Montreal was preparing to play the perfect shot. To bring down the championship leaders. But on the last action of the match, what was supposed to happen happened.
At the 95e minute, goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois clumsily threw himself at Dominique Badji in the area. The penalty was clear, the decision unequivocal. FC Cincinnati thus made it 1-1, with a goal from Luciano Acosta on the penultimate action of the match.
CF Montreal once again had all the trouble in the world generating attack against FC Cincinnati, but we believed that Kwadwo Opoku’s magical strike had settled everything.
At 53e, Opoku moved forward, in the axis. He got rid of a first defender. He placed the ball towards his left foot. Then he struck, a few meters from the penalty area. The leather made its way to the left corner of Roman Celentano’s net, and beat him, barely.
A dull and flat game until then finally opened up. Montreal gave itself a few other chances, Cincinnati too, its first. CF Montreal will also thank its goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois, author of a last-minute shoulder save in the 68the.
For the rest, the Montreal defense was once again solid. Especially at the end of the match, when one of the best attacks in MLS decided to accumulate scoring opportunities.