After May’s 7-0 drubbing at Yankee Stadium, New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Luis Robles is expecting New York City FC to bring their best – and then some – in Sunday’s rematch in the Bronx (12 pm ET; ESPN in the US, TSN4 in Canada).
Robles appeared on ESPN’s “Over the Ball with Kevin Flynn” podcast earlier this week, with the MLS ironman talking about Iceland’s magical run at the Euros, his progression under Red Bulls boss Jesse Marsch and Sunday’s rivalry match with NYCFC.
“We absolutely expect that they’re going to come full force,” Robles told Flynn. “Whenever you beat a team on their home field 7-0 you better expect that you’re going to get their best and then some the next time around.”
Robles isn’t expecting the Red Bulls to be able to recreate the 7-0 throttling they put on NYCFC in May, but he does think his team – who are currently one point behind second-place NYCFC in the East – should get a result on Sunday, even if NYCFC will have Frank Lampard and Jack Harrison available this time around.
“We understand that there’s a lot on the line on Sunday, not only for table placement, but also for city bragging rights. When we were able to go to their place last time obviously we shocked and surprised everyone, including ourselves, to be able to put a touchdown up on the scoreboard. So it’s not necessarily something we’re going to mimic. We know that it’s going to be a very, very difficult, physical match, but there’s no reason for us to think that we can’t get a good result out of it.”
Click here to check out Robles’ entire interview with Flynn.
