During the night from Sunday to Monday, Los Angeles FC validated its ticket for the semi-finals of the Western Conference in Major League Soccer. The club based in the Exposition Park district dominated Austin (4-1) in the return match of the first round of the playoffs.
A meeting during which Hugo Lloris stood out by stopping a penalty, albeit poorly taken. Indeed, the French goalkeeper repelled the attempt of Albanian striker Myrto Uzuni at the end of the first half.
A mini event insofar as the former Tottenham goalkeeper is not really known for being effective in this exercise. Last September, he had already stopped a penalty, very fortunately, during LAFC’s victory against Real Salt Lake (1-4).
Lloris and penalties, a whole story
“Generally speaking, I have not been very successful in my career in this exercise, confided Hugo Lloris to The Team in January 2023. That didn’t stop me from saving important penalties, and I won some penalty shootouts, but I lost a lot of them, too. There are goalkeepers who are more successful than others. In fact, there are things I don’t know how to do. »
Perhaps the 38-year-old will have the opportunity to stop another in his next encounter. It will be against Vancouver, during the last four of the Western Conference.
