Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandezhead of LA Galaxy who will face this Thursday in the ‘playoffs’ of mls a Los Angeles FC (LAFC), praise of his countrymen Carlos’ candlea benchmark for the rival team, and placed him among the best footballers to emerge from his country.
“For me Candle He is one of the best players in the history of Mexicono doubt,” he said. ‘Chicharito’ at a press conference.
With the rivalry of the Mexican strikers as a great incentive, ‘Chicharito’ He made it clear, however, that he sees this long-awaited Los Angeles classic as another game of “eleven against eleven.”
“It’s for me LAFC against LA Galaxy“, he pointed out.
The Angels, the best team of the regular season, will receive in its stadium the Galaxy for a spot in the Western Conference semifinals mls.
The Galaxywhich came in fourth place in the West and having lost only one game in his last twelve, won the first round of qualifiers Nashville (1-0) while the LAFC it qualified directly for the semifinals by being the best team in the conference.
There is only one precedent for an edition of ‘The traffic’, the popular name of the Los Angeles derby, in the qualifying rounds of MLS Cup: The 2019 West Semifinals where the LAFC was imposed on Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Galaxy by 5-3.
“They are two teams that have had a great season, both in their qualities and their flaws,” he said. Chicharito.
“Let’s hope that we put more of our qualities and that they don’t take advantage of our weaknesses. That’s what we have in mind,” he said.
The Angels haven’t won yet MLS Cup in its short history (it began competing in 2018) while Galaxy It is the most successful team in the league with five trophies.
Both teams have been significantly strengthened this summer: The Angels Players like Gareth Bale or Giorgio Chiellini arrived while the Galaxy signed the Spaniard Riqui Puig and the Uruguayan Martín Cáceres.
This year, LAFC and Galaxy The faces were seen on three occasions with two wins for Chicharito’s men (one of them in the ‘US Open’ Cup) and a victory for Vela’s men.
Source: La Verdad
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