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Saturday, April 30, 2022

Match Analysis: HFX Wanderers 3-1 FC Edmonton — CPL Match #15 – Canadian Premier League - Canadian Premier League

 Score: HFX Wanderers 3-1 FC Edmonton
Goalscorers: Bent 17′, Salter 61′, Garcia 71′; Ulbricht 9′
Game of the 2022 season: 15
CPL match: 266

Match in a Minute or Less:

HFX Wanderers opened the home portion of their 2022 season with a victory on Saturday afternoon, beating FC Edmonton 3-1 at Wanderers Grounds.

The Eddies took the lead just nine minutes into the match, as Julian Ulbricht converted a penalty for his first goal of the season, but eight minutes later the Wanderers equalized thanks to a play finished off by Cory Bent. In the second half a goal from Sam Salter and a penalty from Akeem Garcia — both of their first tallies of the season — earned their side a 3-1 victory.

With the win, HFX jump into third place in the table, while Edmonton sit at the other end of the table in seventh.

Three Observations

Zachary Fernandez shines, can follow in the footsteps of some of the league’s best

Young Wanderers right back Zachary Fernandez continued his strong start to the season on Saturday, and played a big part in both of HFX’s second half goals. It was his header on a pass from Pierre Lamothe that set up Sam Salter’s winning goal, and he also drew the penalty that led to Akeem Garcia’s first of the season later in the half.

It wasn’t the first time Fernandez has played at Wanderers Grounds, which he was quick to note in his postgame press conference, as he played 86 minutes in AS Blainville’s Canadian Championship tie against the Wanderers in Halifax last August, and he joked after the match that this time he was “on the good side”, and added that playing at home for the first time this season “was very nice, the crowd was behind us”.

On the other side, Obeng Tabi had a difficult start to the match, giving away a penalty for the second consecutive game, but recovered well and put in a strong performance. The 21-year-old was sharp offensively in particular, and played in a few dangerous crosses, including the one that would lead to the equalizing goal in the 17th minute.

“I think Fernandez was fantastic,” Stephen Hart said with a smile after the game. “Fantastic. Defensively, and in offence, he was fantastic. Once he learns to deliver that final ball maybe a little bit earlier, or be a bit more patient and look for somebody in the box rather than just whip it across, I think that boy has a big future.

“He has to keep playing, he has to keep fighting, the same thing with Tabi. Tabi is a converted player to the position, so he’s still learning the position. At times he’s a little bit overenthusiastic and it happens a lot with players that are very athletic. Sometimes they don’t recognize that maybe positioning is better than having to chase, but he will learn, and again he needs better final ball delivery. Sometimes he played it across the goal and we couldn’t get on the end of it.

“I’m pleased with them, we know they’re going to have errors, I mean who doesn’t? But I’m pleased with them.”

The duo are looking to follow in the footsteps of a handful of previous fullbacks from Quebec who have done big things in the league, including York United left back Diyaeddine Abzi and former Cavalry right back Mo Farsi. Like Fernandez, those two are also former Blainville players.

They both caught people’s eye due to their attacking prowess, but it’s the ability to develop and become strong players on both sides of the ball that turned them into stars in the CPL.

Busy week catches up to The Eddies

After three games in three cities in eight days, FC Edmonton showed some signs of fatigue on Saturday. It isn’t easy to play three games in three days at the best of times, let alone when you have to travel to Ontario, then back west to Alberta, and then all the way east again to the coast.

They took on three difficult opponents as well, facing Forge FC, Pacific FC and then HFX Wanderers – the three finalists from the past two CPL finals. They came away with one point in that span, a 0-0 draw with the reigning champions Pacific at home on Wednesday.

Some rotation was needed, star attacker Tobias Warschewski was among the players that began the match on the bench, but it was undeniable that there were some tired legs by the end of the match. Eddies forward Gabriel Bitar acknowledged the travel after the match, but insisted that it shouldn’t be an excuse for a team that were off to an early 1-0 lead.

“That is our third game in a week, so we did feel a little heavy in the legs,” Bitar said. “We did get off to a good start, scored an early goal, and I feel like we relaxed a little bit in terms of composure. This was our first time going up all season, so I feel like we got pretty riled up and we’ve got to learn from these moments and progress hopefully.”

Bitar is confident in the abilities of his team, and says that with more games together under their belt, they’re hoping to do big things.

“This is our fifth professional game together, we didn’t have a lengthy preseason like other teams, so we’re still trying to get to know each other, our chemistry is still growing,” he added. “We do have a very special group, there’s a lot of talent in this group, and I feel like once we figure it out we’ll be a very good team in this league.”

Pierre Lamothe doesn’t grab the headlines, but is very reliable in Wanderers midfield

Pierre Lamothe may not be the flashiest player in the HFX Wanderers team, but he has the potential to be one of the most important. On Saturday he showed flashes of brilliance once again. He’s a reliable member of the team, and if he takes another step forward this year will become one of the first names on the team sheet.

On Saturday he was part of a midfield trio with Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé  and captain Andre Rampersad, and was a leader on both sides of the ball. He led the team with a passing accuracy of 88%, and also finished first for HFX in tackles won (4) and total times winning back possession (9). Offensively, he was also tied for second on the team for final third entries (9).

It was his brilliant pass over the FC Edmonton backline that created the winning goal for his side. Spotting the run of Zachary Fernandez down the right flank, he lofted the ball on the right back’s head, who  redirected it into the path of Sam Salter for a tidy finish and a 2-1 lead.

Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart wants to see more plays like that from the 24-year-old. He clearly has the ability to play passes like that, but as Hart said in his press conference after the match, he sometimes seems hesitant to take the risk and deliver that final pass.

“He’s a player that doesn’t recognize the qualities that he has,” Hart said. “Sometimes he will give up a pass to one of the more senior players rather than take the initiative himself. I want him to take that initiative.

“I told him ‘I need you to play that final pass, I need you to play passes into the box, I need you to drive into the penalty area’ and in the first half the handbrake was still up but he started the second half well and then he played that pass that gave him a lot of confidence and he started to get into the game, but unfortunately took a bit of a knock and we had to deal with it.”

CanPL.ca Player of the Match

Zachary Fernandez, HFX Wanderers

Fernandez impressed all afternoon from right back, and played a big part in both of the second half goals — assisting the winner and drawing the penalty for the third.

