The CF Montreal played its first preparatory match on Friday at the start of the training camp and lost 1-0 against Cincinnati.
Andrei Chirila, who is only 16, scored the only goal of the meeting in the 56th minute of play. On the corner, Mbomba Dem presented to the center and Chirila redirected the shot to the second post.
Cincy went close to adding another goal in the 86th minute, but Monsuru Opeyemi missed the target. Kévin Denkey, a new acquisition of the club at the end of November, also created good opportunities.
Montreal obtained his first good luck to score in the 13th minute when midfielder Opt tried to escape, but the Roman goalkeeper Celentano came out of his net to intercept the ball in his race. Opeku stood out for its speed in the first half and Montreal was more in possession of the ball without really threatening, but the opponent took the ascendant with an excellent start of the second half.
-Against a young team from Cincinnati, Jonathan Sirois, Luca Petrasso, Joel Waterman, Brandan Craig, Dante Sealy, Samuel Piette, Nathan Saliba, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Fabian Herbers and Prince Owusu were the other starters for this duel disputed in Tampa Bay, in Florida.
The CFM then revamped its workforce in the second half by sending Sébastian Breza, Luca Petrasso, Fernando Álvarez, Alessandro Biello, Tom Pearce, Fabian Herbers, Ousman Jabang, Dawid Bugaj, Michael Adodokun, Bryce Duke and Owen Graham-Roache.
After this duel, Montrealers will return home to undertake the second portion of their training camp at the Marie-Victorin sports complex, from January 26 to February 4.
