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MONTREAL — There’s at least four-million reasons why Cavalry FC will have its hands full with the Montreal Impact come Wednesday night.

Make that 4.443 million reasons.

That’s the cash value the Major League Soccer club is paying its star, Argentine talent Ignacio Piatti, to lead the Impact this season.

Yeah … it’s a far cry from what the top man of Cavalry is making in the team’s inaugural campaign.

But that’s another story.

This one is about how the Impact — behind Piatti’s ‘million-dollar right leg’ — can hurt the Cavs in the Canadian Championship semifinal round.

“Piatti has been a constant threat and is probably one of the best in the MLS the last few years for the Impact,” said Cavalry goalkeeper Marco Carducci.

“Piatti is a special player,” agreed Cavalry assistant coach Martin Nash. “When he’s in the mood, he’s brilliant and one of the best players in the MLS, so he’s somebody we’ve got to be aware of.