What’s next?

Up next for the HFX Wanderers is an away trip to IG Field to take on Valour on Saturday, May 7 (2 pm CT/4 pm AT). The Eddies return home for the first AL Classico of the season, against Cavalry FC on Friday, May 6 (8 pm MT).

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Match Analysis: York United 2-2 Atlético Ottawa — CPL Match #14 – Canadian Premier League - Canadian Premier League

Final Score: York United 2-2 Atlético Ottawa
Goalscorers: De Rosario 64′ (PK), Zator 90+5′; Wright 51′, Tabla 86′
Game of the 2022 season: 14
CPL match: 265

Match in a minute or less

York United saved a point for themselves in almost the last moment of the match against Atlético Ottawa on Friday, as Dominick Zator’s 95th-minute equalizer was enough to secure a 2-2 result at home after Ballou Tabla appeared to have won it for the visitors in the 86th minute. Brian Wright had put Ottawa ahead early in the second half with a quick goal in transition, but Osaze De Rosario levelled the score in the 64th minute from a penalty spot, putting the two sides on even footing from an entertaining back-and-forth clash.

Three Observations

Ottawa punish with quick transitional strikes

Atlético Ottawa demonstrated on Friday that they’re a team that opponents can ill afford to make mistakes against. They did well in this game to punish momentary lapses and make use of their opportunities — they had just six shots, three of them on target, but their two best opportunities were placed clinically in the back of the net.

Their first goal was a product of quick thinking and forward momentum; a clever ball right through the middle of the pitch from Ollie Bassett found Zach Verhoven, who laid it off instantly for Brian Wright for a good finish. The whole sequence saw the ball travel from near the centre line to the back of the net within five seconds — blink and you’d miss it.

Tabla’s goal, of course, was the product of a deep goal kick from Nathan Ingham, which ultimately found its way to Diyaeddine Abzi, and Tabla was quick enough to spot the poor back pass and bury it — this time, 10 seconds from the dead-ball goal kick to the back of the net.

Ottawa were stout defensively for the most part, even after their starting centre-back Diego Espejo had to be replaced by Abdou Sissoko early on. Their well-organized defensive line, which functioned mostly as a back four when Maxim Tissot dropped back on the left (though it looked more like a three when Ottawa were in possession), managed to keep York mostly to the outside.

“You could see they were sitting back, they were waiting for their one chance, and it’s hoping that we make a mistake,” York defender Dominick Zator said postmatch. “To be honest they had, what, two chances? And they finished both of them.”

Carlos González certainly felt that his side had done enough to win the game — and indeed, he was irate at the lead-up to Zator’s late goal, with an apparent foul in the box on that play plus the throw-in shortly before that free kick, which was perhaps wrongly awarded to York rather than Ottawa.

Still, he’ll be pleased to see his team so ruthless and quick with their limited attacking chances.

Stop/start first half gives way to more free-flowing second frame with adjustments

This contest was, to use a tired cliché, a tale of two halves. The opening 45 minutes were disjointed; both sides struggled to connect passes, especially in the final third (both teams’ pass accuracy in the attacking third was less than 65% in the first half). Neither team was quite able to get into a rhythm, in part because of the broken tempo of the game.

Atlético Ottawa boss Carlos González pointed out that a number of extended pauses in the first half hindered both teams’ ability to grow into the match. Early injuries to Diego Espejo and Oliver Minatel certainly threw a wrench in both managers’ plans, but the breaks for treatment also broke up the flow of the match.

Ottawa had to change further at halftime, with Ben McKendry moving to right-back as Miguel Acosta (who crashed into Espejo on the same play that put the latter out of the game) also had to be removed, and Chris Mannella came into midfield.

“This made it a little bit that everything was very cold,” González said postmatch. “For the players, we started to realize that we wanted to win the game more in the second half. I think the first half was a weird first half, weird 45 minutes, so we started to play a game of 45 minutes in the second half when both teams started to show what they wanted to do.”

Eventually, though, the game did indeed open up, as both sides game into the second half with a different kind of vigour. After a first frame that saw 0.3 expected goals across both sides, the latter 45 produced a combined 1.95 (helped, of course, by the highly-valued penalty kick).

In fact, Martin Nash suggested it may have opened up too much for York’s purposes, being the team that had a slight upper hand in the earlier stages and looking to control the ball.

“The match was waiting to break open a little bit,” Nash said. “They’re very organized, they sit in a deep block, they don’t let you inside very easily, so you have to go over or around them. We weren’t having too much joy; we tried a couple different things, we started creating chances near the end but then we were opening up a bit too much for my liking and they were able to catch us on the counter.”

Still, the more back-and-forth second half made it a far more entertaining encounter for the neutrals.

(Photo: David Chant/Chant Photography)
(Photo: David Chant/Chant Photography)

York unveil menacing triple-threat up front late with three strikers

With the attacking depth that York have assembled this year, the question of how Martin Nash can actually use it all is one worth asking. In particular, he now has three strikers at his disposal — Osaze De Rosario, Lowell Wright, and Austin Ricci — who can each offer different threats as an out-and-out number nine.

In this game, Nash started De Rosario in the middle — and he was rewarded for it with De Rosario’s goal from the penalty spot — but by the end of the match, all three strikers were on the pitch. Wright and De Rosario both took a turn playing on the right wing in that new front three, with Ricci primarily playing on the left, but all of them, as natural centre-forwards, were happy to cut inside to try and get into the box.

Nash has already explained that the plan for Ricci, in particular, is to ease him in after he missed so much time recovering from a knee injury suffered last season, but eventually there will come a point where all three players are fully fit to start — but they still can’t all make the XI, especially with the likes of Max Ferrari and Oliver Minatel so important to York’s wing play.

Still, the fact that the triple threat is an option late in games when York is chasing a goal will be encouraging. Wright nearly created a go-ahead goal for the hosts within minutes of coming on with a cutback pass to Isaiah Johnston, looking bright throughout his entire outing.

“It’s really important because you can do a lot of different things late in the game,” Nash explained. “Playing all three of them, two of them were playing as wingers, which they have the ability to do. It did help, it gave us another dimension — Austin with his power and pace, he can drive; Osaze is nifty, and they can all dribble and create in their own way as well. It adds another dimension and it’s difficult for defenders with all three of them; they’re big, strong and powerful.”

