The one who is world champion, celebrates as he wants.
This Saturday, three months after the
World Cup in Qatar
,
Thiago Almada
celebrated the date with a great goal for which it is difficult to find the right adjective: wonderful, huge, impressive, great...
Just watch the video and say the first thing that comes up.
Atlanta
United
was leading the
Portland Timbers
1-0 when the former Vélez took charge of a free kick that seemed a bit far from the goal defended by the Slovenian goalkeeper Aljaz Ivacic.
Due to location and difficulty, those with memories may associate this shot by Thiago with the one taken by
Lionel Messi
, against the United States, in the semifinals of the
2016 Copa América
, but in Houston.
For many, the best free-kick goal of Messi's 60 career (50 with Barcelona, 1 with PSG and 9 with the National Team).
But going back to Atlanta and Almada, the 21-year-old star who emerged in Vélez
emulated Messi but did it with his right leg
, pulling off a spectacular shot that made the perfect swing, opening and closing until hitting the poor goalkeeper's left post. who flew but would never have stopped him.
Thiago ran towards the substitute bench, to shout it out loud, while the
Mercedes Benz Stadium
turned its lights on and off to give way to the characteristic show every time there is a goal in MLS
,
with the public applauding as if they were watching a match of the NBA or the NFL.
"Direct to Puskas" was the comment that circulated through the networks as soon as Thiago's goal went viral, which would crown his night with another goal,
in which the red and black team ended up being beaten 5-1
.
With this victory, Almada's team climbed to the top of the Eastern Conference of the tournament after four dates in which they accumulated three wins and a draw.
And Thiago's start in the 2023 tournament is "world champion style": he leads the global league scorer table with four goals, and also that of the top assisters, with four assists.
In his celebration, Almada did not forget his origins: he hugged his companions
and showed a T-shirt from Fuerte Apache
, the Ejército de los Andes neighborhood located in Ciudadela, west of Greater Buenos Aires, where he was born and to which he returns every time he travels. to the country, as he will do next week when he joins the Argentine National Team to play the friendlies against Panama and Curaçao.
look too
An Argentine goalkeeper scored a goal from goal to goal rarely seen to sink Colo Colo
Paolo Goltz gave Independiente a penalty, in one of the most unusual plays in the history of Argentine football
With a mention of Messi, Guardiola's irony after removing Haaland and cutting his scoring streak again