The United States of America met its counterpart Wales, Monday, at the “Ahmed bin Ali Al Mundial” stadium, in the second group competitions of the “Qatar 2022” World Cup.
The American team dominated the course of the game and was close to visiting the net of its Welsh opponent early, had it not been for the right post, Joshua Sargent’s header returned in the 10th minute.
Cousins Sam’s advantage resulted in a deserved goal that came in the 36th minute, after a perfect through-pass from midfielder Christian Pulisic reached Timothy Weah, who was alone and put the ball into the Welsh goal with great confidence.
Unlike the first, Wales entered the second half attacking and created many chances, the most dangerous of which was defender Ben Davies’ header, which American goalkeeper Matt Turner struggled to tackle and pushed the ball away to a corner kick in the 64th minute.
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The “Red Dragons” search for a tie continued until their goal was achieved with the 82nd minute of a penalty kick awarded by Qatari referee Abdul Rahman Al Jassim following a mistake committed by Gareth Bale, who himself translated the violation into a goal, his first in the history of the tournament.
England had opened the Group Two competitions with a great victory over Iran, with six goals to two, as Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka (two goals), Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish scored for the winner, while Mehdi Tarmi scored the loser.
With this, England topped the standings with 3 points, followed by Wales and the United States in second and third places with one point, and finally Iran with zero points.