Pass and shot map for De Rosario (24), Wright (80), and Ricci (22).
Pass and shot map for De Rosario (24), Wright (80), and Ricci (22).

Wright and De Rosario showed very promising moments of link-up play from the right side, which will be particularly useful for York until Ferrari is fully healthy to play on that side as well.

CanPL.ca Player of the Match

Ballou Tabla, Atlético Ottawa

The highly-touted attacker looked more comfortable than ever for Ottawa, making a number of sizzling runs into the middle of the pitch from the right side. He led his team in duels won (9) and won possession eight times, and he was rewarded for good direct play with his late goal.

What’s next?

Up next for the Nine Stripes is the first 905 Derby of the season, as they take on Forge FC at home next Friday, May 6 (7 p.m. ET). Atlético Ottawa, meanwhile, will return to the capital to host Pacific FC on Saturday, May 7 (6 p.m. ET).

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Friday, April 29, 2022

PREVIEW: HFX Wanderers vs. FC Edmonton — 2022 Match #15 – Canadian Premier League - Canadian Premier League

2022 CPL Regular Season — Match #15
HFX Wanderers vs. FC Edmonton
April 30, 2022 at 3 p.m. AT/12 p.m. MT
Wanderers Grounds in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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HFX Wanderers are returning home to Wanderers Grounds on Saturday for the first time this season. After going 5-3-2 at home a season ago in CPL action, and losing just twice at home in 2019 as well, they’ll look to make it a fortress for them again in 2022, starting on Saturday against the visiting FC Edmonton.

Both teams are coming off matches against the reigning champions Pacific FC. The Haligonians made the trip out to Langford, BC last weekend for a coastal clash with The Tridents, and were perhaps unlucky not to come away with a point. Manny Aparicio opened the scoring midway through the opening half, before Cory Bent tied it up for the visitors in stoppage time.

It seemed as though the two sides were going to play out a 1-1 draw, but after Marco Bustos was fouled in the 84th minute, Alejandro Diaz stepped up and won the match with his third goal of the season.

The Eddies, meanwhile, have a quick turnaround from their last game after a midweek tilt with Pacific FC at home on Wednesday night. On the night when they welcomed former defensive standout Amer Didic back to the city, Edmonton’s defenders stood strong to keep a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw at Clarke Stadium. It was the first 0-0 draw of the 2022 CPL season, and Edmonton’s third draw in four matches thus far.

HFX Wanderers are 1-0-2 to begin the season, tied on points with FC Edmonton, who enter Saturday’s match with a 0-3-1 record. If Saturday’s meeting doesn’t end in a draw, the winning side will jump up into a playoff spot, at least temporarily ahead of Sunday’s doubleheader elsewhere in the league.

They played each other three times in 2021, with HFX winning two of those matchups. Joao Morelli scored a brace in a 2-1 Wanderers victory in the first meeting in the bubble in Winnipeg, before an 81st-minute winner from Easton Ongaro earned his side all three points in the rematch eleven days later. When teams returned to home markets, the Eddies made the trip out east to Wanderers Grounds in September, where Morelli again scored the winning goal, this time in a 1-0 home victory for his side.

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3 THINGS TO WATCH:

  • Wanderers return home after three games on the road: After beginning their 2022 season with three matches on the road, including a coast-to-coast journey to take on Pacific FC last weekend, HFX Wanderers are returning home for their first match at Wanderers Grounds this season on Saturday. They won their first match of the season against York United before losing to both Atletico Ottawa and Pacific FC. Both of the goals that turned their potential road points into losses came in the final minutes of the match — Malcolm Shaw scored for Ottawa in the 81st minute and Alejandro Diaz for Pacific in the 85th — so closing out games is something they’ll need to work on. TD Place and Starlight Stadium are two difficult places to play, something that HFX will be hoping that they can say about Wanderers Grounds when the 2022 season is all said and done. They’ve only lost four CPL games at home, twice in 2019 and twice in 2021, and are hoping to have the same good fortune at home this year. “It’s great to be home, three games on the road is never easy, especially in the opening part of the season, but we’re happy to be home and we’re glad to be in front of our fans and everything that goes with being at home,” Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart in his pregame press conference on Friday. “We’ve only had an hour on the pitch because of weather, but it’ll be great to be on grass, everything that smells and tastes like football.”
  • Eddies struggling to score, but hard to beat: After a tumultuous offseason, nobody really knew what to expect from FC Edmonton in 2022, but four games into the season Alan Koch’s side have proven to be a resilient team that are difficult to beat. With the exception of a 3-0 defeat in Hamilton against Forge FC, the Eddies have drawn their other three games, conceding just two total goals across those matches. They started the season with back-to-back 1-1 draws against Valour FC and York United before the aforementioned loss to Forge, before keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 draw with the defending champions Pacific FC on Wednesday. They’ve been stingy defensively through their first four games, often sitting deep with as many as seven outfield players behind the ball to try and limit chances for the opposition. Their two goals scored is tied with the Wanderers and Cavalry for the fewest thus far (with one more game played than either of those two) in that regard, something that they’ll need to work on. Against Forge they failed to register a single shot in the match, but against Pacific showed signs of improvement, outshooting The Tridents 11-10, and 5-3 in shots on goal. They were getting into the right spots, but were just missing a final bit of quality to put the ball into the back of the net.
  • Hart not rushing to replace Morelli: Reigning Golden Boot and Player of the Year winner Joao Morelli was ruled out for the season recently after suffering a torn ACL injury in HFX Wanderers’ second match of the season against Atlético Ottawa. HFX Wanderers have been looking for a replacement for the 26-year-old Brazilian star, but are yet to sign anyone. Wanderers boss Stephen Hart says that it’s a difficult time of year, where players have recently signed with a club, or won’t have their contracts end until May or June. He said during his pregame press conference that his team are focusing on getting the right player, and not rushing to “get someone for the sake of getting someone”. 2020 Golden Boot winner Akeem Garcia returned to the starting lineup last time out against Pacific, and will be hoping to regain that type of form after a disappointing 2021 season, while fellow attacker Cory Bent has had a strong start to his season and scored last weekend.

