ADDED TIME The Ukrainian top-tier match between Rukh Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv lasted four and a half hours, because air raid sirens forced a trio of delays
What inspired your move to Montreal a couple of years ago?
I’d had a very bad time with injuries, so I wanted to leave Tottenham to play football again. There was interest in Europe, but I moved here because Thierry Henry was the manager then, and he convinced me to come over. I wanted to explore a little bit and see a different league. Then a month after I moved, the pandemic happened.
How did that affect you?
It slowed down the process of me getting to know the city and my teammates – I couldn’t adapt that quickly. Mostly, I was just staying in the house, which made training difficult. Montreal