You should never, ever give up – that’s the lesson Marco Reus could teach us all.The German veteran has been one of the best European midfielders for years, but he has missed just one vital thing – a league title.Not a single Bundesliga crown to his name during his 12-year spell at Borussia Dortmund, ending as a runner-up a heartbreaking seven times! It must have been painful to almost reach the end of your career without lifting the most important domestic trophy. So he decided to change the club and the entire continent as he went straight to Los Angeles Galaxy as a free agent in August 2024.Enough to make a grown man cry pic.twitter.com/tuokAEzAsd— Khaya (@Khaya_LFC) December 8, 2024 A few months later, after only five appearances for his new side, the 35-year-old Reus celebrated the Major League Soccer (MLS) championship title!Despite finishing the regular season in fourth place, behind Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami (among the others), LA Galaxy triumphed in all five playoff games, including the showdown against New York Red Bulls (2-1).##NAJAVA_MECA_8555047##Messi’s Inter shockingly lost to Atlanta in the Round of 16, while Reus and his side had no issue with their respective rivals on their road to the final (2-0 win vs Colorado, 6-2 win vs Minnesota, 1-0 win vs Seattle).”I don’t know if this is a Hollywood finale, but it is a big day,” Reus admitted after the match. “You always work your whole career toward being successful, trying to reach as many finals as possible and then win.”That didn’t work out so much for me in Germany, but as I said when I arrived, the goal was always to continue being successful.”🏆 FIRST TO SIX 🏆 pic.twitter.com/tAH6gvgNOK— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) December 7, 2024 After coming on for the final 15 minutes of the title-deciding game, Reus lifted his arms in joy.”If it had been a normal game, I wouldn’t have played – not at all,” he admitted after the victory. “In the end, I didn’t care [about the injury].”
