Victor Wanyama returned to the starting XI on Sunday morning as his team picked three points and Derby rights after beating FC Toronto 1-0 at their Saputo backyard.The former Harambee Stars captain had missed last weekend’s match against Sporting Kansas City FC through unspecified illness, a game that they went on to suffer a shocking 2-1 defeat at home.On Sunday he returned to the starting XI and it coincided with a win that ended their two-match losing streak. Weeks ago, Toronto had put four past Montréal in a Cup semi-final match.The match, expectedly was a closely fought one with both teams fighting for the bragging rights and the points in Saputo.The all-important goal came in the 69th minute as Romell Quioto’s far post header found its way into the back of the net for the maximum points of the game.68′ ROMELLLLLLAnd we open the score!#MTLvTOR | 1-0 | #CFMTL pic.twitter.com/ZsJJbsBvpg— CF Montréal (@cfmontreal) July 17, 2022 The hosts however had to labour for the win in the final eight minutes after defender Kamal Miller was given his marching orders. They managed to defend resolutely to bag the points.After almost seven months out, midfielder Djordje Mihailovic returned for Montreal and he showed just why he is one of the team’s best players with some good display and his coach Wilfried Nancy was left satisfied.“I was happy, first for Djordje because it’s been a long time for him. It’s been also really difficult. He did a Djordje in terms of he helped the team to try to score. It was a little bit difficult for him in terms of rhythm because at the end Djordje, this is one of the better guys in terms of being able to run for a long time and repeat the action at a high intensity.”Next for them is an away match against FC United on Sunday 24th July.
