Somehow, CF Montreal managed to emerge from Estadio Azteca on Wednesday night with only a 0-1 deficit.
Throughout a painful first-half you wondered how they would get through the 90 mins and still keep next week’s second-leg interesting. Visions of only 8 or 10 thousand rattling around the massive Stade Olympique concrete bowl when Mexico’s Blues return the visit presented uninspiring, yet realistic, thoughts.
But they did (keep it interesting)... they managed to get out of one of world football’s iconic venues without fabled Cruz Azul adding to the lead given them by Uriel Antuna in the 20th minute.