FIFA World Cup: Live match and score: England VS USA
England's 6-2 demolition of Iran on Monday was truly impressive, and the superlatives have been flying ever since. Gareth Southgate must have been thrilled with the team's enterprising play
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Jude Bellingham : Rising star for Englandwith Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka shining in midfield and Sterling, Rashford and Grealish all scoring. Harry Kane didn't manage to get on the scoresheet, but he still put in an outstanding performance.
In the United States opening 1-1 draw with Wales, they saw it as an opportunity missed. The USA dominated the first half but could only score one goal. Thanks to brilliant work from Timothy Weah, they had a narrow lead going into the second half. They struggled to cope with a change of Welsh tactics and eventually conceded an equaliser.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThreeLions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ThreeLions</a> have been joined by Iran in Group B. <a href="https://t.co/uYtsumiqRs">pic.twitter.com/uYtsumiqRs</a></p>— England (@England) <a href="https://twitter.com/England/status/1509939896470974477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
England's attacking play will likely give the USA defence more trouble than they've had so far in the tournament, and England is also expected to score themselves. However, England's back line wasn't perfect against Iran, and the USA's forwards Weah and Pulisic could take advantage of that. Even though England is likely to have more of the ball, most of the dangerous play will be in the American defensive third. England will win and go through to the next round.