Events2021 Canadian Championship Halifax Wanderers FC vs AS Blainville
August 17, 2021 | Kickoff: 06:00PM ET
2021 Canadian Championship
Halifax Wanderers FC

Halifax Wanderers FC

2 - 1

AS Blainville

AS Blainville

Halifax, Nova Scotia | Wanderers Grounds

Attendance: 3500

Referee: Ben Hoskins | Assistant Referee: Peter Pendli |
Assistant Referee: Jason Olinski | Fourth Official: Fabrizio Stasolla

  • Alex Andre Marshall

    90+5'

  • Alex Andre Marshall

    90+5'
  • 90'

    Nicolas Bertrand

  • 86'

    PATRICK NZANZIMFURA
    GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA

  • 86'

    KEVIN COSSETTE
    Zachary Fernandez

  • Kieran Baskett

    81'
  • 76'

    Nicolas Bertrand
    HAROON AMIRI

  • Alex Andre Marshall
    Cory Bent

    75'

  • Andre Rampersad
    Pierre Lamothe

    75'
  • 72'

    Bila Dicko-Raynauld
    RAYANE FAKED

  • JOÃO MORELLI

    72'
  • 70'

    Rayane Yesli

  • Stefan Karajovanovic
    Alessandro Riggi

    60'

  • JOÃO MORELLI
    SCOTT FIRTH

    60'
  • 57'

    Wandrille Lefevre

  • Mateo Restrepo

    57'
  • 57'

    MAXIME MICHEL* LECONTE*

  • 57'

    HAROON AMIRI

  • 53'

    NAFI DICKO-RAYNAULD

  • 52'

    GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA

  • 46'

    Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
    LUKUMBI TSHINDAYE

  • Cory Bent

    10'

Timeline

Halifax Wanderers FC
  • KO

    KO

  • 10 ' | Cory Bent

  • HT

    HT

  • 46 ' | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard - LUKUMBI TSHINDAYE

  • 52 ' | GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA

  • 53 ' | NAFI DICKO-RAYNAULD

  • 57 ' | HAROON AMIRI

  • 57 ' | MAXIME MICHEL* LECONTE*

  • 57 ' | Mateo Restrepo

  • 57 ' | Wandrille Lefevre

  • 60 ' | JOÃO MORELLI - SCOTT FIRTH

  • 60 ' | Stefan Karajovanovic - Alessandro Riggi

  • 70 ' | Rayane Yesli

  • 72 ' | JOÃO MORELLI

  • 72 ' | Bila Dicko-Raynauld - RAYANE FAKED

  • 75 ' | Andre Rampersad - Pierre Lamothe

  • 75 ' | Alex Andre Marshall - Cory Bent

  • 76 ' | Nicolas Bertrand - HAROON AMIRI

  • 81 ' | Kieran Baskett

  • 86 ' | KEVIN COSSETTE - Zachary Fernandez

  • 86 ' | PATRICK NZANZIMFURA - GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA

  • 90 ' | Nicolas Bertrand

  • 90+5 ' | Alex Andre Marshall

  • 90+5 ' | Alex Andre Marshall

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AS Blainville

Match Report

HFX Wanderers FC secured their spot in the Canadian Championship Quarter-Final Round with a 2:1 home win over AS Blainville. The Wanderers will face CF Montreal in the next round.

The home side took the lead early from a set play, as Cory Bent was able to flick the corner kick from Pierre Lamothe in at the near post (10’).

AS Blainville’s best chance of the first half came from Alexandre Cuvillier, who looked threatening as he outpaced the Wanderers defence, but his shot attempt was ultimately blocked (30’). Just before halftime, the home side had an opportunity to double their lead as a clearance attempt fell to Marcello Polisi at the top of the box, but his volley went just wide of the post.

Early in the second half, Guy Essome equalized for AS Blainville with a cool finish from the penalty spot after substitute Pierre-Rudolph Mayard cut between two HFX defenders and was then taken down by keeper Kieran Baskett in the box (51’).

In the 63’, Joao Morelli’s free kick sailed just wide of the top corner, only minutes after he entered the game.
Less than 10 minutes later, the Wanderers were awarded a penalty of their own, when Akeem Garcia got in behind the Blainville defenders and was fouled by keeper Rayane Yesli. Morelli stepped up and made no mistake from the spot as he put the home side back in the lead (72’).

