Montreal Impact Vs Olimpia: 3 things we learned – And breathe

1. A long way to go

The Montreal Impact will be frustrated after the first leg. The first goal was sloppy from Luis Binks; the second was even worse, conceding from their own offensive set-piece. And then in the second half, they missed several good opportunities to score the equaliser, opportunities that they will now rue.

But on balance, Montreal were the dominant team. They controlled the game in the first half, if without that crucial creativity and incision that all good team require, and then after the break, they started to cause Olimpia some serious problems, as well as a strange non-penalty call that should have offered them the ideal chance to level things up.

Overall, the Impact’s performance shows that they can overcome their 2-1 deficit in the second leg, even away from home. They are the superior team and have the offensive quality to create chances and score goals. They simply have to execute.

As is almost always the case with two-legged Champions League ties, the first leg does not determine who will win. And for the Montreal Impact, there is still a long way to go here.