Mikael Uhre scored late in the second half and the Union of Philadelphia signed a 2-1 victory at the expense of Bleu-Blanc-Noir on Saturday evening at the Saputo stadium.
Uhre played the heroes in the 84th minute, but in the eyes of the Montrealers and the acting coach, Marco Donadel, the story was written a little earlier.
While the two teams were tied 1-1, in the 77th, Dante Sealy tried to overflow Jovan Lukic in the penalty area, but the latter let out his foot to drop his opponent.
Sealy pleaded his cause to referee Marcos de Oliveira, who judged that there was no matter to penalty. But when video assistance for arbitration (Var) asked De Oliveira to revise the sequence, the whole stadium expected another decision.
After examining the game from several angles, the referee maintained his decision. A few minutes later, the CF Montreal (0-8-3) lived a little moment of floating and Lukic, which, otherwise put the table for the winning goal of Uhre.
“This is the first time that I have seen a call from the Var to check a penalty situation, and that it is not a penalty,” said Donadel. Did Dante fall when he was touched, no. The ball was there and he had the opportunity to continue his action. If I am the referee, it is a penalty, but I am only the head coach. We have lost rather than winning. ”
Even if Donadel seems to talk about the turning point, the Montreal team had several opportunities to score the decisive goal during the second half. However, he failed to take advantage of it.
Again, the lack of finish in the penalty area was expensive and the Prince Owusu striker will still have a few missed occasions when he lay his head on the pillow. The German seems to search for solutions when he has the ball at the foot near the net and he does not have the fabric of a franc-tirror like his teammate Giacomo Vrioni, the author of the Bleu-Blanc-Noir, Saturday.
For Vrioni, these problems affect all the attackers and they correct themselves by continuing to work in training.
“It is the life of advanced attackers,” he said. It is happening to the best players in the world. I trained for three years with Juventus’ best players and it happened to them too. If you work hard every day in training and outside the field, I think you will have double opportunities. This is what I try to say to myself. “
The fact remains that in the field, Vrioni and Owusu have shown several signs of frustration. And they were not the only ones. Some players even attacked their opponents or the referee. We see here the sign of a team that has still not experienced victory this season.
However, midfielder Nathan Saliba insists that this frustration serves above all to keep the level of play high.
“We know that it is not mean to others, that it is not personal. Frustration is not negative. It is rather that we want to maintain a high standard. We must be responsible for our mistakes. It is not a frustration to bring the team down, it is to continue to perform at our best, “he observed.
-Indiana Vassilev also moved the ropes for the Union (7-3-1), which obtained a third victory in a row.
The CF Montreal will resume the action next Saturday, when it will visit the New York City FC.
Practically anything but score
Some supporters were still regaining their headquarters when the Union opened the score.
Visitors built an attack in a masterful way by spreading the Portrait Tom Pearce, Fabian Herbers, Samuel Piette and Fernando Alvarez thanks to a few quick passes. In excess, Danley Jean Jacques handed over the ball to Vassilev, who touched the target after only 73 seconds of play.
However, Montrealers have shown that they had not been shaken by this hasty goal. Goalkeeper Andre Blake pushed an Owusu shot and had to dive to deprive Vrioni of a goal, in the fourth minute.
The two teams then decided to return to a slightly more methodical style of play, even if the blue-white-black managed the best breakthroughs in attack. Including one in the 30th minute, when the center of Pearce hit the right foot of Francis Westfield and that of Blake before brushing against the post.
The Montreal defensive, however, had to point out in the 33rd minute. Vassilev has set off a low shot that Jonathan Sirois stopped, but the ball returned directly to Tai Baribo. By sliding, Piette interposed to save the furniture.
Before returning to the locker room, Donadel’s men pushed and pushed until they scored the first goal of their home and first half season.
Following a corner kick, Sealy sent a low center in the penalty area. Olwethu Makhanya missed his clearance and the ball gave Kai Wagner against stop at the feet of Vrioni. The Italian has easily created equality in stoppages.
The CF Montreal continued its momentum by finding a lot of space in the last third, second half. However, they lacked polishing during certain actions.
Saliba first tried his luck at the edge of the surface, but the ball has just passed over the transverse bar. Then, Owusu led practically alone in the penalty area, but he himself destroyed the attack on his troop by defusing with the ball.
The union did not lack finish on one of its only occasions in the half. Lukic took advantage of a turnaround and he launched Uhre in an escape behind George Campbell and Alvarez. The Danish put on the needle even if Sirois partially stopped the ball.
At the end of the match, the blue-white-black orchestrated very few attacks and he had to admit defeated.
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