ALL-TIME SERIES

HFX Wanderers wins: 3 || FC Edmonton wins: 3 || Draws: 2

Previous match:

September 25, 2021 – HFX Wanderers 1-0 FC Edmonton

KEY QUOTES

“[FC Edmonton] are extremely organized, they pick their moments well to go forward. To me they’ve been a little unfortunate, and they’re a difficult side to break down. I don’t expect anything different from them on the road.” — HFX Wanderers head coach Stephen Hart

“It’s going to be a whole different beast. Halifax have had a few games that have been up and down a little bit, and we’re going to see the real Wanderers because Stephen will have them ready to go. Their fans will be fired up, their players are going to be fired up. This is going to be a tough challenge, but we want to embrace these challenges, we’re excited to be playing in their home opener because we know what home openers mean to teams and it’s going to be an exciting environment. We’re looking forward to going toe-to-toe and hopefully putting in a good performance.” — FC Edmonton head coach Alan Koch

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Match Preview: CF Montréal vs. Atlanta United - ATLUTD.com

The conditions in Canada are expected to be quite different than the sunshine seen in Atlanta at the end of the week. The forecast at Stade Saputo at kickoff is cloudy and windy with temperatures around 45 degrees Fahrenheit. 

CF Montréal is an Eastern Conference opponent based in Canada. It’s the third Canadian team in MLS, along with Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The club was founded in 2010 under the name Montreal Impact and began play in 2012. In 2021, the club rebranded to CF Montréal. 

Along with MLS, CF Montréal competes in the Canadian championship, which includes the three MLS teams in Canada plus 10 clubs in other Canadian professional leagues. Montréal CF has won the Voyageurs Cup five times, most recently in 2021, trailing only Toronto FC for the most Canadian Champions titles (7).  

The team plays its home matches at Stade Saputo, a soccer-specific stadium with a field made of natural grass where Saturday’s match will take place. CF Montréal is the only MLS club website written primarily in French. The club’s main colors are dark blue, black and white.  

The club has had eight managers in its 11-year history. The team is now managed by Wilfried Nancy, a former French professional player. He joined the club last year, and it’s his first managerial experience. 

Atlanta United and CF Montréal have met 10 times, and Atlanta United owns the all-time series 5-2-3. The 5-Stripes have won all four meetings at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and Montréal has never earned a point in Atlanta.  

The last meeting between the two sides was earlier this season on March 19. Atlanta United was the home side and gave up three goals in the first half to Montréal. However, the team rallied with two late goals from Thiago Almada and Brooks Lennon to finish a thrilling comeback and earn a result at home.  

The comeback was part of Atlanta United’s three-match stretch when it changed the results in the final minutes. The team also scored stoppage time goals against Charlotte FC on March 13 and D.C. United on April 2. 

“I expect this game against Montréal is going to be way different compared to the tactics or the time of game we’re going to have in front,” head coach Gonzalo Pineda said.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

PREVIEW: York United vs. Atlético Ottawa -- Match #14 (ComeOn! Match of the Week) - Canadian Premier League

2022 CPL Regular Season — Match #14 (ComeOn! Match of the Week)
York United vs. Atlético Ottawa
April 29, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. ET
York Lions Stadium in Toronto, Ontario
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It’s another Friday Night Lights match at York Lions Stadium this week, as York United host fellow Ontarians Atlético Ottawa in both sides’ fourth match of the 2022 CPL season.

Martin Nash’s Nine Stripes are at home trying to keep their momentum going, having picked up points in their last two games. They banked their first win of the year last Friday night, as goals from Oliver Minatel and Osaze De Rosario were enough to secure a 2-0 York victory over Cavalry FC in Nash’s first game against his former employer.

After three games, York have a 1-1-1 record and sit fifth in the league table (level on points with third-place Valour and fourth-place Forge). They’ve scored three goals so far — two of them highlight-reel efforts by De Rosario — as they continue to build a new attacking structure under Nash.

“I think at this point in the year we’re just trying to improve every game,” Nash told reporters on Thursday. “We’re just working hard, it’s still early going. We’re not the finished article. We just want to be better every game, and if we do that we’ll be good come the end of the year.”

RELATED: CanPL.ca Newsroom: Valour, Forge & York United join the win column in Week 3 (ft. William Akio)

Ottawa, meanwhile, head down to York needing a bounce-back performance after last Sunday’s calamitous loss at home to Valour. Although they started the season with two straight home wins over Cavalry and HFX Wanderers, they lost 6-1 to the Winnipeg club on an afternoon that coach Carlos González would probably like to put behind him quickly.

Still, Atleti remain second in the table thanks to the six points they earned from their first two matches. The six goals they conceded to Valour are, in fact, the only six they’ve given up all season. They’ll therefore be eager to prove that the real Atlético Ottawa is that of the first two games rather than the most recent one.

Historically, there’s been little to separate York and Ottawa on the pitch. In six meetings between them — five of them last season — only one game has had a winner (a 2-0 victory for York last September), with the rest being draws.

In terms of availability, Ottawa remain without defender Drew Beckie, who serves the last of his three-game suspension. Aside from that, Atleti have a mostly clean bill of health. York, meanwhile, will be missing Mateo Hernández, who has two games left on his own suspension, and Michael Petrasso is expected to miss “a couple weeks” with injury, according to Nash. They’ll be buoyed by the return of Lowell Wright, though, as the young striker returns from Canada’s U-20 camp in Costa Rica.

