Son Heung-min makes instant impact in LAFC debut and hails MLS welcome | Los Angeles FC
The South Korea star, the son Heung-Min, made his debut at MLS for the Los Angeles FC on Saturday, offering a burst of energy as a second half replacing in a 2-2 draw with the fire in Chicago.
His penalty in the 77th minute that Denis Bouanga converted to win the draw in the 81st minute – Var confirming the kick after the referee initially let play.
“Obviously, it was definitely a contact and it was definitely a penalty, I have no doubt of that,” said Son, who was sent to sprawl in the region by Carlos Teran after having gone on a breakaway. “And, yes, we bound the match, but I think we should have won this match, [so] A little disappointed.
In addition to pulling the penalty, his son had three shots to the goal – all saved with relative ease of the Guardian of the late Chris Brady.
His signed with Lafc on Wednesday for a record transfer fee of the MLS of $ 26 million transfer of $ 26 million after a decade with Tottenham in the Premier League – where he became a familiar name.
The captain of South Korea announced the previous Saturday in his homeland that he would leave the Spurs. He left while the fifth largest Tottenham scorer of all time with 173 goals in 454 appearances.
Her son’s first chance of playing in front of home fans in Los Angeles will be against the leaders of the Western Conference, San Diego, on August 31. The sound move should resonate with the large Korean community of Los Angeles. The team stadium is just south of Koreatown.
But many of his jerseys, South Korean flags and signs welcoming him to MLS were strewn in the Seatgeek stadium in Fire, and Cheers welcomed his entry to David Martinez in the 61st minute with the level of teams at 1-1.
“I really enjoyed. “I used to play in the Premier League. When I played on the field outside, they have always hooked me and that always flows the players. But it was nice to see that people celebrated, people enjoyed football. ”
Jonathan Bamba put Chicago 2-1 in the 70th minute. Teran had opened the scoring in the 11th with a head out of a corner kick. Eight minutes later, Ryan Hollingshead nodded in a corner kick to pull the level of Lafc to 1-1.
His son said during his introductory press conference on Wednesday that he felt in the shape of a fight and wanted to get on the ground “as soon as possible”. His arrival brings him together with the former Tottenham teammate, Hugo Lloris, the French goalkeeper who said that the South Korean will have a “big impact”.
“It’s great for the League, ideal for the city, ideal for the club,” said Lloris.
