QUEBEC CITY -- Charles Joly tallied twice as Laval rallied for a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over McGill in a hotly-contested men's soccer game at Stade Telus, Friday.

The game featured seven yellow cards and two reds, with McGill playing shorthanded for the final 37 minutes. Laval was assessed only two of the warnings.

Striker Mehdi Ibn-Brahim had given McGill a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute of play but Joly tied the game in the 35th minute and struck for the winner on a disputed penalty-kick in the 85th minute.

McGill 'keeper Theo Farineau was injured in a goal-mouth collision with a Laval player -- which led to an empty-netter for the first goal -- and he had to leave the game. There was no card assessed to Laval on the play. Farineau was replaced by Cristiano Rossi, who played the final 51 minutes, conceded one goal on one shot and took the loss.

Ibn-Brahim, who had been assessed a yellow warning earlier, was then ejected after a collision with Laval rookie goalkeeper Philippe Blouin. When Farineau, the injured McGill 'keeper, objected from the bench, he too was red-carded, even though he was already out of the contest.

"We got robbed and it was atrocious and we lost control of our emotions," said McGill head coach Marc Mounicot. "We were very happy with the way we played. We were in control for most of the game  I think that we were a better team but the result was not what we expected. It's disappointing because we deserved better."

McGill, which had a 4-2 edge in shots on net, will be severely challenged in their next game without the services of their top striker and their No.1 goalkeeper, who will both be serving an automatic one-game suspension.

McGill (0-1-0) plays UQAM (1-1-0) at Stade Saputo on Sept. 6.
 

Laval	Game Total	McGill
2	Goals	1
2	Shots On Goal	4
3	Missed Shot Attempts	5
40	% Shot Attempts On Goal	44
40	% Shot Attempts Scored	11
42:23	Time of Possession	47:37
48%	Time of Possession %	52%
549	First Touches	562
8.9	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	9.5
331	Passes	344
60%	Pass Completion %	61%
52	Number of Pass Strings	52
4.5	Average Pass String Length	4.8
10	Longest Pass String	14
2	Corner Kicks	4
14	Fouls Committed	20
3	Goalkeeper Saves	0
75	Goalkeeper Save %	0
0	Offside	0

Scoring Summary

Laval 2	McGill 1
35' Charles Joly (unassisted) 85' Charles Joly (PK)	9' Mehdi Ibn-Brahim (unassisted)

Cards

Laval	McGill
81' Mathieu Riguert (Yellow) 81' Wassim Chanuki (Yellow)	49' Mehdi Ibn-Brahim (Yellow) 53' Mehdi Ibn-Brahim (Red) 53' Theo Farineau (Red) 79' Juliano Cobuzzi (Yellow) 90' Florian Bettelli (Yellow) 93' Marc-Olivier Comeau (Yellow) 93' Younes Lachgar (Yellow)

Goalkeepers

Laval 2	McGill 1
Philippe Blouin (W; 1GA, 3 SV, 90:00)	Theo Farineau (Start; ND; 1 GA,0 SV, 39:00) Cristiano Rossi (L; 1 GA, 0 SV, 51:00)

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2019 RSEQ MEN'S SOCCER STANDINGS
 

Pos	Team/Équipe	GP/MJ	W/V	L/D	T/N	GF/BP	GA/BC	PTS
1	UQTR	2	2	0	0	6	2	6
2	Laval	2	1	0	1	3	2	4
3	Montréal	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
4	UQAM	2	1	1	0	3	3	3
5	Concordia	2	0	1	1	2	5	1
6	McGill	1	0	1	0	1	2	0
7	Sherbrooke	2	0	2	0	1	3	0

SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
Office: 514-398-7012
earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca