MONTERREY, Mexico – The LA Galaxy were close to knocking off C.F. Monterrey in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal, now if they are to pull off an impressive comeback, finishing the match will be key.
Speaking to reporters prior to the club’s training session on Tuesday, LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan stressed that a complete performance –with zero late goals— will be mandatory if LA is to advance past the two-time defending CCL winners.
“I think we turned off a bit on some plays [in the first leg]and it’s been a little bit of a characteristic of our team so far this year. So us older guys, us leaders need to take more control in those situations and make sure that we don’t get sloppy and give up late goals,” said Donovan. “ We've given up too many late goals, too many chances immediately after we score goals, we've given up too many opportunities late in games that we were better in, so we've got to be better about that.”
If they can manage that, than Donovan believes that a result is possible, regardless of the odds.
“ We've got a lot of players who've played in these games, know how to deal with these games and we have a lot of quality on our team,” Donovan said.” Is it a perfect scenario? No, but there’s every chance we can make something happen and pull off a special result.”
