CF Montreal 4 — Orlando City SC 1 | Fiesta at Stade Saputo

A spectacle. Artifacts. Goals. Victories. And above all, great soccer. Yes, really, CF Montreal has found its way. A dominant performance at Stade Saputo allowed him to win 4-1 against Orlando City SC on Saturday. And with a seventh straight game unbeaten, Wilfried Nancy’s squad broke the team’s unbeaten record in MLS.

Jean-Francois Teotonio
The Press

Djordje Mihailovic and Joaquín Torres as spark plugs. A solid defensive body, which even finds the back of the net. Full-backs who operate effectively in the corridors. Really, everything seems to work at Bleu-et-noir these days.

Defender Joel Waterman opened the scoring in the 22nd^and minute. It was his first-ever MLS goal, at his 38^and match. He seized a ball at the mouth of the net on a play from a corner.

This goal confirmed the complete domination of CF Montreal in the first half.

This grip on the match, we could credit it in particular to a reconstituted midfielder with the return from injury of Quebecers Samuel Piette and Mathieu Choinière. They replaced Victor Wanyama and Ismaël Koné, both suspended.

We have often talked about Djordje Mihailovic in our pages this season. It was the American midfielder who doubled the mark in the 52nd^and. He took advantage of a good cross – another – from Alistair Johnston. It was a fifth goal for Mihailovic, a personal best, and a fourth assist for Johnston. The Canadian international defender really finds his comfort in the right lane.

But that game was Joaquín Torres’ game. Forgive us the reference, Montreal fans, but we have the impression that the little Argentinian is starting to take on the airs… of the atomic ant, Sebastian Giovinco. His strides mourned Orlando defenders at a breakneck pace. And made the 14,068 fans gathered at Stade Saputo get up with excitement on several occasions.

He confirmed his excellent meeting by scoring the goal of 3-1 in the 81^and8 minutes after Orlando’s only net (João Moutinho, in the 72^and). His shot in return in front of the net was particularly nice.

He had been served on this by Zachary Brault-Guillard, who entered the game a few moments earlier. And it was ZBG who came to put the icing on the cake, by moving the strings in a spectacular way at the 84^and. His right-footed shot to the right of the box shattered Stade Saputo again.