CF Montreal look to get back to winning against New York Red Bulls
MONTREAL — Despite shedding 3-0 to FC Cincinnati on Wednesday, CF Montreal is staying optimistic heading into Saturday’s highway match in opposition to the New York Red Bulls.
“We’re going to stay calm, we’re going to keep working,” stated Montreal head coach Hernan Losada on Thursday. “There are some positives to take away, and in two days there’s a new match.”
Montreal (5-7-0) had its six-game profitable streak in all competitions snapped with the defeat. In that stretch, the membership outscored its opponents 12-1, together with a 2-0 victory on house turf in opposition to the Red Bulls final month.
“Stay positive, we’ve been on a good run, there’s no need to put everything into question — that was the message,” midfielder Mathieu Choiniere stated of the group’s response to Wednesday’s loss. “Stay positive and learn from it.”
Historically a Major League Soccer powerhouse, New York (2-4-7) has struggled this season. The Red Bulls have parted methods with head coach Gerhard Struber because the defeat in Montreal in April, with Troy Lesesne taking up.
Losada says he doesn’t anticipate to face a distinct sort of opponent and famous New York has performed higher of late. The Red Bulls are unbeaten in three matches since Lesesne took cost, together with a draw Wednesday at Toronto FC.
“The Red Bulls have a style, a certain type of style no matter who the coach is,” he stated. “They kept their goals-against at zero in the last three matches. That means it’s a team that’s very strong defensively with a lot of energy.”
“So, I expect a really close match, like all matches against the Red Bulls.”
Montreal, in the meantime, has turned the web page on a traditionally unhealthy begin to the season, however one space the membership nonetheless must show itself is on the highway.
Losada’s aspect has six away losses thus far this season and has scored in simply two of eight highway video games.
Though Losada may level to high scorer Romell Quioto’s absence and striker Chinonso Offor’s fatigue as causes for Montreal’s lack of manufacturing in Cincinnati, he stated purpose creation is one thing the group wants to deal with going ahead.
“We had some good moments (against Cincinnati),” he stated. “But in the future, we’re going to try to finish our reactions, with a shot on goal, with some individual plays — that’s what’s missing.”
“Scoring in only two games on the road this season is not a good stat. That means if we don’t hold the fort defensively and we don’t keep a clean sheet, we’re not a team that’s going to score three or four goals per match. That means we have to keep our focus, concentration and intensity or we’re in trouble.”
Both Montreal (twelfth) and New York (14th) are outdoors of the Eastern Conference playoff image with 15 and 13 factors, respectively. But solely 5 factors separate the fifth-place and Fifteenth-place group within the standings, which means issues may look vastly totally different after this weekend.
Despite the place the Red Bulls are within the standings, the Montreal gamers aren’t taking the matchup frivolously.
“They’re a crafty team, they like to press and like to play long balls,” stated midfielder Victor Wanyama. “I think now also they have confidence because they have won the last two games (at home). It’s gonna be a tough game as usual, so we’re expecting that.”
HAZARD RUMOURS:
Toronto FC has Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi on their roster, and a hearsay swirling this week suggests Montreal is seeking to appeal to a famous person of its personal.
Spanish outlet MARCA studies CF Montreal has known as Real Madrid about winger Eden Hazard, however the Belgian star prefers to fulfil his contract in Spain’s capital.
Wanyama couldn’t disguise how thrilling including a participant of Hazard’s calibre could be.
“Of course, you know, everybody wants Hazard so I hope it’s true, we’d welcome him with open arms,” stated Wanyama. “If those are true rumours, then it would be a great addition for Montreal.”
Hazard, 32, established himself as top-of-the-line gamers on this planet whereas at Chelsea from 2012 to 2019, profitable two Premier League titles. His success hasn’t continued since a reported US$113-million transfer to Madrid, the place he’s been hampered by accidents and solely has seven objectives in 76 video games.
Adding Hazard could be Montreal’s highest-profile acquisition since striker Didier Drogba, additionally a Chelsea nice, performed for the Impact in 2015 and 2016.
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