HFX had an opportunity to put the match out of reach in the 84’, but Morey Doner’s shot trickled just wide of the far post. The side from the Canadian Premier League were able to hold on to the one goal lead to advance over the team from the PLSQ.

Lamothe was named the Toyota Player of the Match.

Starting XI

HFX Wanderers’ starting XI featured eight Canadian players, including the professional debut of goalkeeper Kieran Baskett.

Defenders Morey Doner and Mateo Restrepo (who captained he side); midfielders Pierre Lamothe, Scott Firth, Marcello Polisi, and Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé; and striker Alessandro Riggi made up the rest of the Canadian contingent. Akeem Garcia, Cory Bent, and Eriks Santos Pereira rounded out the starting lineup.
In the second half, Joao Morelli and Stefan Karajovanovic replaced Firth and Riggi (60’), Andre Rampersad came on for Lamothe (75’), and Bent was replaced by Alex Andre Marshall (85’).

AS Blainville had nine Canadian players featuring in their starting lineup. Nafi Dicko-Raynauld, Wandrille Lefèvre, Maxime Michel Leconte, Idir Redjradj made up the defensive line behind goalkeeper Rayane Yesli. Guy Essome, Rayane Faked, Zachary Fernandez, and Lukumbi Tshindaye were the Canadians that made up the midfield and attacking line for the visitors and were joined by Haroon Amiri and Alexandre Cuvillier.
Blainville used all five substitutions in the match: Pierre-Rudolph Mayard replaced Tshindaye as the start of the second half (46’), Bila Dicko-Raynauld came on for Faked (72’), Nicolas Bertrand came on for Amiri (76’), and Patrick Nzanzimfura and Kevin Cossette were substituted on in place of Essome and Cossette (86’).
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Line Up

Halifax Wanderers FC

Halifax Wanderers FC

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AS Blainville

AS Blainville

Halifax Wanderers FC Starting 11

AS Blainville Starting 11

MOREY DONER
MOREY DONER
Defender
Pierre Lamothe
Pierre Lamothe
Midfielder
Alessandro Riggi
Alessandro Riggi
Forward
Akeem Garcia
Akeem Garcia
Midfielder
Kieran Baskett
Kieran Baskett
Goalkeeper
Mateo Restrepo
Mateo Restrepo
Defender
SCOTT FIRTH
SCOTT FIRTH
Midfielder
Marcello Polisi
Marcello Polisi
Midfielder
Cory Bent
Cory Bent
Forward
Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé
Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé
Midfielder
Eriks Santos
Eriks Santos
Defender
HAROON AMIRI
HAROON AMIRI
Midfielder
NAFI DICKO-RAYNAULD
NAFI DICKO-RAYNAULD
Defender
Wandrille Lefevre
Wandrille Lefevre
Defender
GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA
GUY FRANK ESSOME PENDA
Forward
MAXIME MICHEL* LECONTE*
MAXIME MICHEL* LECONTE*
Defender
RAYANE FAKED
RAYANE FAKED
Midfielder
ALEXANDRE CUVILLIER
ALEXANDRE CUVILLIER
Forward
Zachary Fernandez
Zachary Fernandez
Defender
IDIR REDJRADJ
IDIR REDJRADJ
Defender
LUKUMBI TSHINDAYE
LUKUMBI TSHINDAYE
Forward
Rayane Yesli
Rayane Yesli
Goalkeeper

Halifax Wanderers FC Subs

AS Blainville Subs

Alex Andre Marshall
Alex Andre Marshall
Forward
Andre Rampersad
Andre Rampersad
Midfielder
JOÃO MORELLI
JOÃO MORELLI
Midfielder
Stefan Karajovanovic
Stefan Karajovanovic
Forward
PATRICK NZANZIMFURA
PATRICK NZANZIMFURA
Defender
Bila Dicko-Raynauld
Bila Dicko-Raynauld
Defender
Nicolas Bertrand
Nicolas Bertrand
Forward
KEVIN COSSETTE
KEVIN COSSETTE
Defender
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
Forward

Halifax Wanderers FC Did Not Feature

AS Blainville Did Not Feature

Peter Schaale
Peter Schaale
Defender
Kareem Sow
Kareem Sow
Defender
Christian Oxner
Christian Oxner
Goalkeeper
MARIO RAYTCHEV
MARIO RAYTCHEV
Goalkeeper
Oussama Laguel
Oussama Laguel
Midfielder

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