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CARSON, Calif. – Zlatan Ibrahimovic does not promise the kind of fireworks that he delivered during the first El Trafico clash, but that could make the LAFC and its enraged fans think twice. .
"I feel better now, I feel much better [than I did in the first meeting]," said the Swedish superstar on Tuesday, before the LA Galaxy's initial trek at LAFC's Banc of California Stadium on Thursday night (22:30 ET | ESPN – Full TV & streaming info). "I'm where I should be."
Ibrahimovic was in town for two days and had not seen the action for more than three months when he stepped off the bench when the StubHub Center came into play on May 31 for score and win goals – the first 40-yard volley out of nowhere – to complete the Galaxy's return from a three-goal deficit in the second half for a 4-3 win.
He had only played 187 minutes since knee tearing ligament nearly a year earlier with Manchester United, and could not go much longer than head coach Sigi Schmid 20 minutes gave him At the end of the match.
"That 20 minutes was, like, after two minutes I started breathing heavily …", he said. "Conditionally, I'm getting better now. Physically, I'm better. I'm in better shape now, let's say. "
He's also very hot, Ibrahimovic has scored seven goals in his last five games – and offered a great help to Ola Kamara in the Philadelphia win last weekend – while the Galaxy (9-7 -4) won three consecutive games and played seven games without defeat, climbing to fourth place in the Western Conference
He has a dozen goals in 15 games, the fourth best in MLS, and would like to add to it in the Thursday night derby.But no promise
"[The first game] was anything unbelievable," he said. "My first 20 minutes in MLS, my first 20 minutes in Galaxy, and that's gone like that. I rank it high, and we will all remember it. …
"These are the games that are triggered you, the adrenaline, and this time we play in their stadium.I think it will be thrilling, and I'll 39, hope it will be nice for the fans, and we will go out victorious after the game. "
This will be the first time the Galaxy will be in front of the LAFC fans, and they will make fun of Ibrahimovic, both better. He has played in some of Europe's biggest rivalry games – the Milan Derby and Real Madrid-Barcelona among them – and says that he loves it "when fans whistle me. do not know what it is, but it triggers me. "
His interactions with LAFC fans around Southern California have been friendly up here.
"They want [to take] images [with me] and that's OK," he said. "I'm here for them too"
@Ibra_official is here for everyone. pic.twitter.com/Y0mwxAQLKG
– THE Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) July 24, 2018
LAFC (10-5-5), which ranks second in the West, did not not yet lost at Banc de Californie. But there will be a first time, so not now?
"I do not focus on [records and history]," said Ibrahimovic. "A game is a game, anything can happen, we play for what we have to play, it's winning the match and [playing] a good match, Records is here to break it, so we'll see what happens "
Whatever the case may be, Thursday's release will help build the tradition around the new MLS rivalry.
"It's still cool, this derby". "It's the second match." LAFC is a new team, we can not talk historically about previous games, just about the game we had [in March] but in time [there will be] talking about it, about what's going on. 39; has pbaded before, and you get new moments from this derby. "
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