Thirteen years after the disappointment at the Olympic Stadium in front of Santos Laguna, CF Montreal put the bad memories aside to whitewash the Mexican club 3-0 in the second leg of their duel in the round of 16 of the Champions League of the Champions League. CONCACAF, Wednesday evening.
A large number of Quebec fans still remember the spectacular comeback of the Santos Laguna on March 5, 2009 in the Montreal amphitheater. This time, the Bleu-Blanc-Noir left no room for doubt by quickly taking the lead and maintaining its lead.
Held in check in Mexico, CF Montreal didn’t take long to tie the game on total goals. In the 10th minute of play, Mathieu Choinière served a superb cross pass to Romell Quioto, who beat the goalkeeper before putting the ball in the net from a very tight angle.
Scorer, the Honduran then became a passer. Patient with the ball, he found Djordje Mihailovic in the box, who beat goalkeeper Carlos Acevedo with a cannonball just under the bar.
In his first start with CF Montreal, the young Ismaël Koné gave a breath of confidence to his teammates and fans by making the ropes vibrate in the 61st minute. The 19-year-old midfielder had missed a golden chance earlier in the game, but his unmistakable strike landed in the right place this time.
Forward Kei Kamara put on the Montreal jersey for the first time in a game when he arrived with a quarter of an hour to go.
Goalkeeper Sebastian Breza was perfect, blocking Santos Laguna’s two shots on target. The representatives of Mexico were not as incisive as in the first game, which they won 1-0 at the Estadio Corona.
CF Montreal advanced to the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-0 win over Santos Laguna on Wednesday at Olympic Stadium.