May 22, 2021 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Club de Foot Montreal News Release
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – CF Montréal lost 2-1 against FC Cincinnati on Saturday afternoon at DRV PNK Stadium, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Midfielder Djordje Mihailovic (56′) scored the first goal of the game in the beginning of the second half, but Cincinnati answered with two goals from Locadia (70′) and Vallecilla (86′).
GOALS
MTL – Djordje Mihailovic (Romell Quioto) 56′
CIN – Jurgen Locadia (Geoff Cameron) 70′
CIN – Gustavo Vallecilla (Ronald Matarrita) 86′
CAUTIONS
MTL – Djordje Mihailovic 35′
MTL – Zachary Brault-Guillard 43′
MTL – Romell Quioto 54′
MTL – Victor Wanyama 89′
LINEUPS
MTL – Gk-Clément Diop; D-Joel Waterman (Sunusi Ibrahim 78′), Rudy Camacho, Kiki Struna, Zachary Brault-Guillard (Clément Bayiha 85′); M-Lassi Lappalainen (Zorhan Bassong 46′), Victor Wanyama, Ahmed Hamdi (Joaquín Torres 73′), Djordje Mihailovic; F-Romell Quioto (Bjorn Johnsen 84′), Erik Hurtado
Subs not used: James Pantemis, Mustafa Kizza, Samuel Piette, Amar Sejdic
CIN – Gk- Kenneth Vermeer; D-Gustavo Vallecilla, Geoff Cameron, Joe Gyau, Ronald Matarrita; M-Yuya Kubo, Luciano Acosta, Caleb Stanko (Haris Medunjanin 86′); A-Allan Cruz (Brandon Vazquez 86′), Brenner, Alvaro Barreal (Jurgen Locadia 59′)
Subs not used: Przemyslaw Tyton, Edgar Castillo, Nick Hagglund, Kamohelo Mokotjo, Zico Bailey, Isaac Atanga
WILFRIED NANCY
“At halftime, I warned everyone. We have to close this game. If we don’t, there is a real danger of us conceding. We can’t take control of the game and in the last 20 minutes play with no structure. We didn’t respect the game. Today, there was a lack of humility. I told the players what I thought and again, we have to be better. Only work will make a difference. We have to repeat the actions we see in our practice sessions with high intensity. We know what we are doing and we will keep doing it.”
VICTOR WANYAMA
“We put in a lot of effort to create opportunities, but this time we didn’t score. We’ve been working in training to have a better finishing but at the moment it’s not working for us. We have to keep working hard to finish in front of goal. To be honest, we had the game in our hands, and we dominated it. They did nothing apart from these two set pieces. So mentally, it’s difficult. You start thinking about getting the next goal and chasing the game again, it’s not easy. In football, you lose some and you win some. The most important thing is how you take it.”
DJORDJE MIHAILOVIC
“I came here to win. It’s frustrating to give up two games in a row like this. We needed to get a second goal to kill the game and we didn’t do it. We conceded two goals on set pieces, that shouldn’t be happening. This kind of game comes down to your mentality. The physical and mental aspect of the game has to come into play. In a league like MLS, every team has quality. Mentally we weren’t there when we needed too.”
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