10%

LA Galaxy win 2-0 over Philadelphia Union

Photos: Robert Mora, Bailey Holiver, and Jon Lorentz. Quotes: Zlatan, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, and Juninho

By LA Galaxy

April 14^th, 2019

LA Galaxy win 2-0 over Philadelphia Union

Guillermo Barros Schelotto

On the team’s recent form:

“I think the whole team is getting better than before. Everyone is getting confident to play in their positions. We can see how the defense is getting better game by game. I am happy with that. I think the individual level is getting better to, like Rolf [Feltscher], [Daniel] Steres, Jorgen [Skjelvik]. I am very happy.”

On the teams second half performance:

“I don’t really like the second half for us. I think we finished the game the first half, where we played really good. We managed the ball, we managed the game; we had the possibility to score, but the second half I talked with the players. We need to keep going, keep managing the ball. I think the game was even, or maybe sometimes they played better than us. But, they never went very deep. But, I didn’t really like the second half.”

Zlatan iBRAHIMOVIC

“"I try to help the team in the best way and that is to score goals. First half, I had a couple of chances, no those were the only two chances I had. In the second, I don’t think we were close even to create a chance to score. So two different games, first half and second half.”

Zlatan:

On matching Josef Martinez’ performance last year:

“I’m not focusing on this player. For me, he’s him and I am myself. I come on the field to score. My job is to score. The best way to help the team is to score. I’m in front, I try to create chances for my teammates. When I get the chance I try to score. It has nothing to do with that player or what he did. I have more than 500 goals.”

Juninho

On being back for LA Galaxy:

“It feels very good. I’ve been waiting for the moment since preseason. I’ve been through a tough situation with the knee, but I’m glad after all this time I’m back on the field to see all crowd, all the community, all of the fans. That was very special. I was about to, about the shot, but unfortunately it was not at this time. Thanks for the fans. They have something special between us. I think I have good memories of all of us. That’s why when they look out for me and they saw me running, I think for them that was a special moment too.”

“It’s part of it. It was very emotional. Thanks to Guillermo for the opportunity just to be back on the pitch since preseason. I hope I can be on the pitch more often.”

Button Label

Story Told With

Start publishing stories like this