The USA national team will play against the national team of the Netherlands in the 1/8 finals of the 2022 World Cup.
On Tuesday, November 29, the match of the final round of the group stage of the FIFA World Cup was played, in which the USA team faced Iran.
The game took place at the “El-Tumama” stadium and ended with a score of 1:0 in favor of the North American team.
In the 38th minute, Christian Pulisic put his team ahead. Tyler Adams rolled the ball to Weston McKenney on the left wing, who sent a long cross into the far corner of the penalty area to Sergio Desta, who made a cross to the goal, where Pulisic beat the defenders and sent the ball over their line.
Iran – USA – 0:1
Goal: Pulishych, 37
Video of the goal:
Thanks to this victory, the US national team was able to overtake Iran in the standings of Group St.
After the final round, the England national team (7 points), which won the last round against Wales, leads Group B. In second place is the USA team (5 points). Both teams made it to the playoffs of the tournament.
Iran and Wales have left the current World Cup draw.
Let’s add that in the 1/8 finals, the USA team will play against the Netherlands, and England will meet with Senegal.
We will remind you that the current winner of the World Cup is the national team of France, which beat Croatia in the final of the 2018 World Cup.
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