USA national team advanced to the Round of 16 as runners-up in Group B after beating Iran national team 1-0 in FIFA World Cup 2022 Group stage, Group B at Al Thumama Stadium.
This game is on the side of the United States. Who invaded hard and in the 38th minute from a long ball stroke from the center of the field and Serkino Dest tackled the brew for Christian Pulisic, headed to take the ball into the goal USA leads 1-0.
And in injury time, in the 45+7 minute, USA almost got the second goal from Timothy Weah’s shot, but the assistant referee raised the flag for offside. unfortunately missed
The rest of the time there were no goals scored. At the end of the first half, the USA side was leading 1-0.
Arrived in the second half, in the 65th minute, Iran had a chance to equalize. from the shooting moment in the penalty area of Saman Ghoddos, but the ball slipped out of the frame with a chance to win
At the end of the game, the Iranian side still did not give up. Open the game to invade. But the support of the USA It can also help extract it.
In the injury time, in the 90+3 minute, Iran received a free kick and Mortessa Pouraliganji had a header, but the ball fell off the first post.
And in the 90+8 minute, Iran had a chance to win as close as possible from the moment Mehdi Taremi threw the ball through England’s goalkeeper Jordan Pickford. but the ball is not strong enough before USA will be able to follow and kick out.
There are no more doors after that. The end of the game was for the USA side, winning 1-0, taking 3 important points, and successfully qualifying for the last 16 teams as group runners-up.
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