But no one in burgundy could produce that crucial final touch to open the scoring, leaving the game in no man’s land. And if you’ve watched the Giovanni Savarese-era Timbers at all, you know that’s an invitation they often seize upon – even playing on short rest, in mile-high altitude. They are opportunistic survivors, and you’d better draw some real blood when you get the jump on them.
“You’re trying to get used to the altitude and we play, on top of that, four days ago, so it wasn’t easy to really come in the first half and be as sharp and as precise as we wanted to be,” said Mabiala. “So we just wanted to not concede in the first half, to go back to the locker room at halftime, make some adjustments.”
