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Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Damir Kreilach of Real Salt Lake, left, celebrates after scoring against Los Angeles FC in the first half of an MLS playoff game on Thursday, November 1, 2018 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez)
LOS ANGELES – The team that had a one in a million chance to qualify for the Major League Soccer playoffs won another lottery on Thursday night.
Real Salt Lake used a deflected center from Jefferson Savarino that turned into a goal in the 69th minute to defeat the Los Angeles 3-2 football club in front of a crowd of 22,000 spectators at the Banc of California stadium. .
RSL will face Sporting Kansas City at 8 pm Sunday at Rio Tinto Stadium in the first game of a two-game series.
RSL won a tough match including 29 fouls, seven yellow cards, many announcements of the advertiser to the general public against the launch of objects on the field and 15 minutes of shutdown, including 10 in the second halftime. The visitors committed 20 fouls and received five yellow cards.
Savarino's efforts helped break the 2-2 tie. After receiving Damir Kreilach's pass on the right flank, Savarino dribbled a few meters and tried to pass the ball.
LAFC defenseman Walker Zimmerman's center and LAFC goalkeeper Tyler Miller were not able to stop him.
Five minutes earlier, LAFC had the opportunity to take the lead. But Zimmerman's head on Benny Feilhaber's flea crossed his mouth and barely missed the right post.
RSL was facing an opponent who set a league record for most points by a freshman expansion team. Still, Kreilach gave the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 21st minute.
Savarino started the scoring sequence with a pass that took off from Brooks Lennon's tibia. Jordan Harvey from LAFC tried but failed to secure the ball, but Lennon recovered the ball and dipped deep into the right corner.
Lennon crossed the ball from an extreme angle with an unidentified Kreilach, who revived him near the penalty spot and sent a shot that bounced beyond a Miller diving and diving. inside the left pole.
Four minutes earlier, Nick Rimando made a critical stop that kept the game aimless. LAFC's Carlos Vela received Lee Nguyen's long ball on the left flank and then put the ball for Diego Rossi in the penalty area. Rossi fired an 11-yard rushing shot that Rimando tipped over the crossbar with his right hand. Rimando finished with six saves.
Rimando had no chance of scoring the equalizer in the 31st minute, when Danilo Silva used a 7-meter diving header to redirect Vela's 24-meter free-kick under the crossbar.
While Rimando was leading his defense before Vela's free kick, a fan threw him something that hit him in the back of the head. Referee Mark Geiger sent the players of both teams to their respective benches, while the announcer, speaking in public, warned supporters not to throw objects on the ground.
LAFC took a 2-1 lead in the 55th minute on a 17-yard strike from Christian Ramirez in the left post. But Kreilach scored his second goal two minutes later on a 22-yard volley.
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