3-3: Bale gives Los Angeles FC the first MLS in its history!

Los Angeles FCsaved by Gareth Bale in a crazy endgame, he won the MLS Cup for the first time in its history, lose in the final Philadelphia Union after reaching extra time tied at three goals (3-0 after penalty shootout).

If the Pennsylvania team was mentally broken in the fatal penalty shootout, because their first three shooters did not send the ball to the back of the net, Denis Bouanga, Ryan Hollingshead and former Barça player Ilie Sánchez, but moments before, Gareth Bale allowed his fierce goal to reach launches from 11 meters.

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The Welshman, barely used since his arrival in California this summer, but only a substitute for Mexico’s Carlos Vela, headed in an equalizer eight minutes into added time. “It’s always good to score in the final and I feel like I have the ability to do it. This title is important for the club, it’s important for the fans. Credit goes to everyone because we keep pushing and fighting. It’s nice to feeling.” said Bale..

It was enough to save his side, who had just conceded 3-2 after Jack Elliott’s goal four minutes earlier. Philadelphia tied the game at 2-2 in the 85th minute, with the goalkeeper completely forgotten at the far post by the opposing defense.

At that exact moment LAFC seemed to have been knocked out, as they also believed they had done the hardest part two minutes earlier thanks to their defender, the Colombian Jesús Murillo, author of a powerful header after receiving a corner from Vela.

This final, pitted against the top two teams in the regular season in each of the Western and Eastern conferences, suddenly became exciting, after a difficult time that nevertheless saw US midfielder Kellyn Acosta open the scoring for LAFC in a free shot slightly deflected off the bar (28′).

Philadelphia responded first with Hungarian attacking midfielder Daniel Gazdag, who deceived the goalkeeper with a powerful shot (59′), after seeing the ball land at his feet by his Venezuelan teammate José Andrés Martínez .