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Ibrahimovic gets first MLS red card
    2018-05-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

EIGHT games into his U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) career, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has his first MLS red card.

The big Swede was sent off late in the first half of Monday’s game between the L.A. Galaxy and Montreal Impact for slapping Michael Petrasso on the side of the head.

Ibrahimovic was initially spared, but was shown a red card after a VAR review.

The 10-man Galaxy won 1-0 on Ola Kamara’s 75th-minute winner, but the incident was, naturally, a major topic of postmatch discussion. Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid questioned the decision – or at least certain aspects of it.

“His big toe got stepped on pretty good,” Schmid said of Ibrahimovic. “I’m a little confused. If he got stepped on and then he hit the guy, it seems to me in the order of fouls the stepping occurred first. So I don’t know why it’s not a PK.”

Ibrahimovic did not speak to media after the game.

Schmid also thought the fact that Petrasso received a yellow card was problematic.

“If they’re saying that the step was accidental, then why did they give him a yellow card?” he asked rhetorically. “It makes no sense. If you give him a yellow card it means you stepped on him on purpose, and if you stepped on him on purpose, then it’s got to be a PK. And Zlatan gets a red card for his reaction to it. So the sequential order I’m a little confused by.”

It’s not the first time Ibrahimovic has slapped an opponent. While with AC Milan, he reached around a teammate to slap a Napoli player and saw red.

It’s no surprise, either. Frustration had been growing for Ibrahimovic. The Galaxy had lost four in a row entering Monday. They’d conceded 11 goals in those four games. Ibrahimovic’s stunning two-goal debut, and his winner against the Chicago Fire, seemed like ages ago.

“We’ve talked about that,” Schmid said of Ibrahimovic’s frustration. “He wants to win and he’s more frustrated at us not being able to get results than anything else.”

(SD-Agencies)

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