The American team understood that this time they had no room for error in their third and final group match against the Iranian soccer team.
With this in mind, Gregg Berhalter’s men took on the Iranian soccer team in a match that was described by many as a “duel of the enemy countries”.
The Iranians tried to hold off the Americans, but could not resist. Indeed, the Americans won with difficulty on the score of one goal to zero (1-0) validating their ticket to the round of 16 of the Qatari world.
We were not on a political field, nor on a battlefield, but rather on the green rectangle, in a spirit of fair play or the teams delivered an intense and dense battle with a possession slightly favorable to the team of CONCACAF, 51 against 49% for the Americans. In the 38th minute of the game, the Chelsea player, Christian Pulicic found the breach in the opponent’s defense to score the saving goal. He took the ball from a cross of Serginio Dest. The intervention of the Iranian goalkeeper did not prevent him to conclude the action in all beauty for the happiness of the country of “Uncle Sam”.
The Americans fought a good battle and finished in second place behind England with 5 points and will play the round of 16 against the Netherlands (Saturday 10am). On their side, the Iranians are in third position with 3 points and will return home.