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3 THINGS TO WATCH

  • Will Ottawa revert after squad rotation? Carlos González surprised a few in Ottawa with a rotated starting XI last Sunday against Valour. Centre-back Macdonald Niba and midfielder Ben McKendry sat out of the lineup as Abdou Sissoko and José Cunha made their first starts for the club. González admitted postmatch that both choices had been tactical changes, with Niba and McKendry both coming in as substitutes when the score was already out of hand. On Friday, Ottawa will most likely return to what worked for them in the prior two games, with McKendry sitting in the double midfield pivot alongside Ollie Bassett. They’ve had to adapt defensively since Drew Beckie’s suspension (which ends after this game), but the structure of the Cavalry match seemed to work much better than last Sunday’s. “I don’t think that the things that didn’t work last day wouldn’t work in the future,” González told media on Thursday. “Everything depends on the situation, on the moment, and of course all these games give us information… Information is power, so now we have more information and we’re going to be able to do things better surely.”
  • York flexing quality on wings: Part of the reason for York United’s success last week against Cavalry was their ability to get behind the Cavs’ fullbacks and create from the wide areas of the pitch. Max Ferrari and Oliver Minatel were the drivers of that wing play, stretching their opponents horizontally and giving midfielders options along both touchlines. Add fullbacks Chrisnovic N’sa and Diyaeddine Abzi to that mix and the Nine Stripes are overflowing with talent in the wide areas. This team is generally well-organized and wants to be purposeful with possession, but they do have the ability to go quickly with a long switch of play out to the wings. Ferrari, who wasn’t 100% healthy to start the season, will hope to truly get going in this game after his first start last week.
  • Short turnaround a boon for Ottawa? When you lose a game as badly as Atlético Ottawa did last week — especially at home — sometimes the best thing to do is put it behind you as quickly as possible. So, Atleti may actually be glad for the shorter turnaround between games this week, going from a match on Sunday to one the following Friday. They’ll have some time to work on things in training, but more importantly they have a chance to redeem themselves quickly and put themselves back on an upward trajectory. “Having an opportunity to change the image of the team as soon as possible is good for us at the moment,” González explained. “Every day that came along was a long day, so now this playing in only five days of difference is a good issue for us.” 

ALL-TIME SERIES

York United wins: 1 || Atlético Ottawa wins: 0 || Draws: 5

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October 24, 2021 — Atlético Ottawa 1-1 York United

KEY QUOTES

“(Ottawa) are a very good team, they’ve done very well. They had a blip last weekend but the first two games they didn’t concede a goal. You think they’re going to come back strong and wanting to prove themselves.” — York United head coach Martin Nash

“The motivation is higher than the last game of course, because we want to have the opportunity to change the dynamic and return to our performance of the first games… We analyzed what we did wrong, we’ve been working to improve it.” — Atlético Ottawa head coach Carlos González

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'Roller-coaster of a game': Mattea Roach wins 17th 'Jeopardy!' match by just $1 - CTV News Atlantic

Wednesday night’s “Jeopardy!” episode was a nail-biter, but Mattea Roach managed to squeeze out her 17th win -- this time by just $1.

Roach has now earned a total of US$396,182.

With contestant Ben Hsia -- an engineer from California -- hot on her tail, Roach took a chance on a Daily Double under the "Anatomy of Words" category, wagering $8,000 Wednesday night.

“You know what, if I wager a lot and lose today, like, whatever, I had such a good run,” she told host Ken Jennings.

The risky bet paid off, with Roach correctly guessing “rib” to the following clue: “to gently tease another person.”

That brought Roach to $23,600, giving her a more comfortable lead over Hsia, who had earned $14,400.

Then, it all came down to Final Jeopardy!, with Roach sitting at $27,200 and Hsia trailing behind with $13,600.

“This has been a roller-coaster of a game,” noted Jennings.

The category was “Poets” and the clue was this:

“In 1939, he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948.”

Determined to beat the 23-year-old tutor, Hsia wagered every penny -- $13,600.

He guessed the correct response – Yeats – earning him $27,200, and putting him in a tie with Roach.

Roach waited until the very end of the music to scribble her response. She had only wagered $1, but with the correct response, it earned her $27,201 -- just $1 more than Hsia.

DAILY BOX SCORE

According to the "Jeopardy!" daily box score, Roach attempted to buzz in 41 times and was successful 31 times, for a success rate of 76 per cent.

She had 30 correct responses and three incorrect responses, for a success rate of 91 per cent during Wednesday’s show. She answered one Daily Double correctly and one incorrectly.

Throughout Roach's 17 appearances on “Jeopardy!”, she has had 459 correct responses and 37 incorrect responses, for a success rate of 93 per cent.

She has answered 21 of 25 Daily Doubles correctly, for a success rate of 84 per cent, and has had 11 out of a possible 17 correct responses during Final Jeopardy!, for a success rate of 65 per cent.

Roach, who is originally from Halifax but now lives in Toronto, first applied to be on the long-running game show in 2020. This January, she was invited to Los Angeles to tape an episode.

Roach will attempt her 18th win Thursday night, when she will face off against Renee Russell, a branch office administrator from Maryland, and Manav Jain, an undergraduate student from South Carolina.

Her wins give her the show's longest winning streak by a Canadian and have earned her a spot in the Tournament of Champions, which is set to air in the fall.

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Boys' tennis wins; girls' match halted - Addison County Independent

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April 28, 2022

MIDDLEBURY — In Middlebury Union High School tennis action on Tuesday, the boys defeated host Rice, 5-2, while the girls’ match with visiting Rice was suspended by rain before it could be completed.

The boys’ results were declared final even with partial results in several matches when rain struck.

Coach Dan Comar said no agreement was reached onsite whether the Tigers’ lead in that match would become official, nor was it certain whether the match could be rescheduled — and if it were, whether it would restart from scratch or simply resume.

The boys’ scores were:

At No. 1 singles, Clyde Malhotra, M, defeated Alejandro De-Blis, R, 6-3, 6-4.

At No. 2 singles, Kellan Bartlett, M, defeated Asher Schonfeld, R, 6-3, 0-6, 1-0.

At No. 3 singles, Aidan Chance, M, defeated Joona Juntuneau, R, 6-2, 6-4.

At No. 4 singles, Jackson Murray, M, defeated Nate Mcdonald, R, 5-0.

At No. 5 singles, Lewis Suchomel, M, defeated Dorio Esteban, R, 1-0.

At No. 1 doubles, Willford St. Francis/Simon Ruel, R, defeated Brian Newton/Edward Fallis, M, 0-6, 6-3, 1-0.

At No. 2 doubles, Aaron Aaltio/Levemte Pakozdi, R, defeated Eliot Heminway/Avery Hamilton, M, 2-1.

The results in the girls match were:

At No. 1 singles, Scarlet Carrara, M, vs. Carolina Ciardiello, R, 6-1, 2-6, 2-3, suspended.

