Chapter 41: One Goal and One Assist

Seeing the LA Galaxy players hugging each other and cheering wildly, Mercedes Benz Stadium boos shook the sky.

"One to zero! The LA Galaxy star Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring! ”

"Beautiful counter-attacking goal! Atlanta United's captain Parkhurst was so easily beaten that he was completely overwhelmed by Ibrahimovic, who was like a god! ”

"Zero to one! Last year's champions, Atlanta United, are behind the LA Galaxy at home! At the start of the season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic showed unrivalled dominance, scoring a hat-trick against the Chicago Fire last time out. ”

"And in this game, Ibrahimovic gave Atlanta United, who are proud of the Mercedes Benz Stadium, a blow to Atlanta United, which is trying to defend the title!"

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In the broadcast camera, the head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy on the sidelines, Argentine Shelotto, jumped up after Ibrahimovic scored and high-fived the assistant coach in celebration. Shelotto, the team's new manager in 2019, came through the youth gymnastics academy in La Plata, played for Boca Juniors and Columbus Crew as a player, and won the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Supercopa Sudamericana, Argentine League and Toyota Cup with Boca Juniors.

During his time with the Columbus Crews, he won major league championships and regular season championships with the team.

After hanging up his boots, Shelotto coached Lanús, where he led them to the Copa Sudamericana before returning to Boca Juniors as manager in 2016. Scieroto led Boca Juniors to the Argentine Premier League title and helped them reach the final of last season's Copa Libertadores.

In the latest edition of the "World Football Rankings" website's top 50 world managers, Shelotto ranks eighth as the coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy, and his coaching ability is beyond doubt!

Schelotto stood on the sidelines with a smile on his face and applauded the players, he loved the feeling of being in control!

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At the end of the first half, the LA Galaxy returned to the away dressing room with a one-goal lead.

"Atlantans won the MLS championship trophy last time, so this season they seem to have no one in mind, although they are at home, they dare to launch such a crazy attack!" With that, Shelotto turned to look at the starting goalkeeper Bigham and said, "David, can you count how many Atlantans you faced in the entire first half?" ”

Without waiting for Bigham to answer, he looked at the defender Ruoya, who was not performing well or even said to be bad, and said: "Grandville, if it weren't for the mistake of the opposing defender Parkhurst, you would be the lowest-rated player in the first half of both teams, there is no one!" ”

"Who are we? Great LA Galaxy people! Who allowed them to be powerful before us? Did you hear the boos that just filled the room? Kill them! Shut them all up! One goal doesn't satisfy me yet!! ”

After finishing speaking, Shelotto looked at the players who were full of fighting spirit and nodded with satisfaction, and began to lay out the tactics for the second half, as well as make arrangements and explanations for some details.

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In the second half, the LA Galaxy players, who were motivated by Shelotto in the locker room, played toughly, especially Joa, who did not perform well in the first half, as if he was a different person.

In the face of Atlanta United striker Martinez's dribbling rush, Joa broke the ball with a clean outstretched leg, and then quickly transferred to Alexandria on the left.

Alessandria dribbled the ball along the left flank at high speed, and after attracting the attention of the opposition, he suddenly crossed and Dos Santos stepped forward to meet and then passed the ball to Simpson on the right.

Simpson got the ball and dribbled forward, suddenly stopped in the penalty area and pulled the ball back, and then passed the ball directly half-high!

Ibrahimovic received the ball at the top of the box and Ibrahimovic won when defender Halford stepped up and stretched out his leg to try to cut off the ball at Ibrahimovic's feet. Ibrahimovic relied on his excellent physical fitness to resist Halford and successfully completed the turn.

"Simpson passes the ball on the right! Ibrahimovic got the ball and Halford stepped forward to defend closely! ”

"Oh my God! Ibrahimovic's body is so good, the 22-year-old Halford is like a little girl in front of the 37-year-old Ibrahimovic, and he can't compete with him at all! ”

"Ibrahimovic completes the turn! Going to bang on the door?! ”

At this time, another defender, Parkhurst, saw that Halford couldn't carry Ibrahimovic, and hurriedly came up to assist in the defense. Ibrahimovic was about to shoot with his right foot, but Halford, who was cheating, stretched out his foot to defend, but pulled the ball back, and Halford lost his balance and sat on the pitch.

"Halford is a big shame this time, he was deceived by Ibrahimovic and fell directly into the penalty area!"

Halford fell and Ibrahimovic was stunned for a while, what's the matter, this kid wants to touch porcelain?

But immediately, he saw Dos Santos who ran inside and cut in, Ibrahimovic did not hesitate to kick the ball to Dos Santos, and when Dos Santos received the pass from Ibrahimovic, there was not a single defender around!

Halford is still sitting on the ground, Parkhurst is behind Ibrahimovic, and Dos Santos faces Atlanta United goalkeeper Guzan!

"Good opportunity!! Dos Santos!! ”

Guzan, who had no teammates around him, gritted his teeth and rushed up to break the football, but Dos Santos did not hesitate, and directly kicked a perfect arc with a pick-up shot on the spot, and the football crossed Guzan!

Atlanta United goalkeeper Guzan knew it was over when Dos Santos picked the shot, and he didn't do a jumping action at all, because it was too high to reach, so he could only watch the football bounce into the goal!

“Goooooaaaaallllll!!!!”

The commentator who had practiced lung capacity let out a long list of chants.

"Dos Santos is the next league for the LA Galaxy! Beautiful goal, LA Galaxy leads Atlanta United by two goals!! ”

"Ibrahimovic received a pass from Simpson at the top of the box, his tough body and beautiful feints shook Atlanta United goalkeeper Halford and set up Dos Santos to score with ease!!"

"Two Atlanta United defenders were a disgrace at Ibrahimovic today, they were teased by Ibrahimovic!!"

"Then there's Joa, who came off the bench. Although the first half was almost sleepwalking, the performance after the second half was extremely good, and this time the goal was scored by him after cutting off the ball from Atlanta United striker Martinez! ”

Ibrahimovic picked up the assist and hugged Dos Santos as the pair celebrated at the corner flag as the LA Galaxy fans in the away stand cheered and chanted his name as soon as Dos Santos scored.

Nearly 40,000 Atlanta United fans are silent, and the last MLS champion team was completely abused by the Los Angeles Galaxy in this game!!