- 15/06/2025
The first ever World Cup game played under a closed roof.
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00:00Stewart parks coming in from the far side a little bit ambitious but it's the
00:06old saying if you don't buy a ticket you don't win the raffle and John Hawks came
00:10in deep there and a good run by it will not yet again I think you know this is
00:13going to be made the game it's very important for Switzerland to get a goal
00:16I think in the first 45 minutes
00:30difficult job today for the front by himself you know he's gonna have to
00:34chase a lot of lost causes and if we've talked about the heat already it is
00:37going to be I think Roy Wigley is going to play a big part in the game today yes
00:41we've got to think in terms of substitutes and options open to the two managers
00:45here's Compton for Switzerland very much a 13-man game particularly in the heat
00:50out here that's clear already
00:54Aurel
00:56ball would run ahead of it by Bickle
01:01didn't catch that it was cleared by Coyman behind him
01:06yes a very well-worked corner but if you look so far in the World Cup it's a very
01:10popular corner where you get the man three yards and where you roll the ball he
01:13stops it it gives you better angle to get delivery in but that got blocked and the
01:17deliver was better from the mess of the corner
01:20here's Bickle, Aurel, Reggie, Bickle, in the middle Chapoussard
01:27but the cross is too long
01:34yes he had two going in two there
01:37good delivery could have been the opening goal by the Swiss
01:39but uh you know that's football
01:42he didn't get the cross where he wanted to put it
01:47yeah that's the ball have been working on all these last few months in training
01:51Dominique Kerr actually played them all on there I think the Swiss thought he was
01:55offside but I think if you look Dominique Kerr kept them onside
01:57I think he could have used the ball
01:58this time Lallis comes in behind Dooley and they force a third corner
02:02two good corners here that's the ones we've seen when we've been watching them training in the training camp
02:06you know they look
02:07in goes Lallis good header out by Hare
02:10Bickle for Switzerland
02:15carried that well
02:17oh now then onside good decision the player coming back wasn't interfering
02:23Stewart goes near post, Hark's cross
02:26well
02:33they forced Wijnaldi wide in the end Chris
02:36it was a good decision by the linesman but then again
02:39you know it's an old saying teams who are working on coming out quick to catch the
02:42the forward so-called lazy coming back in
02:45you know they are going to complain that he was offside there
02:48so it's a corner again to the USA
02:58Dooley and Lallis taking up their familiar positions
03:01Balboa is coming in as well
03:02oh it's a lower one and it's going to come all the way out to Michael Sauber
03:09good effort well blocked Caligiuri following up the left back two decent strikes there
03:15Suter leaves it
03:22Brady curls it in goes the header and Chapuisar can't reach it at the far post
03:27it runs but until great free kicks in great positions there he goes Thomas Dooley
03:34comes across a little bit late he's fell into the box but there's no way he can give a penalty for that
03:39no and I don't think it should have been a card either because Dooley was legitimately going for the ball there
03:43so it's a free kick to Switzerland in the similar position a bit closer to goal this time and
03:49Brady lines it up
03:50Tony Miola will have to be careful here to see round or through those defenders
03:55after what happened to Spain last night
03:57Brady
03:59goal
04:00goal for Switzerland
04:04George Brady the veteran
04:07the 36 year old opens the scoring in the Pontiac Silverdome
04:13and the hosts are a goal behind
04:15well he is the free kick specialist Chris and that was the moment to prove it
04:21that's right I think Tony Miola's positioning was a bit
04:24there it is
04:25if you look at Tony Miola he thinks he's going over the wall he's a very flat footed
04:29which in many times the goalkeeper is trying to anticipate where the ball is going
04:33I think he thought he's going over the wall
04:35he's seen his feet he's moved too quick over
04:37he plays a free kick and he deserves it from me he's been the best player in the park the first half
04:41absolutely right it was a another one in a long catalogue of masterful free kicks and shots he's had for Switzerland down the years
04:49he is a specialist and as you say he caught Tony Miola flat footed I did think when they lined that wall up
04:55frankly the goalkeeper was behind the wall I don't think he had a very good view or didn't give himself
04:59a very good view
05:00who steps back isn't he
05:02and is that Tab Ramos over there as well
05:10yes
05:11Rinalda
05:14it's Eric Rinalda for the states and it was a replica Miola will be relieved now
05:27it was a replica of the goal he conceded really
05:30a curl free kick and Pascalo is left shaking his head in despair
05:35Eric Rinalda who plays in Germany brings 77,000 people to life in the Silverdome
05:43Eric he's got fantastic skill and that was a fantastic execution of a dead ball
05:49he's went over the wall which was a bit harder than what Brecky did Brecky went round it
05:53but he's actually went over the wall and he couldn't put it closer to the top corner
05:58he's got pace right in the top corner that is a fantastic execution of a free kick
06:03in the last six minutes of the first half in the opening match in the group
06:09we see two spectacular goals from free kicks we're now playing stoppage time
06:15at the end of the first half it's United States of America one Switzerland one
06:21and what Brecky could do for Switzerland
06:23and what Brecky could do for Switzerland Winalda could match for America
06:31talked about it for a long long time and they would in America now
06:34because it's been scored by a United States player Eric Winalda
06:39to cancel out the one earlier from Brecky for Switzerland
06:42and at half time in the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit
06:46it's the United States of America one Switzerland one
06:50and the shape of the ball the pace the positions
06:54it's almost a it's almost a perfect free kick isn't it
06:57yeah unstoppable this shows it beautifully
06:59initially I thought it was a long way out but as I say a perfect free kick
07:03there's nothing the goalkeeper can do about that
07:05so there was a tremendous noise after this and it will have lifted the host nation
07:10it was a perfect time to score you know a minute or so after Switzerland scored
07:15and it brings them right back in the game because when Switzerland scored
07:18I thought there was only going to be one winner
07:23it's going to be the little one again that you mentioned before
07:25look change the angle with the stepping on the ball
07:28Chapuisar on the far side
07:32very strange jumping up in the centre
07:34oh and Suter just needed to get a good contact on that
07:38great ball in from Compton
07:40and Switzerland quite happy to gain a few yards there
07:43is there going to be a substitution now?
