Impact 3 – Galaxy 2: Drogba in the end suspense – Metro Montreal

Didier Drogba was the hero by offering the Montreal Impact in the dying seconds of the match, a 3-2 win against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.

In the injury time, his powerful shot franc pulled left side 30 meters from the cage, ended in the net after a foul coarse hands of the California goalkeeper Brian Rowe.

This is the first success impact at Saputo stadium this season after a defeat and two draws. This is the end of a sequence of six games without a win

You should have seen and especially heard, the atmosphere after the goal of the Ivorian star. More than 20,000 ecstatic spectators who chanted in heart “Drogba” and bleachers that vibrated.

euphoria that is carried in the locker room of the impact, as evidenced by this video defender Hassoun Camara.

in the 56th minute, Lucas Ontivero gave a first advantage Montrealers with his first goal of the season. The shooting of the right of the Argentine southpaw finished in the top corner of Rowe.

But in the aftermath, the Galaxy tied it on a shot pivot Mike Magee (58th).

in the first period, Californians have needed just eight minutes to open the scoring. On a ball in the air as the Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush seemed to be able to seize an unfortunate deviation from the back of Maxim Tissot finished the feet of Giovani dos Santos. The Mexican had no choice but to finish the job in a goal

Abused in defense in the first half hour, Montrealers came back to score on a masterful against attack. D first a clearance of Bush’s fists, then a pass from Didier Drogba for Dominic Oduro. Altruistic, the Ghanaian delivered a perfect offering to his captain Ignacio Piatti, who adjusted his flat right foot Rowe in the 26th minute.

In a fast paced and very enjoyable game, both teams provided several situations to score. Oduro nearly doubled the lead in the 36th, but his shot from the right ended in the side netting. For its part, the Galaxy, which took almost 65% of the possession in the match, repeatedly destabilized defense Impact on short passing phases.

Presented d a hip injury, Drogba was back at the forefront of the Montreal attack after missing the game in Orlando last Saturday.

the Ivorian scored his fourth goal of the season, and Ignacio Piatti, his seventh.

the impact back to third place in the Eastern Conference, but tied at 19 pts with its predecessors, the New York Red Bulls and the Union Philadelphia. In the West, the Galaxy, which has just suffered his third straight loss, is fifth.

For the record, while Real Madrid won its eleventh Champions League a few hours earlier, three former winners of the trophy clashed on Saturday lawn: Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole (Chelsea in 2012) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool in 2005)

the blue-white-black. will not play at home in MLS before 25 June and receipt of Sporting Kansas City. Next match: Wednesday, June 1 in Toronto for the semi-final of the National Championship. The return match will take place on June 8 at Saputo Stadium.