THE EX CULÉ RETURNED TO 'WET'
Riqui Puig saved the LA Galaxy again after another bad day for Chicharito
Published:11/09/2022 - 12:11h
Updated:11/09/2022 - 12:11h
Los Angeles Galaxy saved a point 'in extremis' in their visit to Nashville SC (1-1). The visitors wasted a penalty, again, at the feet of Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández, but another penalty from Riqui Puig late in the game prevented defeat.
Riqui Puig saved to Los Angeles Galaxy of a new fall in the Major League Soccer (MLS). The ones of Greg Vanney rescued a point in his visit to the Nashville SC (1-1) with a penalti converted by the ex mediocentro of the FC Barcelona, the one who defined of right with a finish to half height to sell to the goalkeeper Joe Willis, big figure of the afternoon in the Geodis Park in front of his public.
The guardameta American lució with several cut across remarkable, between them a penalti executed by Javier 'Chicharito' Hernández, the one who failed from the eleven metres by second consecutive party. The past week, the Mexican contirtió one and erró another on the end in front of the goalkeeper John Pulskamp of the Sporting Kansa City (2-2), the one who guessed him the intention to hammer it and remained stopped in the middle of the arch, cutting across without problems the soft finish of the ex forward of the Real Madrid.
In front of Nashville, 'Chicharito' chose to cross his finish down with the right, but Willis hit the place and cleared the balloon with his right hand. Luckily for the visitors, a new maximum penalty on the seventh minute of the addition was them conceived. Riqui Puig took the balloon and with a lot of determination annotated his second so much in five apparitions with the Galaxy, club in which it also adds an assistance.
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With the tie, the Galaxy arrived to 40 points and follows out of the places of classification to the 'playoff'. The ones of Greg Vanney are ninth to three points of the Real Salt Lake, but with a party less. The Nashville, by his part, chamber in the same conference with 46 points, 14 less than the indisputable leader, Los Angeles FC. The next week, the whites will visit to the Whitecaps, decimoprimeros with 34 units.
Riqui Puig recovers his best version
The player of 23 years played the 90 minutes the Saturday (finish admonished) and was one of the best of his team, very movedizo and participatory to generate danger in the rival area. The Galaxy dominated the party with clarity, to a large extent, thanks to the work of the ex player of the Barça, the one who could turn into the new cobrador of penaltis of the whites after the low effectiveness of 'Chicharito' (has failed 9, with an efficiency of 44%).
