The game will be a rematch of this year’s Canadian Championship semifinal, where Toronto crushed Montreal 4-0 at BMO Field.
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CF Montréal can pick up a much-needed win and avenge an embarrassing loss at the hands of their arch-rival when the Major League Soccer club hosts Toronto FC on Saturday. (7:30 p.m., TSN4, TVA Deportes, TSN 690 Radio, 91.9 Deportes).
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The game will be a rematch of this year’s Canadian Championship semifinal, where Toronto crushed Montreal 4-0 at BMO Field.
“It’s never a good feeling to be embarrassed by your arch-rivals, so we want to do the same for them this time,” said CFM advocate Joel Waterman. “They come to our house now, so I can assure you that it will be a little different than last time.
“It’s a derby and everyone knows what’s at stake. We don’t like them, and they don’t like us.”
Rivalry aside, it’s been a tough few weeks for the Canadian MLS teams, with all three battling for points consistently since returning from the international break.
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Montreal is 2-4 in all competitions since returning to action on June 18, while Toronto is 2-4-1 and the Vancouver Whitecaps are 2-2-2 during that span.
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Montreal’s most recent result was a 2-1 loss to visiting Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.
Montreal enjoyed an excellent start to the season and challenged early for first place in the Eastern Conference. But lately they have looked like a shadow of their former selves, being outscored 7-3 in their last three games.
However, there is good news for CFM as MVP candidate Djordje Mihailovic has resumed training with the team.
After suffering an ankle injury that kept him out of action for seven games, head coach Wilfried Nancy is optimistic his talisman will show up soon.
“He wants to come back and obviously we want him back,” said Nancy, whose team has only scored four goals in Mihailovic’s absence. “If all goes well, we’ll see this week.”
Toronto is still awaiting the debut of Italian international Lorenzo Insigne, who moved to the MLS team from Napoli last month but has yet to feature due to a calf injury.
The rojillos will also have to fill a gap in their attack caused by the departure of Alejandro Pozuelo. The former MLS MVP was traded to Inter Miami last week.
