There will be many absentees at CF Montreal to face Austin at Stade Saputo on Saturday night.
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Djordje Mihailovic, Kamal Miller and Lassi Lappalainen will all be sidelined and unavailable unless there is a turnaround in Mihailovic’s case.
“We’re going to go quietly with him, we take a few precautions, we want to be careful,” warned head coach Wilfried Nancy on Thursday. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow [vendredi]. There is very little chance that he will play on Saturday. »
It should be understood here that the door is closed, but not keyed. There could therefore be a reversal of the situation, but it is unlikely.
And when asked if it was an ankle injury, Nancy was evasive, but said it wasn’t serious. We therefore do not want to announce to opponents the evil that afflicts the midfielder who was injured against Cincinnati.
left flank
Miller was injured at the end of Canada’s game in Honduras earlier this week, while Lappalainen is under COVID-19 protocol at the moment and will not be in uniform on Saturday.
“In the case of Kamal, we are waiting to find out if he will have to stop for a long time or not. There’s a good chance he won’t be here this weekend,” Nancy said.
This means that the entire left side of the defensive unit will be on the floor against Austin, who has the second best attack in MLS with 28 goals on a par with Montreal.
It will be interesting to see what Nancy does to replace its two incumbents. Thursday in training, it was Zorhan Bassong who patrolled the left lane. We can assume that Gabriele Corbo will be called upon to replace Miller since he did well when he was called in for backup.
No vacation
It was the first time Thursday that Nancy spoke to the media since her team’s last game on May 28.
He then said that he could go golfing with peace of mind since his team had beaten FC Cincinnati. But luck would have it that he went to spend time in this city of Ohio.
“I didn’t have a vacation, I went to Cincinnati for coaching training. It went well, I learned things. I have my French coaching licenses, I wanted to do the American license. »
Good thing
In addition, Nancy believes that the agreement between MLS and Apple announced earlier this week will be a good thing for the circuit.
“By nature, I like everything that is creative. It’s an interesting project and it’s a bit out of the ordinary. »
He recognizes all the same that it is a significant change and that it will require adaptation for everyone.
“It pains me a little to see that from time to time, we can no longer watch a normal match on TV, that I admit. […] Everything new is a little disturbing and it takes a little time to adjust. Then we thought it was a good idea. I prefer to see the positive side of knowing that it will encourage people to come. »