Riqui Puig: The result doesn’t leave the MLS in a good place

Arsenal She won the All-Star Game Comfortably 5-0 against the MLS All-Stars, thanks to goals from Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho on penalties, Gabriel Martinelli and Kai Havertz, Wednesday night at Audi Stadium in Washington.

“It’s true that the score is very wide and probably doesn’t leave MLS in a very good place, but I think we had chances and we couldn’t score goals, but hey, we have to keep fighting,” he said. Riqui PuigMidfielder Los Angeles Galaxy.

For those led by Mikel Arteta, it’s a pre-season game, but the rhythm and understanding among the group of players was evident. On the part of MLS, led by Wayne Rooney, it was more of an exhibition game consisting of various elements of North American League teams.

“We didn’t train together almost any day, and that was noticed. We played 33 minutes for a player who used to play 90 minutes knows how to manage that, and playing 33 minutes doesn’t feel like much for me. I would have liked to have played more minutes. Puig, player Former Barcelona: “Arsenal is also one of the best teams in the Premier League, it was a very difficult game and even when you don’t have that feeling with players they never train with them.”

In the end, the feelings of the event and the spectacle itself were positive, especially in the face of elite European teams so that MLS could continue to develop.

“It’s a very nice experience, obviously to play against a team of this magnitude like Arsenal who have had a great season, who are playing in the best league in the world is amazing. I personally enjoyed it despite the result,” said Columbus Crew midfielder Lucas Zilarayan.

After the MLS All-Star Game hiatus, North American League teams are focusing on their upcoming competition with their clubs, which will be the League Cup against Liga MX teams.

For its part, Arsenal continues its pre-season tour in the United States. Their next stop is Manchester United in New York on Saturday.

starting formations

MLS ALL STAR: Roman Burkie, Ryan Hollingshead, Jacob Glessnes, Walker Zimmerman, Alvaro Barreal, Jose Martinez, Riqui Puig, Hani Mokhtar, Dennis Bouanga, Christian Benteke and Luciano Acosta.

Arsenal: Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Jacob Keewor, Jorginho, Leandro Trossard, Fabio Vieira, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Jesus.

Over the course of 90 minutes, these changes were:

33′ After the water break, Wayne Rooney sent six changes to the MLS team.

Starting: Riqui Puig, Christian Benteke, Denis Bouanga, Hani Mokhtar, Jose Martinez and Roman Burki (goalkeeper)

Income: Carles Gil, Jesus Ferreira, Thiago Almada, Aidan Morris, Christian Espinosa and Tyler Miller (goalkeeper).

In the second half, more changes came to those of MLS.

Out: Walker Zimmerman, Alvaro Barreal, Luciano Acosta, Ryan Hollingshead and Jacob Glisnes.

Starring: Tim Parker, John Tolkien, Lucas Zelarayan, John Gallagher and Matt Miazga.

On the Arsenal side, Karl Heine (goalkeeper), Martin Odegaard and Kai Havertz entered at the start of the second half, replacing Aaron Ramsdal (goalkeeper), Eddie Nketiah and Bukayo Saka. Ten minutes later, Leandro Trossard had to be taken off by a blow, and Gabriel Martinelli took his place.

The 65th minute was when Mikel Arteta made the bulk of the changes, taking the starting elements. They left, William Saliba, Jacob Cuyoor, Jorginho, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Magalhaes and Fabio Vieira. Giving way to Jurriën Timber, Kieran Tierney, Declan Rice, Folarin Balogun, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Marquinhos.

In the 68th minute, Rooney sent the rest of the stars to watch the minutes: Hector Herrera, Mathieu Choinier, Jordan Morris, Kei Kamara, Giorgos Giakomakis and Djorgi Petrovic.

North American player, Austin Trustee, saw minutes for Arsenal in the 80th minute.