Coming off the bench to score twice in the derby, and on your debut. It doesn't get anymore damn Hollywood than that. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's arrival Los Angeles was expectedly A-list. His immediate impact was pure cinematic style.
Sat on the bench with his new side 3-0 down in the first ever Los Angeles derby. Trailing to a new-born rival in their first ever season. Not even the most talented scriptwriters could have guessed that Zlatan would enter the play to equalise in stunning style and wrap things up with an injury time winner. Seriously, you can't write that, not even in LA. That's Oscar-winning sort of stuff.
Have we seen the greatest ever LA derby in game one? It'll take some beating, put it that way. As this rivalry blossoms, this is a day that'll forever be remembered, for the right or wrong reasons depending on your allegiance. We went behind the lens to capture the emotion of an intense new chapter in LA football, with a double dosage of Zlatan.
Photography by @azsoccerculture for SoccerBible.
