CF Montreal severely limited their chances of making the Major League Soccer (MLS) playoff calendar by escaping a draw in the dying minutes against the New York Red Bulls, who finally won 1-0 on Saturday after -midday in Harrison.
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All points are important at the end of the season and a good performance was essential against the Red Bulls, who are a direct opponent in the race. With this setback, Wilfried Nancy’s men remain in ninth place with 43 points in 32 games, while New York climbs sixth, with 46 points.
This is another heartbreaking verdict for the Bleu-Blanc-Noir, who somehow resisted the opposing attacks at the end of the match. In the stoppage of play in the second half, Fabio finally beat the vigilance of Sebastian Breza with a header.
CF Montreal only scored one shot during this duel. Joaquin Torres came close to drawing the tie after the goal that blew the New Jersey crowd upside down, but his strike hit a defenseman.
Employed as a sentinel in front, Sunusi Ibrahim was the most threatening in the first half, finding himself twice alone against goalkeeper Carlos Coronel, without however being able to materialize.
Breza got the start after leading CF Montreal to the Canadian Championship final on Wednesday. He blocked four Red Bulls shots.
Montreal will have to win its last two duels, Wednesday against the Dynamo of Houston, then on November 7 against the Orlando City SC, to preserve chances to continue its season.
SUMMARY
2ND HALF
90e + 1 | GOAL – Fabio (NYRB) scores the goal the entire planet felt was coming to give the Red Bulls a lead in stoppage time
87e minute | Change at the Red Bells, Dru Yearwood gives way to Youba Diarra
81st minute | Change for Montreal: Zorhan Bassong enters in place of Zachary Brault-Guillard
72e minute | Change for Montreal: Lassi Lappalainen takes the place of Sunusi Ibrahim
68e minute | Cristian Casseres (NYRB) hits the post
67th minute | Change at the Red Bells, Caden Clark takes the place of Thomas Edwards
67th minute | Patrick Klimala (NYRB) attempts a shot from far away and comes close to surprising Sebastian Breza (MTL)
54e minute | Sebastian Breza (MTL) intervenes in front of Andrew Gutman (NYRB) after a mess by Emanuel Maciel
50e minute | Things heat up in the Montreal area as things go wrong and the Red Bulls miss a few chances at once
46th minute | Beginning of the second half, Wikelman Carmona gives way to Fabio at the Red Bulls
1ST HALF
39e minute | Joaquin Torres (MTL) misses a chance at the mouth of the net on a nice pass from Zachary Brault-Guillard
33e minute | Andrew Gutman (NYRB) takes advantage of a turnaround and comes to the right of Breza (MTL), his shot just misses the target
29e minute | Patrick Klimala (NYRB) sees his strike stopped by Sebastian Breza (MTL)
24e minute | The Red Bulls accumulate faults, especially against Djordje Mihailovic (MTL)
10e minute | Mown down by Andres Reyes (NYRB), Djordje Mihailovic (MTL) wins a free kick
8e minute | Sunusi Ibrahim (MTL) finds himself alone in front of goalkeeper Carlos Coronel (NYRB), but the latter stops his shot
1st minute | Start of the match
The formations for today’s match:
