Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandezleader of LA Galaxy who faces this Thursday in the ‘playoffs’ of the mls a Los Angeles FC (LAFC), praised his compatriot Carlos candlea benchmark for the rival team, and placed him among the best footballers to have come out of his country.
“For me Candle He is one of the best players in the history of Mexicowithout a doubt,” he said. ‘Chicharito’ at a press conference.
With the duel of Mexican strikers as a great incentive, ‘Chicharito’ He clarified, however, that he sees this long-awaited Los Angeles classic as one more game of “eleven against eleven.”
“For me it is LAFC against LA Galaxy“, he pointed.
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 who has only lost one game of his last twelve, won in the first round of the qualifiers Nashville (1-0) while the LAFC it qualified directly for the semifinals for having been 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 the MLS Cup: The 2019 West Semifinals in which the LAFC was imposed on Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Galaxy by 5-3.
“They are two teams that have had a great season, both with 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 our heads,” he said.
The Angels has never won MLS Cup in its short history (it started 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 and Giorgio Chiellini arrived while the Galaxy signed the Spaniard Riqui Puig and the Uruguayan Martín Cáceres.
This year, LAFC and Galaxy The faces have been seen on three occasions with two wins for Chicharito’s men (one of them in the ‘US Open’ Cup) and one victory for Vela’s men.
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