With 4-3 earlier this season and 5-4 last season, we are used to CF Montreal and FC Cincinnati to watch. The two teams again kept their promise, Saturday, at Saputo Stadium, with a 4-3 win for the Montrealers.
Romell Quioto scored twice for the hosts, also relying on the offensive contributions of Joel Waterman and Mathieu Choinière. Cincinnati responded with passes from Junior Moreno, twice, and Alvaro Barreal.
With this victory, Montreal regained a place among the top three teams in the East – with a little help from FC Dallas, which went on to win 3-1 over Orlando.
However, CF Montreal’s success was somewhat overshadowed by the injury of Djordje Mihailovic, who injured his ankle in the first minutes of the game. If he tries to continue his fight for a few minutes, the American, who is set to join his national team in the coming days, will have to give way to Ahmed Hamdi in the 17th minute.
Obviously moving when he retired to the locker room, Mihailovic may have been comforted by the shouts of MVP! coming from several sections of the stadium, a sign that Montreal fans appreciate his impressive season puts him among the candidates for MLS player of the season.
The Impact and FC Cincinnati have almost the same score. Junior Moreno, at first, forgot about the far post with a corner kick from Alvaro Barreal extended by Brandon Vazquez.
That’s why Cincinnati seems to be in good shape to taste a fourth straight victory over the opposing turf, even if it’s still early. Cincinnati wants to score in the first quarter of an hour against Montreal: the Ohio team has scored 19 goals in the first 15 minutes of its games since entering MLS, and Montreal has been one of them 6 times. .
The Montrealers responded 10 minutes later, and tell us if you’ve read a similar thing: Joel Waterman forgot on the far post to send the net a corner kick from Joaquin Torres extended by Kamal Miller.
Quioto missed the golden opportunity to give Impact the lead at halftime when his header from the perfect cross from Choinière sent the ball into the arm of goalkeeper Roman Celentano, but the Honduran wasted no time. in redemption of himself.
Seconds later, an outside-of-foot pass from Joaquin Torres launched Quioto behind defense. Two defenders tried to stop him, and Celentano flew to catch the ball, but no one controlled the object. Quioto was able to get him out of the pile of bodies in the penalty area and just had to push him behind the goal line.
On returning from the break, Choinière widened the gap. New to the match in place of Joaquin Torres, Kei Kamara well deflected a cross from Lassi Lappalainen to the penalty spot where the Quebec midfielder was roaming.
The guests have not yet said their last word. Already author of a decisive pass, Barreal waited for the right moment to advance to the penalty area and take advantage of the perfect cross from Luciano Acosta. The latter extended his streak to seven games with at least one goal or one assist.
Quioto quickly made it 4-2. Referee Fotis Bazakos, who was called to watch the video replay, punished former Torontonian Nick Hagglund for a hand fault in the penalty area. Quioto’s penalty shot caught Celentano’s hands, who dived to his left, but the ball landed in the net nonetheless.
Another substitute made his mark. Brazilian Brenner, who came as an assist for John Nelson, found Moreno at the entrance to the area, and the Venezuelan completed his double with a superb shot in the top corner.
CF Montreal will now enjoy a break due to the international break. Austin FC is the next guest at Stade Saputo on June 18th.
Source: Radio-Canada
