CF Montreal 2 – Toronto FC 0 | Saturday night is good for fights

“We’ve had enough of your discipline,” Elton John once told us. After a second loss at the hands of CF Montreal in five days, Toronto FC was clearly in that spirit.

Coming to play spoilsport at the Saputo stadium for the game of the 30^e anniversary of the Impact, the Torontonians wanted to avenge their defeat on Tuesday. On the contrary, they scuttled each other.

After a Toronto expulsion close to the hour mark, the Montrealers took advantage of their still growing cohesion to win 2-0 on Saturday night. If the atmosphere was festive for a few moments, it quickly slipped.

Hernán Losada was even at the center of all this rififi. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, who was sent off with a second yellow card, refused to hand the ball to the CFM head coach once on the line. He preferred to lob him away from the action. So he was shown the exit door.

After the meeting, Bob Bradley, the pilot of the Torontonians with a few sweet words for Losada and this same Marshall-Rutty came out of the locker room to also add some. With Romell Quioto at the center of this whole dispute, the breaststroke-comrade was therefore in order. It’s a safe bet that the fines will be too.

However, after a sixth consecutive win in all competitions, Losada did not really want to discuss this specific aspect after the meeting. He must have wavered the first question about it. A few minutes later, he explained the situation leading to the Torontonian’s expulsion.

“I’ll clear that up quickly,” he said. My goal was to play fast. We lead 1-0, we play at home and we are looking for the second goal. Mathieu Choinière was completely free.

“We advocate the soccer that everyone wants: offensive and fast play. It’s really a shame that he took a second yellow card for this action, because honestly, I prefer that we play at 11 to 11. But it’s not my fault, it’s because of his reaction. »

This aspect will certainly make more ink flow on what happened on the lawn, because no DVD box set or special edition for Blu-ray will be designed for this meeting which had all the actors necessary for it. an anthology game.

Inexpensive, but more effective

After a first half where the visitors had the upper hand, the CFM pulled out their teeth in the second half. First the imposing central defender George Campbell – or his Brazilian doppelgänger Campbelinho according to words – took the ball and thwarted a few players to send Lassi Lappalainen deep, who then rang the bell.

“George just dribbled past everyone and made a great pass. I tried to do the same, but she got into the net. It’s the truth, unfortunately. But hey, it’s a goal”, launched Lappalainen after the meeting.

Chinonso Offor doubled the lead minutes later and the hosts didn’t look back.

“It’s a shame we didn’t finish 3-0, 4-0 or even 5-0,” Losada said. “We clearly showed that we are the best team,” added Campbell.

This energy of superiority was then transposed into the stands. The Bleu-blanc-noir supporters not only buried the Neapolitan contingent present, but they even took the opportunity to pay the head of the Italian duo of TFC in Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne.

Insigne, former captain of Naples, was booed at each touch of the ball and applauded at each bad delivery. He was much less dangerous than his predecessor as the little Italian of the TFC.

Whoever makes more than the salary of all CFM players put together, multiplied by five, has not been able to carry his team. He seemed at times discouraged, at others disinterested.

Quite in contrast to Montrealers. Misunderstood, possibly neglected, they were present at all times. Like what when you want to fight, you need a little heart.