The Los Angeles team adds 42 points and leads Austin by one point
Bale said his debut was “incredible” and “exciting”
Mexican Carlos Vela’s LAFC won this Sunday in the complicated field of Nashville by 1-2 in a game in which the Welshman debuted Gareth Bale and the Italian Giorgio Chiellini and that it also served the Angelenos to retake the leadership of the Western Conference of the MLS.
With this win, LAFC, the best team in MLS to date, adds 42 points and leads Austin by one pointwhich has also played one more game than Vela’s team.
The Colombian Cristian Arango put LAFC ahead in the 27th minute with his eighth goal of the season and confirmed his excellent form, as he has scored six goals in his last seven games.
Hany Mukhtar tied the game for Nashville in 43 at score a penalty committed by the Spanish Ilie Sánchezbut LAFC recovered in the 46th minute with a goal from Ecuadorian José Cifuentes taking advantage of a rebound.
This is Cifuentes’ third goal in the last two games after the brace he achieved in LAFC’s win against LA Galaxy Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández 3-2 in the MLS Los Angeles derby.
Regardless of the result, the highlights for LAFC in this meeting in Nashville were the debuts of Bale and Chiellini.
Officially presented this Monday, Bale entered the field in 72 instead of Arangoplayed his first minutes in the LAFC attack alongside Vela and moved both through the center of the offense and down the right wing with a changed leg.
At the post-match press conference, Bale said it was “incredible” and “exciting” make his debut in the MLS and with his new team.
“It was good to have minutes and, even more important, to get the three points. We are happy“said the former Real Madrid player.
“The most important thing today is that everyone we fight until the last minute and we got the three points”, he added.
Bale insisted that, on an individual level, the most relevant thing at the moment for him is reach your peak form as soon as possible, since it comes from Europe where the season ended just before summer.
He also stressed that he wants “help the team” in any way you can and that he wants to absorb “the philosophy” of the LAFC game as soon as possible.
For its part, Chielliniwho was already summoned against the Galaxy but did not make his debut, was part of the starting eleven and was replaced in 1960 by the Colombian Eddie Segura.
