The assists of a great Riqui in MLS that cannot be counted in LaLiga

An official fact from Major League Soccer (mls) after the game faced LA Galaxy already Colorado This reveals the different accounting done by the statistics in the American competition with respect to LaLiga and the Champions League. “After his three-assist game tonight, Riqui Puig he has five assists in his first six MLS starts. The most recent LAGalaxy player to achieve this feat was David Beckham in 2008″, was the content after a game won 4-1 by the team of the former Barça midfielder.

The statement is sweet, with a record and the name of a legend like Beckham in the middle. He invited to see the recital of Mata depera, who retweeted information from MLS. Having seen the extensive summaries available on youtube or social networks, the first thing to highlight is the good match of Riqui Puig, who appears in all attacking plays of his team, dynamic and intuitive in recovering the ball. But assists, the so-called assists, only one, the one on the fourth goal. What now? Gaston Brugman he still has to turn and position the ball on the edge of the area to get past the goalkeeper.

And the other two? Both in the actions of 1-0 of Gaston Brugman, who scored a double, like 3-0 in Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandezthe participation of Riqui Puig This is mainly, but not because of the direct help to the scorers, but because of the previous deep pass to the two players who ended up being the author of the last definitive cross.

It seems to MLS too these past passes count as assists, something that does not happen in LaLiga, the Champions League or any other European competition. So, according to US statistics Riqui Puig He has five assists in 7 games (6 as a starter and one as a substitute), but according to the Spanish and Europeans it will be two. He also added two goals, which no one takes away from him, as well as his inclusion in the eleven days because his performance was stellar.