Montreal Impact coach John Limniatis explained his team's incredible 2-1 Concacaf Champions League away victory at Olimpia of Honduras with simple words. He said the win, which came in the middle of a seven-game stretch in 15 days, was a result of industry and self-belief. This is in stark contrast to the attitude of at least three Major League Soccer teams this season who have taken one look at the competition, cited schedule congestion, and then more or less thrown the towel in.
"Tonight's [Wednesday's] result is amazing after having played so many games in the last few weeks," Limniatis said, according to the Canadian Press. "We were expecting a tough game, but when you work hard and you believe, you can achieve great things. We were efficient tonight both defensively and offensively."
The team's two goals were scored by Panamanian striker Roberto Brown, an MLS reject traded by the Colorado Rapids last year after scoring three goals in 16 games. "It was a great victory for us," Brown said, quoted by the Toronto Globe and Mail. "A lot of people didn't expect it from us, but we knew we had a great team and we could go anywhere and get the three points. We are like a family in the locker room and we really stuck together tonight and fought for the win.
"For them it was a very tough hole to dig out of and they fell behind because they couldn't score," Brown said. "In the end they were trying to do a bunch of illegal stuff to get an edge but the referee was there on the spot to make the necessary calls." Olimpia were reduced to nine men after two late red card ejections.
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