{"id":158306,"date":"2024-03-04T10:21:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/a-perfect-clasico-joseph-paintsil-on-galaxy-derby-win\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:21:51","slug":"a-perfect-clasico-joseph-paintsil-on-galaxy-derby-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/04\/a-perfect-clasico-joseph-paintsil-on-galaxy-derby-win\/","title":{"rendered":"A perfect Clasico- Joseph Paintsil on Galaxy Derby win \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana winger Joseph Paintsil\u2019s fine start to life in the Major League Soccer (MLS) continues after the former KRC Genk player scored his debut goal.<\/p>\n<p>Paintsil scored in Los Angeles Galaxy\u2019s 3-1 win over San Jose Earthquakes in the California Derby popularly referred to as the Cali Clasico.<\/p>\n<p>The 26 year old scored in the 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0minute and assisted Devan Joveljic\u2019s goal in the 43<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0minute before Riqui Puig rounded up the win with a finish in the 48<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n<p>The assist is Paintsil\u2019s first for Galaxy and it comes after the Black Stars player won a penalty kick for Galaxy in his debut game in the MLS. Galaxy drew 1-1 with Lionel Messi\u2019s Inter Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the win on his X (formerly Twitter) page, Paintsil capped the performances against San Jose as the \u201cperfect clasico\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPerfect CALI CL\u00c1SICO evening. A goal, an assist &amp; 3 points. God did\u201d Painstil wrote after playing 69 minutes in the win.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581473\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Paintsil-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581473\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Paintsil Photo Courtesy: @josephpaintsil_<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"attachment_581472\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Paintsil-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581472\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Joseph Paintsil Photo Courtesy: @josephpaintsil_<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paintsil joined LA Galaxy after featuring at the 2023 AFCON for Ghana\u2019s Black Stars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Joseph Paintsil with a stunner for his first MLS goal!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLSSeasonPass?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLSSeasonPass<\/a>:\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/hgVjdcApJD\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DJBupvop6i\">pic.twitter.com\/DJBupvop6i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Major League Soccer (@MLS)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS\/status\/1764139156052062664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Perfect CALI CL\u00c1SICO evening .A goal, an assist &amp; 3 points. God did\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JP<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LAGalaxy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LAGalaxy<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hi9xwZVyAO\">pic.twitter.com\/hi9xwZVyAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph Paintsil (@josephpaintsil_)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josephpaintsil_\/status\/1764223897216467260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana winger Joseph Paintsil\u2019s fine start to life in the Major League Soccer (MLS) continues after the former KRC Genk player scored his debut goal. Paintsil scored in Los Angeles Galaxy\u2019s 3-1 win over San Jose Earthquakes in the California Derby popularly referred to as the Cali Clasico. 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