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Twitter skirmish during Montreal Impact game involves soccer reporters

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MONTREAL – A rivalry in waiting?

Less than 24 hours after Montreal Impact central defender Nelson Rivas and Philadelphia Union forward Jack McInerney were sent off due to a shoving match, their teams met again for the second time.

A friendly match at the Saputo Stadium between their reserved teams ended 5-1 in favour of Montreal.

But there was no shortage of pushing and fighting.

Meanwhile, Montreal and Philadelphia journalists have their own sporting rivalry going on – on Twitter.

During Saturday’s match, a visiting journalist from Philadelphia tweeted:

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And Impact media didn’t waste any time in retorting.

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