After a good streak of eight games unbeaten, CF Montreal lost for the second straight game, dropping the flag 2-1 to Real Salt Lake at the Stade Saputo on Sunday afternoon, where they suffered their first defeat of the season.
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The Montrealers took the lead in the 43rd second through a Djordje Mihailovic goal and thought they were 2-0 up in the 15th minute when Romell Quioto beat Zac McMath but he was ultimately ruled offside.
And from that moment things started to get out of hand for the locals. Salt Lake took control of the game and it was only a matter of time before things got out of hand.
Only in the second half did the dam give way, the Bleu-Blanc-Noir held on to the defensive level until then. The team struggled with the high pressure in Salt Lake and looked tired in their third game in a week.
twelve minutes
Despite Salt Lake dominating the game, it took the Utah team just 12 minutes to break Montreal’s fall in the second half and silence the 14,205 in attendance.
Jusen Glad initially had far too much space to save a corner kick, which allowed him to equalize in the 54th minute.
Then a long pass between two defenders left Sergio Cordova alone in front of Sebastian Breza to score in the 66th.
Spectacular in the first half with two saves that fired up the crowd, Breza’s attacking angle didn’t look as good on that shot.
Fast goal
The Bleu-Blanc-Noir started the game like a lion when Djordje Mihailovic scored in the 43rd second from a fine shot by Joaquin Torres, whose game was ended by a pass from Ahmed Hamdi to Mihailovic, whose seventh goal of the season was.
It was the team’s third fastest goal since joining Major League Soccer (MLS). And through a hilarious twist of chance, it’s the second time this season that Mihailovic has scored the club’s third-fastest goal in MLS.
In fact, the midfielder also scored in the 58th second against Vancouver last month, which was the third-fastest goal at the time.
For those curious, the record is held by Andrés Romero, who scored in the 22nd second in 2013. Anthony Jackson-Hamel is second in 2019 with 27 seconds.