CF Montreal’s winning streak ended at eight games as Nashville SC snatched a 2-1 win Wednesday night at Geodis Park.
Kei Kamara scored CF Montreal’s only goal (6-4-2), his third of the season, early in the second half. This goal allowed Wilfried Nancy’s men to halve Nashville SC’s lead.
Alex Muyl, in the first half, and Hany Mukhtar, a few minutes before Kamara’s goal, thwarted the vigilance of Sebastian Breza.
If Romell Quioto was available as a reserve, CF Montreal played this game without midfielder Ismaël Koné, who did not accompany the team to undergo one-leg tests.
CF Montreal will continue this busy segment of its schedule by hosting Real Salt Lake on Sunday at Saputo Stadium.
After visiting Hamilton’s Forge FC for the Canadian Championship next Wednesday, the Montreal team will host FC Cincinnati on May 28 in what will be their last game until June 18.
Almost complete supremacy
Wilfried Nancy often says it: he likes to see his team controlling the ball. We can therefore conclude that he must not have enjoyed the first half of his players.
Still tough in front of their fans, the Nashville SC players dominated most of the first half, controlling the ball more than 53 percent of the time.
The Montreal team did not come out too badly, conceding only one goal, that of Muyl in the 28th minute, on a quality shot that snuck into the side netting to the right of Breza.
After playing better late in the first half, CF Montreal started the second half well, but Nashville SC still doubled their lead in the 51st minute when Mukhtar completed a play from CJ Sapong to lodge the ball behind Breza.
Just four minutes later, however, Kamara brought CF Montreal back into the game with the 133rd goal of his career, when the ball hit him in the lower leg after goalkeeper Joe Willis failed to box the ball out. of his penalty area.
CF Montreal increased the pressure on the opposing defence, to the point of dominating their rival in possession of the ball (55.6 per cent) and shots attempted (11 against eight), without however scoring the goal that would have extended his streak of success.