comes inside plays off a shaa it starts from defensive responsibility does It Strike this incredibly well I think Gallardo just playing it a bit safe but it's that defensive pressure that sets up the attack of dein in this moment and it does feel like Atletico D Madrid starting to figure out chwinga a little in her tendency she loves turning to her left shoulder and that second player is coming to anticipate that exactly they definitely are always providing cover around shinga and so the other players of the current are going to have to play off of that like dein just did corner kick from dein to the near post and it's cleared by bar Michelle Prince decides to let it roll out for a throw in quickly back to baser Peterson second final for Kansas City current and its fourth season they lost the 2022 and WL Championship to Portland Thorns they'll play in another final in October against Gotham to round out the summer cup here is dein excellent ball noted away chinga settles her shot is covered up once again by Gallardo it's incredible composure I wanted to see a first time strike on that one from shinga lots of numbers in the Box it looks like it was bouncing down straight off the header right here from bar there's a lot of bodies around there in that moment so it's hard to be able to pull that one off but incredibly exciting soccer right now leani nods forward oh [Music] lant bending ball for Prince Prince will get there Prince bending it to winga just a touch she saves a goal with that touch huge moment for Saia Perez Perez gets a last second touch on his labant is so good at recognizing space where they're leaving it the shell Prince very unselfish and look at that little touch of the toe to make sure that shinga is not able to get on this dein's corner kick this time the back post headed back across punched Away by guyardo she was challenged there by the tall center back Alana cook they try and find aab Body on the outlets she found a good space it's three versus four for Atletico de Madrid and aabani runs out of room on the sideline I think the staff of Victor Martinez seen that they might be able to EXP exp something in that 1 V one match up of aabad and basaga but she does well in that moment and obviously a Mis touch from aabad but Ellie wheeler is going to have to be careful as they get into these last 10 minutes maybe to stay a little bit more locked into that back line that's a player they cannot lose out of Rashi aaba you feel like if they're going to score Atletico de Madrid it's going to be by number 16 there's Prince two to left M shell Prince Hutton Clips it in chinga settling now DEA six trophies in North Carolina and she help Kansas City current win it's first mace at the feet of Feist [Music] oh cook has the foot speed to get there so although we haven't seen Atletico Madrid come out of their five back system they have gone to a 523 so three players higher up where before it was a 532 with only two so they are committing more numbers forward but still pretty pretty defensive against the current there's a cross into the hands of gardo we saw the range of cook she has it all for a center back she has the height and size to win things in the air she has the foot speed and she can build out of the back she has the composure she has the mentality I I think just if I were playing alongside her I was not a center back but if I was playing alongside her I feel so comfortable she just always seems in control substitutes Off the Bench preparing to get loose for Kansas City but Izzy Rodriguez will enter she's a left back and she's going to come on for Haley mace so this is a left back for a right back and they'll probably move wheeler over to Haley Ma's position I think this makes a lot of sense Haley Maz coming back didn't play on Wednesday with taken that evening off but in a long shift here tonight so getting her back into the game shifting Ellie wheeler over makes a lot of sense and then you've got Izzy Rodriguez on her left foot who can try to cover for baser if they've got to see out this last 10 minutes in a defensive way run down the line there Izzy Rodriguez came off the bench in that 2022 endl championship game A two nothing loss for Kansas City current and they were a surprise that season a very tough first year in 2021 they surprised many they won in Seattle in the semifinals to make the championship before falling to Portland good challenge labata but she's called for a foul [Applause] hello labant labont took the words out of my mouth she didn't see me coming I I didn't think that was a foul I thought it was really light and there's always going to be some physical play obviously and some confrontation but I I tend to agree with her on that one she just stepped at the last second and kind of pickpocket her in that moment lont has never won a trophy in the nwsl individual honors best 11 two years ago but many years in this league a debut in 2016 it would mean a lot to her to finally lift some [Music] silverware chwinga and a foot race with bar Prince is Central Feist is arriving and chwinga cross onto the [Music] [Applause] Concourse are you surprised is the limited risk still in the 82nd minute for Atletico dadrip yeah I think they need to go into a three back I think they can make it a 343 and they look like it right now but that's when they're in they're in possession completely but they're they're coming back too much I would just leave players at the back to defend if it becomes two Z it becomes two Z at the end of the day you've got to do something to really unbalance your opponent in this moment and they're not doing that they've done a little bit of it they got that one opportunity but it's only very few of between one by F Benitez wide for luani leani challenging now wheeler a Wheeler pressured in the corner wheeler played at Penn [Applause] State here's winga joined by Izzy Rodriguez Kansas City sends five in the attack and I think we talk about the five back I think we do have to credit though Kansas City current when they keep possession it's really hard to get numbers up so it is this little give and take that's back and forth of things but at some point you might as well get a little