CF Montreal is currently in a critical phase of the season. With five games remaining in the regular schedule, the team needs to pick up wins if it wants to compete in the MLS playoffs, and it begins with an important clash against Atlanta United FC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday.
Montreal is currently in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, six points behind Nashville SC.
If the Montreal team wants to avoid a playoff game, it needs to put its foot on the gas pedal.
The CFM recently had a great opportunity to earn points and climb the rankings. However, the Montrealers were happy with a draw in their last two home games, last Saturday against the Chicago Fire and Wednesday against FC Cincinnati.
“It’s important to concentrate on the next game now because we didn’t have much time to prepare. There’s no point in thinking about what happened because you can’t change it. We see the positive because we were competitive against the best team in the league,” said CF Montreal head coach Hernan Losada at a press conference on Thursday.
A big challenge
The Montreal team will have quite a challenge ahead of them as they will face one of the best home teams in the Garber circuit, Atlanta United FC.
Georgia has a 9-5-3 home record and sits in sixth place in the East. The team from Atlanta also only suffered one defeat in the last six games.
In addition, Losada’s men will play a series of three games in seven days.
“The most important thing is to recover because between the game on Wednesday and Saturday we don’t have a lot of time to prepare well, be it in the video room or on the field to see what we have to do to come.” Points in Atlanta,” emphasized captain Samuel Piette.
The Bleu-Blanc-Noir will also play three of their last five duels on opposing fields.