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Higuain Scored Twice, Leaving Real Madrid Unbeaten American Tour
Real Madrid completed their tour and training in California territory with a well deserved 2-3 victory against the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team with the best record in Major League Soccer USA (MLS), which started winning by 2 -0 and at the end could be thrashed.
As promised the Portuguese Jose Mourinho, for the second and last friendly match on U.S. soil would give input on the Spanish team to the World Cup. During the first part went Ramos and Albiol, Garay and Drenthe, in Lass midfield, Diarra and Di Maria, while above were Granero, Van der Vaart and Benzema.
The combination made by Mourinho did not work, there was no understanding between the lines, less coordinated and up, Benzema, back off, so for Jamaican goalkeeper nothing disturbed the Galaxy, the international Donovan Ricketts. While the Galaxy played the ball better, had more threatening attack and as a result would come two goals at the end of the first part.
The first came courtesy of Todd Dunivant defender who last touched the ball head which had topped the left post central Omar González-Hispanic young hope of the Galaxy-a corner kick that carried Landon Donovan. In the 40th minute and Real Madrid was lost in his defensive play, which resulted in a hard tackle hiciese Drenthe Juninho forcing the match referee Arkadiusz Prus, report the maximum penalty in injury time. Donovan, made no mistake and beat goalkeeper Dudek.
The Galaxy 2-0 in favor of reflected what had been in the area, something that did not like at all to Mourinho, insists that although he does not care about the results of friendly matches in the locker room completely changed the team less Ezquiel Argentine central defender Garay.
Theorists came out full and completely changed the game and the image of the team. As a consequence also the marker, with Higuain, confirming that the man is indisputably the team goal, to get the first two of the comeback.
Higuain not spare the 52nd minute to round off a perfect cross from Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who was again the most active player and danger of the Spanish team, with an enviable physical power, which in addition also delighted with his technique to the nearly 90,000 people who filled the Rose Bowl. But it would be again the “Pipit” Higuain who got the tie at 2-2 when he met 62 minutes to collect a rebound of Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders. Read the rest of this entry »