At No. 2 singles, Julia Bartlett M, defeated Anna Wolters Rice 6-1 6-0

At No. 3 singles, Evie Quinlin, R, defeated Talia Cotroneo, M, 6-4 6-1.

At No. 4 singles, Paige Hescock, M, v. Sophia Strouse, R, 0-2, suspended

At No. 5 singles, Kaya Wright M, v. Gabby Sneddon, R, not played.

At No. 1 doubles, Audrey Carpenter/Caroline Nicolai M, defeated Libby Stevens/Aurora Moulaert, R, 2-6, 6-4, 11-9.

At No. 2 doubles, Maeve Roche/Oni Krizo M, v. Grace Marroquin/Addison Brynn, R, not played.

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Match Analysis: FC Edmonton 0-0 Pacific FC — CPL Match #13 – Canadian Premier League - Canadian Premier League

Final Score: FC Edmonton 0-0 Pacific FC
Goalscorers: N/A
Game of the 2022 season: 13
CPL match: 264

Match in a minute or less

FC Edmonton continued to be tough to beat at home in CPL action this season, as they held the defending 2021 champions, Pacific FC, to a tough but resilient 0-0 draw in a Wednesday night clash at Clarke Stadium. 

Despite some great chances from both sides in the first half, as Mamadi Camara nearly put Edmonton ahead with a great chance early on, before Marco Bustos almost put his team in the lead right before half time, the second half wouldn’t yield much in terms of clear chances, as the goalkeepers and defenders would end up stealing the show for both sides on the day.

As a result, that would lead to the first goalless draw of this young CPL season, one that despite being short on goals, certainly wasn’t short on action from the pair of Western-based sides, making for a solid midweek clash.

Three Observations

Pacific’s trio of #10s cause problems for Edmonton

It’s no secret what Pacific’s Marco Bustos brings to his team from the right wing position in his team’s 4-2-3-1.

With his wicked left foot, his vision and his playmaking, he loves to cut inside when in possession, both allowing him to make things happen on the ball, while also opening up the possibility for Pacific to employ an overlapping threat beside him.

Usually, though, Pacific likes to go for something different on the left-hand side.

For example, Josh Heard, a regular option on the left side, prefers to really hug the touchline and get in behind defences. If not, Matteo Polisi looks like he’ll be asked to fill in as a capable replacement for the outgoing Terran Campbell in the ‘wide second striker’ role Pacific likes to employ, a role that Campbell mastered last year.

In this game, however, Pacific elected to try something new on the wings – the dual #10s, as we saw Kamron Habibullah, a right-footed player with very similar characteristics to Bustos, deployed on the left-hand side in his first start with his new club.

There, the 18-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps loanee brought something new to the Pacific attack, as his speed, touch and ability to operate in central channels gave the Edmonton defence a new challenge. Knowing that they had to deal with both Bustos and Habibullah out wide, as well as Pacific’s actual #10 (who really plays more as a box-to-box #8), Manny Aparicio, in the middle, it left them with a lot to do in that area of the pitch.

Kamron Habibullah, Manny Aparicio and Marco Bustos's heat map from Wednesday night
Kamron Habibullah, Manny Aparicio and Marco Bustos’s heat map from Wednesday night

As a result, it really allowed Pacific to make things happen via those three, who did a great job of finding space in dangerous areas offensively, both in possession and in transition. And that’s key. 

Seeing how Edmonton likes to defend, which is in a very compact 5-4-1 that tries to deny space in transition, it was especially important for Pacific to have players who could unlock that defence, and in their three #10s, they most certainly had that.

Not only did they make things happen on the ball, either creating or finding themselves on the end of most of their team’s best chances, combining for two key passes and four shots between them, but they also did well to open up some crucial space for their teammates, too, especially out wide.

All of Kamron Habibullah (#30), Manny Aparicio (#34) and Marco Bustos's (#10) successful offensive actions from Wednesday night
All of Kamron Habibullah (#30), Manny Aparicio (#34) and Marco Bustos’s (#10) successful offensive actions from Wednesday night

Which given how crucial having that sort of versatility in the attack has proven to be for Pacific both this year and last, that’s crucial, especially in tough road environments such as this one.

So now, it’ll be interesting to see if it’s a strategy that Pacific looks to employ more of going forward. As seen in their most recent match against Halifax, where despite a win, chances were hard to come by for Pacific, breaking down low blocks hasn’t always been easy for this side, yet they appear to have a potential solution with this new-look set-up.

“Yeah, I think you saw some really nice combinations,” Pacific head coach, James Merriman, said of the trio afterwards. “They came alive and there was some very good movement between them in the first half, and they created great chances.”

“We need to take our chances. We need to be more clinical, more ruthless in those areas. And I think the game looks different at the end (if we do).”

Mamadi Camara’s versatile presence boosts Edmonton midfield

So far through the first few games of this 2022 campaign, Edmonton has had to get quite creative with how they deploy their midfield.

Short on depth in that area of the pitch, it’s led to a lot of rotation and experimenting there so far this season, as Edmonton head coach, Alan Koch, continues to try and find the right set-up in that area in each game.

That’d be no exception in this game, either, as Edmonton rolled out a new-look midfield of Mamadi Camara, Gabriel Bitar and Azriel Gonzalez, looking to bring a good mix of technical skill and physicality in the middle.

Which they’d certainly find a way to provide. A huge reason why?

The insertion of Camara for the first time as a starter this season, as the former Halifax Wanderer slotted seamlessly into the Edmonton team, putting in a shift in his first start for his new team this year.

A big frame, Camara showed that he’s so much more than that, showing great awareness in positioning on both sides of the ball, making him a versatile threat.

On top of his strong technical ability, which allowed him to launch his team forward in many ways, be it via his passing or dribbling, that gave Edmonton a new look in the middle, as he, Bitar and Gonazlez combined nicely on several occasions.

As a result, while they continued to struggle in terms of holding onto the ball, reflected in the fact that they held just 29% of possession, they really got a lot more control in midfield than they did in previous games, even though they were lined up against one of the best midfield units in the league in Pacific.

All of Mamadi Camara's completed offensive and defensive actions from Wednesday's match
All of Mamadi Camara’s completed offensive and defensive actions from Wednesday’s match

Especially on the ball, where they’d help create some of their best chances, it made a huge difference for Edmonton, who had to rely less on individual brilliance from their forwards and set-pieces just to get chances, which was huge.

