Riqui Puig, like Messi against Madrid: “It came from within”

Riqui Puigwho scored a good goal for him LA Galaxy this Tuesday in his Los Angeles Cup match against Los Angeles FC (LAFC), ensured the celebration of that goal, recalling the iconic image of Leo Messi against Real Madrid in 2017, it came “from within”.

“During the game there were also (LAFC) fans who pushed a lot, sometimes disrespectfully. But hey, it is what it is,” he told the media after the match, justifying his celebration.

“The truth comes from within. I am very happy. Now the Galaxy they can rule this city of The Angels And I’m very happy about it,” he added.

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with a goal from puighe LA Galaxy of Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez qualified this Tuesday for the quarterfinals of the Copa US Open by leaving LAFC 0-2 in the Los Angeles derby with nothing Carlos’ candle and there are many substitutes in his eleven.

Tyler Boydwith the goal of good quality as well, sealed the other goal for a Galaxy where puig he missed a first-half penalty and needed a cheer after starting the MLS season in dreadful fashion (bottom-bottom in the West with just two wins in 13 games).

With a 0-1 score against LAFC, Puig He sealed the game in the 52nd minute with a great goal after picking up the ball in the center circle, racing towards the rival area, cutting two defenders from LAFC with amazing movement and chipping the ball with a lot of class in front of the local goalkeeper.

Puig celebrated his breakthrough goal by taking off his shirt and displaying his number 6 behind the stadium where the cheerleaders of the LAFCan image very similar to that of Messi in 2017 celebrating an epic 2-3 in Barcelona’s discount in the field of real Madrid.

Asked about his success against an LAFC with many absences (Carlos Vela, Denis Bouanga, Ilie Sánchez, and José Cifuentes.etc.), Puig considered the Cup “a trophy on par” with the others.

“I think it depends on how you want to face it. They have wanted to face it in one way and we in another, like a final. And we have taken it with us,” he said.

“I think we deserve it. And I’m very happy to win my first ‘traffic’,” he said, referring to the colloquial name for the football derby in The Angels.

Despite the difficult start of the year Galaxythe Catalan deemed the team “working very well in recent weeks” although there was still much to improve.

“Yes, it’s true that lately we’ve been touched a bit mentally and this is making it so that in some games, when they score the first goal, then it’s very difficult to react. But hey, I think we’re going to push it forward and we are very united, more than ever,” he argued.

“Today we played very well. The last twenty minutes I think we slowed down a bit. But we have to continue with the same intensity and want more”, he promised.