Lion City blank Adelaide United behind late goals

ADELAIDE (Interstat) — Gomes Hugo scored in the 80th minute as visiting Lion City defeated Adelaide United 2-0 on Thursday. Matthias Phaeton assisted on Hugo’s goal. Hugo played 90 minutes and scored once, Phaeton played 90 minutes and assisted once, and Lennart Thy added a goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time after playing 13 minutes as a substitute. Adelaide’s Anselmo received a yellow card in the 43rd minute, and Phillis S. was booked in the 74th. Lion City made substitutions in the 23rd, 59th, and 77th minutes. Adelaide made substitutions in the 46th, 59th, 60th, 70th, and 83rd minutes. Adelaide was unable to respond after Hugo’s opener, and the visitors protected the clean sheet in the closing stages of the match. Lion City improved to 2-0 in the competition and 5-1-1 overall. Adelaide fell to 1-1 in the competition and 2-2 overall.