Christian Pulisic scored the decisive goal in the 38th minute, injuring himself in the process
“He was taken to the hospital as a precaution, he was feeling some dizziness,” said United States head coach Greg Berhalter. “He got an abdominal injury. The goal was something we’ve been talking about for a while.Article content
The United States needed to win the game to advance after earning a point in its first two; a 1-1 tie with Wales and scoreless tie with England.Article content The atmosphere created by the 42,127 fans in the Al Thumama Stadium was electric from the opening kickoff and the noise was deafening in the intimate venue from both sets of fans.
“We decide to go to a 5-4-1 , because of Iran loading the line and putting a lot of guys in the box,” Berhalter said “Their main tactic was to put it wide and get crosses in. So we wanted to deal with that.”Article content “In the second half, we came out strong and we started to close and stop all the movements from the U.S.,” Queiroz said. “I thought we created enough opportunities, and I thought we created more clear opportunities than the U.S. did in the first half.
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