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FIFA World Cup / Battle of the rivals, Britain and the US both win and progress to the last 16 | Sports | World Soccer Qatar 2022

Pulisic (first from left) scored the first point for Team USA. (Associated Press)

In the third round of Group B of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the United States team played against the Iranian team. The United States can only advance by winning. In the 38th minute of the first half, Christian Pulisic received a pass from his teammate and scored the first point for the United States team.

However, Pulisic collided with the Iranian goalkeeper when he scored a goal, was escorted off the field for brief treatment, and then returned to the field.


In the 51st minute of injury time in the first half, Weston McKennie’s goal was ruled out for offside.

In the 98th minute of injury time in the second half, the most tense goal of the whole game happened, Iran came to the goal and was swept away by an American defender. Iran believed that the American team had fouled and asked the referee checked the screen and gave a free throw from 12 yards, but the referee signaled the game to continue In the 100th minute, Iran came to the goal again and missed. At the end, the Iranian players cried, and the United States accepted the victory and higher to the top 16. The United States’ next game is Saturday against the Netherlands at 9 a.m. ET.

As the United States take on Iran, another event at the same time is England v Wales. England finally opened up after the 50th minute of the second half. First, Marcus Rashford scored a long shot over the wall from 25 yards from the goal. Phil Foden received the captain Harry Kane in the 51st minute Pass the ball and break the net again in just one minute.

In the 67th minute of the second half, Rushford scored another victory, finally defeating Wells 3-0. Wells did not score a point in the entire game.

England and the United States will advance to the round of 16 with first and second place in Group B.