07:45looks like it from where we're sitting
07:47yeah I think Roy Wegley is coming on John
07:50the referee hasn't seen him yet this is Suter for Switzerland on the ball
07:53the Americans are anxious to attract the referee's attention
08:02Roy Wegley of Coventry City and one of several other English clubs of course
08:06but in the meantime a little bit of an argument between Tony Miola and the referee
08:10which has to be sorted out
08:12it's probably asking if he wants to start a movie with him
08:17and er, this is Harkes
08:21oh that was given away by Wijnaldi in midfield
08:24and the Swiss are getting a lot of possession here
08:26that's forward by Sforza
08:27but they still can't get Chapuisar free
08:29useful ball in, Dooley was up there
08:33Chapuisar
08:35Chapuisar
08:37out again to Suter
08:39what a good outlet he is on the left there Alan Suter
08:41he's always available for the ball played wide
08:43Chapuisar makes a forward run now
08:45goes into the box
08:48yeah erm
08:49John Hawks did very well
08:50the unfortunate with the cross
08:51to Orell
08:52well
08:59he looked right there
09:00and the Americans have suddenly got a chance
09:03well
09:04where was the right flank of the Swiss defence?
09:08er, it was a great bit of play
09:11er, oh
09:12Alan Suter just didn't curl the shot
09:15but he scored from there many, many times
09:18well, he did everything fantastic
09:20he erm
09:21you know
09:22he's went past two or three players
09:23very
09:26Vise who's just come on
09:27got a couple of touches there
09:28here he is again
09:29plays in Switzerland
09:30home base man
09:37we talked about the players taking water
09:39with er
09:40permission of the referee
09:41there's er
09:42someone of a life-saving lady
09:44come up with some water for the commentators
09:46er
09:47from across the world here
09:50and many of them are gasping for it
09:51here's her to get
09:54well now then
09:55Alex Lalas
09:56coming in behind
09:57Neska Subiat
09:58free kick to Switzerland
10:02I don't think it's shooting distance
10:03so I know
10:04I can keep calm about this runner
10:05but
10:06then again there goes the big
10:07centre back here
10:08he's going up
10:09he's very dangerous at set pieces
10:11yes
10:12yes
10:13and Subiat who's just come on
10:14is also quite handy in there now
10:15he's standing in front of Chapuisar
10:16Alain Suterre to cut it in with his left foot
10:18and away by Lalas
10:19it's a big trust in Subiat' in the middle
10:20still Chapuisar
10:21and Oral comes in
10:29oh what a good chance for the number eight
10:31By Lalas, it's a bit trusting, Stubiak's in the middle, still Chapuisar, and Oral comes in, oh, what a good chance for the number eight.
10:41Great bit of skill by Chapuisar, I thought the Americans thought it was offside, but I think it was Lalas played him on, or Balbal played him on.
10:48Great bit of skill, faint across it, onto his right foot, which is his weakest, it was a little bit driven quite hard across the box.
10:55There it is, great bit of skill.
10:56He keeps calm, picks him out, and he'll be disappointed, he hasn't hit the target.
11:03Actually, the number 14 was the player offside, Chris, there, on the near side of the goal.
11:07Now, that's an interesting one, because the line's... John Harkes, that's his shot that was deflected.
11:14That would have been interesting to see where that was going, John, he caught it well, it was definitely going on target.
11:19John Harkes, who, of course, scored at Wembley, for Sheffield, went for the ball at the near post, and one of them gets it.
11:24They look a bit nervous now, the Americans, they see it.
11:28Tense moment in the last minute here, in Detroit.
11:32Suter, who just wanted a touch on the man running in, didn't they?
11:36Look at this, Miola has kicked the ball two-thirds of the way down the pitch, but Cody Jones can't get across.
11:42Three kicks they're getting in.
11:44Finally, it ends as it was at half-time.
11:47The two free-kick goals.
11:50And the opening game in Group A, the historic game, played indoors, ends all square.
11:59The United States of America won, Switzerland won.
12:02The United States won.
12:03The United States won.
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