Yet, that’s the sort of impact that Camara can have on a match. Having worked with Koch at the Colorado Switchbacks in the USL previously, where he was brought in by the coach right after he graduated from SFU, that familiarity proved to be key when the pair reunited in Edmonton this offseason.

“He has progressed and grown so much as a man,” Koch said of Camara. “He’s an amazing guy, and he continues to grow as a player. We asked him to do a job for us today, and I thought he was very, very good. So hopefully we’ll continue to get better on this journey.”

So as Edmonton tries to build their foundation, look to see a lot more of Camara here now, as he can certainly bring the attributes that his team needs more of in the middle of the park going forward, helping them progress as a side.

“I feel like I did my job today, I did what I had to do,” Camara added. “Obviously, it was my first 90 minutes (of the year), I still feel like I’m not game fit just yet, but I feel like once I get game fit, I’ll be able to provide a lot more to my team on both sides.”

“And yeah, that’s my role this year to sort of be that guy, who will be going back and forth, box-to-box and just be a presence in the midfield.”

Mamadi Camara's heat map from Wednesday's match
Mamadi Camara’s heat map from Wednesday’s match

Edmonton’s strong defensive block does well to hold on against wave of Pacific possession

Having yet to hold more than 37% of possession in a game this season, Edmonton was always unlikely to see much of the ball in this match, as they got set to take on a Pacific team that loves to play possession-oriented soccer.

 As a result, it was going to be interesting to see how Edmonton matched up with that, as while they’ve gotten a mixed bag of results even though they hardly held the ball in either of their previous three games, sitting with two draws and a loss, this Pacific side looked to be a different beast compared to anything they’ve faced so far.

Yet, despite that, Edmonton would be unfazed by that, coming out strong in this game. As expected, they didn’t hold onto the ball much, finishing with a season-low 29% of possession, yet arguably they had their best game of the year, keeping one of the league’s offensive teams relatively quiet on the night.

The overall heat map between both sides on Wednesday night, with Pacific attacking from R to L, and Edmonton L to R
The overall heat map between both sides on Wednesday night, with Pacific attacking from R to L, and Edmonton L to R

Even though they hardly saw the ball, they were extremely patient in how they defended, rarely lunging in and making any errors, mostly making for a frustrating night. Yes, there were some defensive breakdowns, including some that Pacific might rue missing, but overall, given that Edmonton held their guests to just 1.56 Expected Goals (xG) on 10 shots, they have a lot to like about how they defended.

Yet, that’s been a lot about what Edmonton’s been about this season, as their strong defensive identity has quickly become an important talking point through the early days of the campaign.

Plus, as they showed glimpses of in this game, they’re starting to find ways to make things happen offensively within that, as well, showing that they’re not looking to be a team that just sits back and defends all season, but also a team that can do some damage in transition, too.

So overall, there was a lot for Edmonton to be pleased about in this game, as in their estimation they did about everything they wanted to do except score and win on the night, making for a decent day at the office.

“The goal was to get a clean sheet and we achieved that against a team that’s well oiled,” Koch said.

He also added: “We just went toe-to-toe with the champions, who are undefeated and could have won the game. I think for who we are, and where we’ve come from, that’s a massive achievement.”

On the other side, however, Pacific will be slightly more disappointed with how things went on their end. Of course, they’ll be happy with a tough road point, but at the same time, given how much they had the ball, and some of the chances that they had, they’ll feel like they deserved to win.

At the same time, it’s a good learning lesson for them. So far through their first few games, they’ve been ruthless in attack, doing what they needed to do to win games.

In this one, though, they just lacked that final product, but that shows that while you can create your chances, if you don’t finish them, that doesn’t mean anything.

The good news for Pacific within that, however?

They are more than aware of that, even seeing the opposite side of that in their most recent game, where they nabbed a 2-1 win over the HFX Wanderers despite hardly having any chances, so they’ll know where they need to improve, and look to bring that going forward.

Over the course of a long season, nights like this happen, so as long as they don’t make it a habit, they should be more than alright, especially given some of the names that they have in the attack.

“We created enough chances (tonight),” Merriman said. “We take those chances, I think it looks a little bit different, but we didn’t and they continued to fight, they continued to defend and they made it difficult, and  we couldn’t find a way through.”

“Today, it just didn’t happen for us,” Pacific defender, Amer Didic, added. “We know that as a team we have the quality up top with every player coming off the bench, the guys starting, we have the quality to score goals.”

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Mamadi Camara, FC Edmonton

In his first start of the season for Edmonton, Camara had a big impact on both sides of the ball for his side in this one, finishing with one shot, adding a dribble, and completing 20 out of 21 of his passes (95%) offensively, while nabbing two tackles and winning six out of 10 of his duels defensively. Overall, that made for a tidy day at the office for Camara, who showed no signs of rust despite not being fully match-fit, per his own assertion post-game.

What’s next?

FC Edmonton have a big journey ahead of them this week, as they will travel to Halifax for the HFX Wanderers home opener, which will be at Wanderers Ground this Saturday, April 30 (12:00 p.m. MT/3:00 p.m. AT). Meanwhile, Pacific FC will also travel, but stay in Alberta, as they get set to head over to Calgary for Cavalry FC’s home opener, which comes this Sunday, May 1st, at Spruce Meadows (2:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. MT). 

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Hanes: Young Quebecers are pawns in political chess match over CEGEPs - Montreal Gazette

An amendment to an amendment is hardly sound education policy — especially for a measure that was not on the radar when Bill 96 was drafted.

Little notice has been given to the fact francophone and allophones attending English colleges will have to take the same exit exams as their peers at French CEGEPs.
Little notice has been given to the fact francophone and allophones attending English colleges will have to take the same exit exams as their peers at French CEGEPs. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette

No aspect of Quebec’s proposed legislation to strengthen the French language has generated more outrage from the English-speaking community than provisions affecting CEGEPs.

That’s saying a lot considering Bill 96 will not only curtail access to English services in health care, education, justice and municipalities, but give the Office québécois de la langue française extrajudicial search and seizure powers, enshrine the collective rights of francophones above the individual rights of minorities, and shield it all by pre-emptively invoking the notwithstanding clause.

