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On Herdman after the match:
“Razzaghi’s counterpart John Herdman also heaped loads of praise on the Saint-Laurent players and staff after the match, and following the full time whistle stood at the edge of the pitch and shook the hands of everyone as they walked off.
“I want to start by saying what a performance by Saint-Laurent,” said Herdman. “I thought they were outstanding tonight. Hell of an atmosphere. Loved it. It felt like a proper cup match. I think 4,700 turned out, 6,000 tickets sold, and this is more media than I get in Toronto. So this obviously is a football city.”
“I think Saint-Laurent ought to be proud tonight. They pushed us, pushed us hard. Obviously for me what I’m happy about is the clean sheet, that was one mission. Tonight, just a professional performance, no injuries, and yeah, we got out of here. Tough night, cup match, everything you expected it to be.”
The praise didn’t stop there from Herdman, who added later in his press conference that Saint-Laurent “deserved something out of that game”, and could have probably had multiple goals in the match.”
““I said to the lads, anything can happen on these nights,” Herdman said afterwards. “A lad can score, and heartbreak, you just never know. All we can do is be disciplined and recognize the clean sheet was really important and then take our moments.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be a game you were going to be able to put an expansive plan to football. I think it’s a 64-metre pitch and we turned up in the wind and the rain, and you’re like, ‘it’s a proper cup night, lads, just stay in the fight, keep fighting, stick together and we’ll get through’.
“Thankfully we did.””