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And Toronto coach John Herdman expects Ligue 1 champion Quebec to “play fear” Tuesday night in the second leg at BMO Field.
“They’ve already experienced it once. They know we’re just human and they saw that in the first leg,” Herdman said. “So I think they’re going to come in with some confidence and, I guess, (without) that pressure. “
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“They’ll really know that if they score one, they can score two,” he added. “It’s the dream I know I would try to create with my players. I hope they arrive excited, full of confidence and without real hope. “There will be expectations, as they probably would have had in this first game.
The demanding conditions came on and off the pitch, with plenty of media attention on Saint-Laurent in a cup run that began on May 2 with a stunning penalty shootout win over CPL side Halifax Wanderers.
“It’s been a lot and very fast, from betting on Halifax, to betting on Toronto and betting on Toronto for the second time, it’s been two and a half weeks. It’s been a year,” Saint-Laurent coach Nick Razzaghi said.
But he says his team’s purpose is simple.
“At the moment, we just have to win the game (Tuesday). “
Also on Tuesday, in the cup match, the Vancouver Whitecaps took a 2-1 lead in their rematch with Cavalry FC in British Columbia.
On Wednesday, Forge FC will face CF Montréal (1-1 in the first leg) and Atlético Ottawa will face Pacific FC (0-0) in the other two quarterfinals.
The winner of Toronto-St. Laurent will face either Montreal or Forge in a two-legged semifinal.
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Saint-Laurent would likely be uncomfortable after the first leg, which went goalless for the first 50 minutes.
Matty Longstaff’s first goal passed through a mass of bodies, with goalkeeper Kosta Maniatis masked. The second, from Deandre Kerr, came on a counterattack after Saint-Laurent denied a penalty for a handball by Aimé Mabika in the Toronto box. 3. Federico Bernardeschi’s loose shot misses Maniatis as he mounts his team’s defensive wall.
“I think it’s a real tie in the cup,” Herdman said. “It’s definitely a nerve-wracking time for us. “
He expects Saint-Laurent, whose roster includes players with futsal experience, to shine in the grand box at BMO Field.
“It’s going to be a smart opportunity for some of those players to raise their hands for the Canadian Premier League and maybe even knock on the doors of MLS Next Pro here. “
Toronto blanked Ontario League 1 Simcoe County Rovers 5-0 in the opening round.
With Bernardeschi suspended for Saturday’s league match against FC Cincinnati due to yellow card accumulation, the Italian star could play a bigger role on Tuesday.
And why not? The former Juventus player has scored seven goals in his last four games, adding a hat-trick in Saturday’s 5-1 win over CF Montréal. He was named the most productive player of Matchday 15 for this performance.
Bernardeschi came off the bench to score against Saint-Laurent in the first leg.
His Italian compatriot Lorenzo Insigne could also see action after making his first starting debut at the weekend after two appearances on the bench following an eight-game injury absence.
Saint-Laurent is 1-1-0 in the league since the first quarterfinal match, falling 3-0 to Ottawa South United before blanking AS Laval 7-0 on Friday.
The winner of the Canadian Championship wins the Voyageurs Cup and qualifies for the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the festival of elite men’s clubs in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
The Whitecaps have won the Canada Cup in the past two years.
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