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MSOC
2
Montevallo MON (0-1-0, 0-0-0)
3
Winner Emmanuel (GA) EMA (1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Montevallo MON
(0-1-0, 0-0-0)
2
Final
3
Emmanuel (GA) EMA
(1-0-0, 0-0-0)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Montevallo MON 1 1 2
Emmanuel (GA) EMA 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Falcons Fall in Final Minute of Season Opener

MORROW, Ga. – Montevallo men's soccer fell 3-2 to Emmanuel College on a last-second, heart-breaking goal in the first matchup of the regular season.
 
Both offenses got out to hot starts with either side taking the first shot of the game inside the first ten minutes before Till Schroeder fired the first Montevallo shot on frame just eight minutes into the contest. Sophomore keeper Tomas Valles Gilbert made a stellar save to hold off the Emmanuel attack just 20 minutes in.
 
Senior midfielder Renzo Bozzo nearly put the Falcons out in front but his shot sailed just high of the mark with 17 minutes left in the first half. Montevallo kept control of possession for the next 15 minutes until Emmanuel struck first with a goal at the four-minute mark. Moments later, local product Joshua Owens knotted the game at 1 apiece with just 2:35 left in the half.
 
The score held for the first six minutes of the second half until Emmanuel regained the lead at 2-1. Montevallo pulled back even with the Lions after Julio Rojo found the back of the net off an incredible ball from Hugo Cakurda.
 
The game turned into a defensive battle through the rest of the half until Emmanuel broke through the Falcon defense and took the lead, 3-2, with 15 seconds remaining.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 2 | Emmanuel 3
Records: Montevallo 0-1-0 | Emmanuel 1-0-0
Location: Laker Field | Morrow, Ga.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
7' | Valles Gilbert recorded his first save of the season
41' | Emmanuel breaks the ice with the first goal of the game, leading 1-0
42' | Owens knots the game at 1-1 with his first goal in a Falcon uniform
51' | The Lions regain control with an early second half goal.
51' | Montevallo ties the game again with a strike from Julio Rojo
89' | Emmanuel scores at the last second to take the game, 3-2
 
GAME NOTES
  • Both sides fired 12 shots with Emmanuel taking the shots on goal advantage, 10-6.
  • In his first 2023 start, Valles Gilbert stopped six shots in 90 minutes in net.
  • Montevallo took five corner kicks compared to just two from Emmanuel.
  • The Falcons were issued a pair of yellow cards while Emmanuel earned just one.
 
UP NEXT:
Montevallo is scheduled to take on Clayton State on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. in Morrow, Ga.
 
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