0-0: ‘Chicharito’ ran into the wall of Fire

The Mexican Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandezin front of Los Angeles Galaxyran this Saturday with a wall of chicago fire and his team did not go from 0-0 on his visit SoldierField, which was attended by more than 30,000 spectators, many of them Latinos, to see the star of the Los Angeles team play.

After deciding last week the derby of Los Angeles, Chicharito failed to break the rocky defense of Firea group based on its ambitions to mls in defensive solidity and counterattack play.

The Mexican striker, who arrived in Chicago after scoring five goals in six MLS games, did a great job of serving the team and savoring the goal once the restart started, but the referee dismissed it for in the offside position.

It is played in a Field Soldier which set a capacity record this season, with 30,282 viewers. There are several flags Mexico at the stands and, as expected, many Latino fans sang and applauded Chicharito whenever he touches the ball.

And that’s it Chicago It has an important Mexican community, of nearly 1.1 million people, who are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their compatriot.

The meeting, as usual with the FireIt’s intense, tough and competitive. The technician ezra hendrickson he has been very insistent since the beginning of the season that his players should respect the functioning identity of the city they represent.

and in Fire he didn’t lack aggression, with players like the Argentine Federico Navarro or the Paraguayan Gaston Gimenez who made an important contribution to keeping the fast forward of galaxy, where the brazilian Douglas Costa and the French Samuel Grandsire they constantly swap their positions in an attempt to open up spaces.

Chicharito He tried it a few volleys to finish the hanging centers in the area, but he lacked goal on the night of Chicago.

In addition, five minutes after the restart, shortly after the disallowed goal to Chicharitodin Douglas Costa was able to send the ball under the net.

However, after a few minutes of checking in VARthe target was canceled due to the offside position of the former Juventus player or the Bayern Munich.

Ang Galaxy They were superior in almost every match, but Fire reacted in the second half and had the clearest chance of a match against the Pole boots. Kacper Przybylko.

However, the striker failed to dribble past the rival goalkeeper in one-on-one and wasted the opportunity for the lead.

On the other side of the court, the Galaxy gave way to the Mexican Efrain Alvarezwho left class details and cleverly moved the ball, although Chicago’s defense, continued to be helped by great Faith Navarrosafely handled.

The Argentine itself Navarresea midfielder with a great defensive mentality trained at Talleres Córdoba under the example of Pablo Guiñazucontains a Chicharito who, at the end of the game, stops by his side to exchange hugs and chat.

The two players held some intense duel, with fouls and protests during the match, but showed their respect for each other by ending a night with a goalless draw.

Ang Galaxy third in the West, three points behind Austin FC, while the Fire he is seventh in the East, in the ‘playoffs’ zone.

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– Game sheet:

0 – Chicago Fires: Slonin; Sekulic, Omsberg, Czichos, Pineda, Navarro; Ivanov (Reynolds, m.72), Giménez, Fede Navarro, Bornsten (Espinoza, m.62); Przybylko (Durán, d.78).

0 – Los Angeles Galaxy: Bond; Araujo (Kljestan, d.88), Coulibaly, Williams, Edwards; Leerdam, Ravelosom; Delgado, Grandsir (Alvarez, m.46), Douglas Costa (Cabral, m.72); Chicharito.

Referee: Ted Uncle. He showed a yellow card to Czichos (m.24), Pineda (m.44), Giménez (m.49), Miguel Navarro (m.70) from Fire, and to Edwards (m.38), Coulibaly (m 76), of the Galaxy.

Incidents: Match that matches the seventh day of American MLS played at Soldier Field in Chicago (Illinois, USA) before 30,282. viewers.