Ian McIntyre didn’t see Gabriel Oksanen’s red-card challenge and was unwilling to declare afterwards whether the foul warranted a sendoff. But he was forthcoming on how it changed the match.
Syracuse was forced to sit deeper in a 4-4-1 formation, which quickly became a 5-3-1, in order to maintain a foothold in the game. It mostly worked, with SU even having a 2-1 lead with less than 20 minutes to play.
Yet as time ticked, playing a man down became too much of a hurdle to climb even with tactical tweaks.
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