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The Canadian Press
Elias Grigoriadis
Montreal —
CF Montreal lost two valuable points to Inter Miami on Saturday night in a 2-2 draw. At Stade Sapt, which ended in .
Romerchioto scored his 10th goal and his 11th of the Major League Soccer season (12-8-4) in Montreal, while Gonzalo Iguain made great form in Miami (9-10-6). Continuing, Emerson Rodriguez scored a dramatic late equalizer.
Montreal dominated possession in the opening minutes and probed Miami's back his line until a beautiful ball from Samuel Piette found Kioto at his post back to take the lead.
Miami fought back before the stadium announcer finished calling the goal. Alejandro Pozuelo's beautiful through ball found a streak from Higuain who made no mistakes.
Montreal seemed unfazed by Miami's quick reaction, but continued to dominate possession and pin the visitors to his third. Another fatal ball from Piette 20 minutes earlier was needed to open them up and found Mason Toye's head in the back post.
This time the shot hit Christopher McVay's arm and was awarded a penalty by VAR, and Kioto responded calmly.
Montreal continued to dominate the ball in the second half, but failed to find the final ball or touch, putting the game out of reach.
The best chance of the lot came when Djordje Mihailovic perfected his ball into space and missed an opportunity with Lassi's Rappalainen's mighty touch.
He came back in the 10th minute with Miami's counterplay remaining and scrambled to equalize with Rodriguez falling behind.
Both teams will resume action on his August 13th, with Montreal playing Houston his Dynamo at his PNC Stadium and Miami hosting his NYCFC at home.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 6, 2022.
