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But one miscue in the first half turned out to be the difference as Pacific escaped with a heart-stopping 1-0 victory in the first CPL playoff match held at a sold-out Wanderers Grounds.
“It’s almost better if we were so bad today and we lost 3-0 because our guys were falling and running into each other. Then you just say we’re just not ready for it. But today we played our brand of football. We created big chances that we brought inside. I think we had 10 shots inside the 18-yard box. You’re not getting that in a playoff game.
The pitch was tilted toward the Pacific end in the final minutes of regulation and injury time. A set piece off a corner kick found Daniel Nimick but his redirection was turned aside in the 87th minute. Two minutes later, off another corner, a shot dribbled through but caromed off the far post. HFX Wanderers' midfielder Mo Omar dribbles away from the defence of two Pacific FC players during a Canadian Premier League quarter-final Saturday at the Wanderers Grounds. - Trevor MacMillan / Canadian Premier LeagueAfter the final whistle, a melee broke out at midfield. As he celebrated the Pacific victory, fullback Kunle Dada-Luke made an obscene gesture toward the Wanderers Grounds grandstand. Nimick and keeper Yann Fillion confronted Dada-Luke which drew a crowd.
It was the second 1-0 win of the week for Pacific. Adonijah Reid’s season-saving goal in injury time late Wednesday night lifted the Tridents to a thrilling first-round playoff win over York United on Vancouver Island.
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