June 12, 2017 League 1 Ontario Match Recap: Windsor TFC vs Toronto FC III (from League 1 Ontario website)
Match Recap: Windsor TFC 0 - 0 Toronto FC III 06/12/2017, 9:00am EDT By League1 Ontario staff It was a stalemate between Windsor TFC and Toronto FC III on Matchweek Seven after the season's first edition of the "TFC derby" ended in a 0-0 final on a hot and muggy afternoon. "It was hard to adjust to the weather, that played a really big part of it," said Windsor head coach, Zibby Piatkiewicz. "The heat was just unbelieveable. I'll take the tie in weather like this." "We had to take water breaks to cool them down a little bit. We made one substitution at half to help a little bit and that actually made a big difference in the game because that gave us more chances to go forward and Pablo [Ortiz] made the difference." "As you can see I had a lot of young kids on the bench so I'm going to start using them. It's nice to see that I can start using the academy players, they are our future and I have to use them." "We have to find a better way of move forward quicker and to shoot more often," he added. "Basically we don't have a lot of shots on target." Keepers Kyle Vizarakis (Windsor) and Canada U17's Gianluca Catalano (TFC III) kept clean sheets on a day when there was very little to get excited about, aside from the defensive solidity from both sides. "Obviously the conditions had an effect on the game today for both teams," said TFC III head coach, Danny Dichio. "I think it was played at a little bit slower pace than a game between us would normally be played, but I thought we adjusted well to the conditions and just needed to improve in the final third a little bit." "Defensively we were very sound today, with the two young boys at the back, our block was very organized, but it was just in that final third where we were rushing it just a little bit and going directly to goal instead of being a little more patience." "They are a really young group, the goalkeeper and the two centre-backs are 16 years old so we have to keep pushing them to get better all the time," he added. "They are very coachable, they are willing to learn and they have a couple more experienced players - 17 and 18 - in our team that help them a lot. They're a good group and I thought we defended well as a group today, not only the defensive line but as a whole, as a team. I asked them to do that." "Still, it's a missed opportunity, I told them. It was a game we could have won, should have won, but give credit to Windsor. They held in there and kept trying to play. They are a team that like to play football the correct way, and I like that. I give a lot of credit to them as well." Windsor TFC will next play Woodbridge Strikers on June 16 at University of Windsor Stadium, Windsor. Toronto FC III will next play North Mississauga Panthers in the second round of the L1 Cup on June 14 at Hershey Centre.
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