WHO: Montreal Impact at Revolution
WHERE: Gillette Stadium
WHEN: 4:30 p.m.
TV/RADIO: NBC Sports Boston/WBZ-FM 98.5/1260 AM (Portuguese)
WHAT’S UP: It’s Match Day 34, the final match of the 2018 Major League Soccer season. The Revolution are trying to win back-to-back home games for the first time since June, and with a win would help eliminate L’Impact from postseason contention.
Sean here at Gillette. The match has begun. Starting XIs and benches are live, and your match notes are available below.
Revs in the home blues, Montreal in the visiting white. Revs headed to the Banner End. Montreal gets us started, and we're underway! Thanks for joining us here on BSJ for your Game 5 appetizer.
5' Amarikwa with a shot, deflected over for a corner. Good build up there by L'Impact.... and the corner sees Raitala heading it right at Matt Turner.
8' Bye tries to insert to Fagundez... it's long... the Revs get the ball back thanks to Bunbury... he feeds Penilla, off the centerback... just deflected wide of the near post, almost an OG.
15' Still feeling each other out here through the first quarter hour. Revs without a serious foray yet. Montreal midfield keeping them at bay.... in retrospect, Revs midfield keeping L'Impact at bay. Works both ways here.
18' Fagundez tries to find Penilla, but CP70's touch is a little heavy and it goes to Bush.
19' Good move by Herivaux to bully Piatti off the ball.
21' Bye with a shot, blocked.
22' Fagundez with a shot, blocked, the carom goes to Bye, he feeds with a volley, headed away.... Rowe claims it, but passes toward Bye, offline.
28' Bunbury with a drive, saaaaaved. First SOG for the Revs.
30' Montreal, parking the coach when the Revs are in the attacking third right now. I hate anti-football.
33' Amarikwa with a shot into the side netting... back the other way, Fagundez with a shot, saved by Bush.
35' Agudelo has a goooooooo, over the bar.
40' Corner to the Revs, their second.... Agudelo heads the service over the bar.
44' Corner to L'Impact, their second.... Caicedo drives it into the stands.
45' Minimum of one minute added on time.
HALF
Halftime thoughts:
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Two shots on target for the Revs. One for L'Impact.
Revs with 57 percent possession, 82 percent passing accuracy.
Second half is underway, Revs headed to The Fort. For the record: they played the Toto version of Africa, not the Weezer version.
46' Wright on for Bunbury to start the second half.
50' Amarikwa with a side shot, saved by Turner.....going the other way, oh my, Rowe has a go from 50 yards... off target by only a couple of feet. That would have been amazing.
51' MATT TURNER IS A GOD. A little pinball in the Revs box, the ball is loose, Turner pops it away with his hand.... and cleared away.
53' Fagundez with a shooooot.... into The Fort.... Penilla then scuffs a Caicedo cross just wide of the post.
55' Silva with a spin and a shot, Turner dives and saves it at the post. Corner to Montreal.... a flare over the bar.
56' Caicedo with an uncharacteristic giveaway, shot by Montreal, just wide..... then Fagundez falls and gives the ball away. Leads to a throw-in by Montreal....
60' Montreal has controlled the tempo these last few minutes..... quick restart, Piatti dives in the box after minimal contact with Mancienne, the Montreal fans aren't pleased... Piatti still down... he's receiving treatment. I'm surprised there was no card for embellishment, but who am I?
64' Andrew Farrell returns, subs in for Zach Herivaux.
66' Corner to New England.... comes to nothing, except Bye was beaten off the ball by Silva, and it went the other way.
67' Choiniere coming on for Amarikwa.
69' Yellow card to Kelyn Rowe.
70' PENILLA.... with the left, curls it just wide of the far post. Almost for the Ecuadorian.
72' Piatti with the shot... parried by Turner... they go the other way, Wright with a shot from 17 yards, curls wide. Is a goal coming?
74' Fagundez with a chip, wide. Match tilting toward The Fort now.
75' GOAL REVOLUTION and it's Diego Fagundez! That's his 50th career league goal. Penilla with a dispossession near the touchline, he drives, passes to Fagundez, little one touch on the left, gets it on his right, and Fagundez buries it at the far post. His ninth goal of the year, Penilla with the assist. Youngest player in MLS history to reach 50 goal. Fagundez also issued a yellow for the celebration. 1-0 to the Revs.
There it is! Diego Fagundez puts @NERevolution ahead, 1-0.#NEvMTL // #DecisionDay by @ATT https://t.co/9hjDUo5OKv
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) October 28, 2018
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Today’s #NERevs Starting XI vs. @impactmontreal
Bench: Brad Knighton, Jalil Anibaba, Scott Caldwell, Andrew Farrell, Guillermo Hauche, Wilfried Zahibo and Brian Wright pic.twitter.com/Yd1TJIzPnB
— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) October 28, 2018
Voici VOTRE XI partant en ce #JourDecisif.
Here is YOUR starting XI for this afternoon's IMPORTANT game.#IMFC #DecisionDay #NEvMTL pic.twitter.com/UF4XXMNwQR
— Impact de Montréal (@impactmontreal) October 28, 2018
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Hoy disfruta el partido@Diego Fagúndez que puede ser el último aquí en este Club y en este Estadio con estos gran Fans
— WFagundez (@WFagundez) October 28, 2018