bit higher and go and I think that Atletico Madrid's trying to do that but the current have just established a lot of possession in their attacking half dein was the nwsl championship game MVP in 2019 she's twice been the MVP of the challenge cup 21 and 22 free kick given here she could have her fourth MVP in a tournament setting or a championship game if this one nothing lead stands up well that's what's so scary about the form that she's in right now is that she had the injury early on wasn't able to play for a lot of the regular season now coming into form and you're talking about former MVP right to add to this and and we're seeing it and she got the goal tonight so far but also it's not just about the scoring yes that's a huge part of it but the way in which she's playing she's defending well she looks confident aabad one by izy Rodriguez direct ball and I think that hamstring injury really hurt her chances for the Olympics it happened in March against Portland there 30 minutes in she missed over a month and at that time the Brazilian coaching staff is looking at their very deep roster at National Team pool and just a poorly timed injury for a Brazilian Legend in deia and that and it happens sometimes it was unfortunate it was unlucky and but I mean she's in a good place right now which is really nice to [Music] see free kick is one 85th minute now Lon goes down there is Rashid aaban she scored in this game last year to help Atletico Madrid beat AC Milan in the final lant back to her feet one of the fan favorites around here she played at Stanford and she really has pulled the strings for the Kansas City current in the women's cup and obviously goal scorers you're going to talk about and she scores goals in her own right hasn't so far in the women's cup but she's been incredibly helpful in the way that they keep the ball she's made really good decisions got an assist in the Wednesday game and she just had a very good performance so far Hutton's ball is one on the far side Atletico D Madrid trying to find a way forward sendia Perez on the ball she kept it a one nothing deficit with that clearance in front of goal before a tap in potentially for chinga here comes a yellow card for l lant [Applause] [Music] [Applause] right up to the yellow she wins the ball and wins a free kick and lont is just covering a lot of ground and being an absolute nuisance right now in Midfield she's going from sideline to sideline she uses her body well in this moment and all this does is take away from Atletico Madrid so if you're them you don't want to be committing these fouls right [Music] now it feels like this might be the group that sees out this game for Kansas City the substitutes have come back nothing looks imminent for a player like desire Scott unless you see someone struggling really struggling to handle something that Atletico Madrid's doing there's a good system in place or taking the air out of the game right now so I think it makes sense not to make any substitutions unless it's just needed here in the last few [Music] [Music] minutes Michelle Prince call for the foul she went to the sliding challenge [Music] B with some [Music] space Michelle Prince will slow down that prior ball casy do you want to see that over the top because they're still trying to find the forwards feet coming back towards their own goal I think so but you have to have two runs so one is checking and Izzy Rodriguez is right on their back basaga is connecting in behind with her in case the ball is played over the top so you have to overload that side if your Atletico Madrid so if Gio's coming back for the ball aabad has got to be playing in concert with her to make it a 2v2 for that [Music] option it feels like the time Atletico de Madrid must get more direct it might be not their culture and might not be their style of play but with so little time remaining their chances are running out [Music] Gabby Garcia pleading her case izy Rodriguez to restart our third season with Kansas City current we're in the 90th minutes 2024 women's Cup Championship game so WI hasard to throw [Applause] it 12 shots for Kansas City current three for Atletico day Madrid [Applause] [Music] [Applause] one by bar leani turning leani did well a take over there from maab a throw in for Atletico D Madrid as we enter second half stoppage time it'll be a minimum of 3 minutes at it on this is really where you have to push the pace get numbers forward maybe play a bit more direct draw a f even because they have good service into the penalty area something to make sure that the current has to defend leani earns a throw it she's going to leave it here for bar and H Sensei will throw it in aabad towards the end line away from dein she's earned a corner [Applause] kick well they certainly are going to put everyone forward Casey current defends in a zonal situation here in the Box except for basaga who goes player-to-player marking so everyone is forward but Gallardo you have to In This Moment this might be your best opportunity to [Music] equalize Rosa otmin 31-year-old from Seville Spain here's her delivery franch comes out to punch away clearance from chinga back to [Applause] [Music] Lardo really Bar aabad corner kick [Music] coming bis Sager Peterson did not want to take a chance with asabani close [Music] behind something they need to be aware of is moraa at the top of the penalty area as well if anything pops out they've got to get pressure on that Rosa ot to deliver another corner kick French backs up it's headed away the young 18-year-old Clare Hutton with a crucial headed clearance and now a player down for Kansas City it's Izzy Rodriguez as Tatiana Pino prepares to deliver this [Applause] [Music] [Applause] corner over 100 caps with Portugal for Tatiana Pino she'll send in this corner kick headed wide foul against Atletico day Madrid Laona back to her feet and we're about to complete the 3 minutes of stoppage time and those Services were really dangerous back to back to back right here Leon just gets a little bit of a shove in that moment and the penalty is called [Music] [Applause] [Music] Gold city current will lift their first trophy their champions of the Wom cup [Music]