The magnificent goal of Olivier Giroud who opens his counter with Los Angeles

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It took more than nine months, but the relief is there. Olivier Giroud finally scored his first goal in MLS, and he did it with the way. Arrived in Los Angeles in the summer of 2024, the top scorer in the history of the Blues (57 goals in 137 selections) scored a superb free kick during the spectacular draw between the Lafc and the Portland Timbers (3-3), on the night of Saturday to Sunday. In the 45th minute, when his team was led 2-0, the former AC Milan striker was responsible for a free kick at 20 meters, slightly eccentric. Surgical strike from the left, the ball touches the crossbar before ending in the nets: a splendid goal, which relaunches the Californians just before the break.

The beautiful rise of the

So far, Giroud remained silent in MLS, despite 418 minutes of play this season and a first campaign without success in 2024 (0 goal in 10 regular season games and 4 in playoffs). So far he had found the path of the nets in the cut. It is now done in the league. This first goal was not enough to offer the victory in Los Angeles, but he started a rise concluded by a penalty from Denis Bouanga, another well -known face of Ligue 1, in the last moments of the match (90th).

This goal could well score a turning point in the American adventure of Giroud. At almost 38 years old, the 2018 world champion shows that he still has great remains and that he can weigh in key moments. He had notably been replacing in the Champions Cup during the elimination against Inter Miami. In MLS, his team, currently 7th in the western conference after nine days, remains well placed to target the playoffs. After months of scarcity, the ex-Montpellier may have launched his season at the right time, and the most beautiful way.