Spanish Galácticos Real Madrid Celebrate with a Goal Fest

LA Galaxy 1 – 5 Real Madrid

23' David Lopes – 2' Higuaín, 11' Di María, 36' Callejón, 49' Morata, 84' Jese

The Spanish giants have done it again, winning their fourth match against LA Galaxy, with a 5-1 victory.  While Real Madrid were pinned as the favorites, no one expected Galaxy to give as much trouble as they did.

Gonzalo "Pipita" Higuain got things started with a bang, sinking the first goal of evening in the second minute.  Teammate Ángel di María set the stage up when he cut inside the right and made a pass into the box.  All Pipita had to do to see the ball in the back of net was a simple touch. No one could deny that los Blancos came to the City of Angels ready to deliver a show of a lifetime.

 

It would seem that the Argentines had a knack in scoring golazos that evening.  Not ten minutes later, Di María claimed a goal of his own, sending the ball towards Saunders's near post.  The Galaxy GK was not pleased.  Speaking of goalkeepers, Iker Casillas did well to deflect former teammate David Beckham's free kick further along the half.

Galaxy would have the next goal at the 23' mark, when Omar Gonzalez headed a ball across the face of goal, David Lopes finishing it off.  Perhaps Madrid's two goals were exactly what the American galácticos needed to wake up.  The LA-based team began to give José Mourinho's men some trouble, making themselves frequent fixtures in front of Casillas's box.  The man in orange was visibly perturbed with the rest of his defensive line.  As were the rest of us, San Iker, as were the rest of us...

José Callejón scored at the 36' mark, upping the goal cushion back to two.  At his assist was Pipita, who made Swiss cheese of the Galaxy backline.  Neither team would score the remainder of the half.

Coming back from the half, both teams made wholesale changes in their lineups.  No starters were left on pitch.  Within minutes, Esteban "Pirata" Granero executed an incredible pass to RM Castilla's Álvaro Morata.

Minutes passed and both teams seemed eager of scoring.  It would be Real Madrid with the final say at the 84' mark.  Karim Benzema had a beautiful run across pitch, passing to German wunderkind Mesut Özil, who then cut the ball back to Jese Rodríguez, who finished it all off.

This was certainly a game for spectators – full of excitement, excellent football, and amazing players.  Real Madrid faces Santos Laguna up next in Las Vegas, Sunday, August 5^th.  Until then, ¡Hala Madrid!

written by Gail Hidalgo