But the human toll of the legislation on CEGEP students has finally driven home that Bill 96 is less about protecting French and more about scapegoating English-speaking Quebecers. The sense among many anglophones is that the next generation is about to become collateral damage in a resurgence of the old language wars.

One amendment in particular – proposed by the Quebec Liberals, no less – ignited public fury like no other. It was a last-minute proposal, made without consultation or notice, adding a new requirement for anglophone students to take three core program courses in French in order to graduate. But college administrators quickly warned it would doom some young English-speakers to failure or lower their marks when applying for university, thus dimming their future prospects.

Facing a backlash and consternation from educators, the Liberals tried to undo the damage by seeking a revocation of their ill-considered modification. Simon Jolin-Barrette, Quebec’s Minister in charge of the French, lorded it over them for a few weeks before brokering a compromise. Young anglophones will now get to choose between taking three additional French as a second language courses or taking three other courses in French — on top of the two French classes they already have to take.

It’s a slight improvement, although it seems to mean more grammar and less critical thinking at a time when young adults should be expanding their horizons or exploring new interests.

An amendment to an amendment is hardly sound education policy — especially for a measure that was not on the radar when the original text of the bill was drafted. Now it only deepens confusion over what other courses will have to be sacrificed to fulfil this new requirement, intensifies fears among professors about whose jobs may be on the line, and sows more chaos within English institutions.

Little notice has been given to the fact francophone and allophones attending English colleges will have to take the same exit exams as their peers at French CEGEPs. Presumably this means they’ll also take fewer English classes and more French courses, defeating the purpose of studying there in the first place and further compounding job losses.

All the horse-trading underscores that young Quebecers — anglophones, francophones and allophones, alike — are pawns in a political chess match.

The Parti Québécois wants Bill 101 applied to college-level studies, taking umbrage at the number of francophone and allophone students who choose to study in English when they finally have the chance. Language Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette decided to impose an irreversible enrolment cap on English CEGEPs instead, finding a back door to limit freedom among students without eligibility certificates while ghettoizing anglophones. The Liberals and Québec solidaire have been trying to leave their marks on Bill 96, too — although Liberal Leader Dominque Anglade now says her party will vote against it.

No one involved in this tug of war has answered la quéstion qui tue: where, pray tell, is Quebec going to get the instructors to teach all these new college-level French courses? There’s already a shortage — at the primary level as in secondary, in French schools as in English ones. School boards are searching high and low to try and recruit, even going abroad to fill the gaps. (But candidates with religious garb need not apply).

Jolin-Barrette couldn’t resist a jab at young anglophones in his supposed show of mercy.

“The Liberal Party highlighted the unacceptable level of the mastery of French of youth in the English system,” he tsk-tsked. He didn’t acknowledge that difficulties may stem from learning disabilities or the level of French instruction in public schools. Nor did he recognize that many anglophone students do graduate from immersion programs — or even French schools — fully bilingual.

Funny how no one is talking about the quality of French being learned by francophones these days. When he presented his brief on Bill 96, Karl Blackburn, the president of the Conseil du patronat, referred to research showing 53 per cent of Quebecers between the ages of 18 and 64 can’t read or are functionally illiterate. He called the fact French is so weak among francophones “a national catastrophe” that demands immediate redress.

But, no, it’s anglophones — and immigrants, don’t forget immigrants! — who are the problem. Bilingualism among francophones — or multilingualism among allophones — is not a societal richness to cherish, but a threat to the vitality of French.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose — as young Quebecers are quickly learning.

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  1. Premier François Legault has said his government's new limits on English CEGEP admissions will help anglophones, but the result will be the shrinking of the English network, Allison Hanes writes.

    Hanes: Don't make the next generation pay the price of language tensions

  2. Premier François Legault's government is making it clearer by the day that it not only doesn't give a damn about anglophones, it is actively out to harm the community's vitality, writes Allison Hanes.

    Hanes: Tightening the screws on anglos, one clause at a time

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    Women's Tennis Dominant in Winning 12th Match - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics - RPI Athletics

    ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's tennis team lost just one game in total on its way to capturing a win for the seventh time in the last eight contests as the Engineers defeated Liberty League foe Bard College 9-0. RPI concludes the regular season with a 12-7 overall record and a 5-2 conference mark. The Raptors finish at 0-13 and 0-7.

    Six student-athletes participated for the Engineers with each collecting a pair of wins. The doubles matches finished with the No. 1 team of Alex Mednikova and Rani Jones winning first, followed by Krisia Flores Gonzalez and Nitya Subramaniam at No. 2 and Brooke Bauer and Sonya Khudakov capturing No. 3. 

    Bauer won her singles match at No. 4 for a 4-0 lead and Mednikova clinched it with a victory at No. 1.

    RPI is idle until May 6 when it plays Union College in the quarterfinals of the Liberty League Championship. Rensselaer will be the No. 3 seed and the Dutchwomen the No. 6 seed. The tournament will take place on the campus of Cornell University.

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    Match gallery: City hold advantage after Real Madrid thriller - Manchester City FC

    Check out the best images as Manchester City beat Real Madrid 4-3 at the Etihad Stadium in a thrilling Champions League semi-final clash, seeing us take a crucial advantage into the return leg next week.

    City made a flying start, with Kevin De Bruyne heading home Riyad Mahrez's cross, giving us the lead after just 93 seconds. 

    Within ten minutes, our advantage was doubled when Gabriel Jesus spun away from David Alaba before lashing home his fifth goal in the space of three days.

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    But Karim Benzema pulled one back, sweeping home Ferland Mendy's cross to bring an electric first half to a close.

    Phil Foden restored our two-goal advantage soon after the restart, heading home Fernandinho's delicate cross to send the Etihad Stadium crowd into raptures.

    But Vinicius Junior once again pulled Madrid back to within one, racing clear down the left before finding the bottom corner.

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    A topsy-turvy encounter swung back into our favour, as Bernardo Silva rifled in a stunning effort from outside the box with Thibaut Courtois stranded. 

    However, with ten minutes left, Real Madrid were awarded a penalty for a handball from Aymeric Laporte, and Benzema made no mistake from the resultant spot-kick.

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