Los Angeles Galaxy defeat CA Morelia 2-1 to go joint top of Group A – CCL News
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Los-Angeles-Galaxy-c39818 won the home tie against Mexican counterparts CA Morelia at The Home Depot Center on September 28. The winner was scored by midfielder Juninho, who netted the ball in the second-half injury time to seal the match at 2-1.
Los Galacticos had lost to Morelia by a similar score line at Estadio Morelos on September 13. That game was marred by a controversial offside decision, which saw a Galaxy goal being chalked off.
“Given what happened in Morelia, we thought it was a little bit unjustified,” Landon Donovan said. “The world has a crazy thing of working out when you do things the right way, so I’m proud of our guys for continuing to put in the effort and have the attitude
that we could still get that goal.”
The home team took an early lead in the 36th minute, when a one-two combination between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Todd-Dunivant-c35186 and Mike Magee resulted in Magee opening the scoring.
“I saw the ball getting crossed and I saw nobody was on the back post and I just took a chance,” Dunivant said. “It did skip through and then I heard http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mike-Magee-c25704. Before it even got to me he was yelling. He might be the best finisher on our team in terms
of pure finishing and you saw that.”
The Galaxy pushed for a winner after taking the lead and attacked http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Edgar-c11882 Lugo.
The substitutions won him rewards as the away side netted the equalizer in the 60th minute.
Damian Manso dribbled with the ball inside the penalty area and attempted to score, however, the LA defence cleared the ball, albeit poorly, and it ended at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rafael-Márquez-c30372 Lugo’s feet, who buried it into the net.
After losing to Morelia on September 13, this match was a must-win for the Galaxy. As things stand, the team is tied with Morelia and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/LD-Alajuelense-c39776 at first position with 9 points.
The MLS-based outfit now take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Motagua-c39953 in their next CCL fixture, which will decide their fate for the knock-out round qualification.
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