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00:01I don't I don't know Anasio with the ball forward couldn't find Ramos as Freeman gets their first
00:06here for the United States and played back for Austin Richards dropping back now the Crystal
00:13Palace man two goals and 39 appearances in all competitions this season for Chris Richards
00:19he's played every minute of the last nine league games oh here's another look at it
00:27yeah he's looking right at it but it's a beautiful skill he's gonna call that
00:49so the changes made at half-time with three experienced players going off for Maurizio
00:53Pochettino Christian Pulisic's wait for a U.S. goal goes on back to November 2024 against Jamaica
01:01here's Conceição up against Aston down the right comes back to Bruno Fernandes
01:11Andre Silva at the back the Benfica defender 45 minutes against Mexico
01:22seven points off top spots in the league in Portugal trying to chase down Porto
01:27right out to the far side there by Anasio
01:39Uben Neves now Bruno Fernandes looking long and Conceição trying to get into it around Max Aston here
01:47who recovered well what a ball though from Bruno Fernandes
01:50he had a first touch
01:54Conceição backwards here and Silva pushing this one forward it's a chance now as Portugal step inside
02:01the shot goes wide
02:06quick break from Portugal
02:14lovely ball right here just
02:17passing lane open for a second
02:20there's a few players that have a chance at it you can see it starting wide from the second he
02:24goes to curl it
02:25but just staring up at the sky
02:29willing that one almost to go in that side netting
02:33it's created by Nunez cutting in from that fullback position the Manchester City man
02:39coming on for his third substitute appearance in a row his first appearances for the national team since the
02:45quarter-final loss against France in the Euros in 2024
02:49he's got World Cup experience as well it's amazing the depth for Portugal Roberto Martinez able to make those changes
02:55at half-time bring on players who were in the World Cup squad in Qatar
03:06Morris
03:07one of the things I really love about Aidan Morris' game is he wants to play positive every single time
03:14he wants to get turned and there's an easy five-yard pass he can make but he's just always looking
03:19to advance the ball between the lines
03:21he's started the last 15 games in a row for Middlesbrough in the championship Aidan Morris
03:27the second right now nine points behind Coventry but three ahead of Ipswich
03:42here goes Mendes down the left side
03:46Mendes against where Mendes with the cross into the middle Ramos was there
03:49but it's headed away by trusty up towards halfway
03:59unreliably informed by someone who follows it which much closer than I that the gap is just two points
04:04injustice that I said it was three I can't be Sean Brown that's a bad
04:10more Portugal changes coming
04:14Lino getting set to come in that's good tracking back there from Freeman to put it out of play
04:20in the race with Mendes really well done Freeman's been
04:26very very good today
04:28you know some some people have him right on the cusp
04:31some people call him bubble I think he's alive
04:33I've got him in my starting 11.
04:36he is
04:38obviously parts of his game
04:40he's improving on he's learning I just think the upside is incredible
04:46Bruno Fernandes across to take this one a couple of minutes short of the hour mark
04:50in Atlanta Portugal holding the one goal advantage given to them by Trincao
04:55in the 37th minute
04:59this has played in towards the edge of the box
05:01while Felix straights Portugal have a spectacular second
05:24see freeze right there
05:27there's just absolutely no way you have time to take a touch
05:31not only take a touch a touch that bounces up
05:34to your chest
05:35at this level
05:38it's it's just nowhere near good enough
05:40after a really good performance
05:43Pochettino said it it's a great strike of course
05:46lucky to go off the the post but he's got the skill to hit that
05:49he's bending towards the goal as he comes across it with his shoelaces it's just
05:53the U.S. there's no way he can take two touches it looked like he was shaping himself to hit
05:59it first time
06:01but that touch even if it drops down to his feet nicely
06:04someone's got to be there but pops up and just completely inexcusable
06:07for no U.S. player to be there to smother it
06:12Drow Felix with his 12th international goal 52nd cap tonight for the
06:17Al Nasser man who appeared in five of six world cup qualifiers
06:21had a couple of goals and a five-nil win against Armenia in September
06:31pulled back here in towards the edge of the box and Mendes will look to clear it away
06:40well Felix turning out towards the right side and Conceição Portugal now
06:45have some speed going forward Conceição
06:49couldn't get past trusty and it's a throw on the near side
06:59and Gonzalo Ramos will make way up top Paulinho will come in
07:04the eighth change of the day for Portugal
07:09Paulinho the 33-year-old from Toluca has two goals in four caps
07:14came on in the 64th minute in Mexico at the weekend for his first appearance
07:19since three in a row in the fall of 2020
07:36the ball inside there
07:39they'll go all the way back towards Mendes
07:42PSG man strikes that one straight against Tessman
07:50and Tim Ware looking to try and put some pressure on to pick this one up
07:58Fernandes
08:00Adjim acted well to win it back and this is Morris out wide to the right side
08:04Ware has some space to run at the back line here
08:06Tim Ware's ball in it takes the deflection
08:09and I think gone for a goal kick Mendes is down injured though
08:12and I think gone for a goal
08:13and I think gone for a goal
08:41well let's take a look at our AT&T net cam as Portugal
08:45take the two goal advantage here just after the hour mark at Mercedes-Benz stadium
08:51the goal from João Felix
08:54and there's what I mean look at how high that first touch comes up
08:59hits it sweetly absolutely beautiful and free
09:01it's just trying to look through a crowd
09:03I mean one of the reasons it's hard for him to see that
09:05there's there's so many U.S. players
09:07that should be firing out earlier
09:10to see that I mean just off the training ground
09:13I have to defend that better
09:15Tim Ware linking up there with Adjiman
09:18the ball played back to the edge of the box
09:20couldn't quite find Testman and here comes Conceição once again for Portugal
09:25Paulinho in space down the right side
09:27Charles Felix racing down the middle
09:30they'll go backwards though
09:36watch his ball out wide to that left side Bruno Fernandes with that wonderful cross into the middle
09:41played by Richards the shot though from distance McFreeze has to make the save
09:45as the shot came in for Ruben Neves
09:55this thing's traveling
09:58does a really good job of getting over early
10:02not an easy save but for him he knows he's going to make it over there it was just hitting
10:05so much pace
10:16well they scored with an effort that was clearly worked on on the trading ground
10:23here comes Bruno Fernandes once again hoisting it high in towards the back post
10:27Hachiman got ahead to that one to get it clear
10:35with that goal scored by João Felix we saw that look from behind the
10:40the net cam of the players rushing out to try and close him down
10:44should someone have picked him up in the first place on the edge of the box that should have
10:48should someone should have reacted and been on him before they even got to that position
10:51I mean the only thing that's acceptable is if he takes that out of the air first time
10:55yeah and and you're not all the way there yet
10:59with the quality there that happens from time to time yeah
11:03that come obviously used to do that to people schools would hit it
11:05I mean over the years you've seen that it just needs to be perfect that was not perfect the touch
11:10bounces up there's just no way that u.s players should react that slow when a touch just gives you
11:17that invitation to go smaller the challenge down here fuller in baligan and joe scali are both
11:24receiving instruction soon to be subbed on
11:29two players that were involved at the weekend from the start
11:39Felix as he plays that one into the middle
11:44and here's Buerhalter with some space to carry it forward 65th minute mark has passed
11:56that comes in towards Tessman
12:17it's going to be Tim Weyer making way
12:21Tillman as well here
12:23it's picked up by Joao Felix and a chance here as Bruno Fernandes tries to drive
12:29so Balogun who started at the weekend and a scali who will make his second substitute
12:34appearance in a row having come on round about the same time in the game against belgium
12:43that was only his second appearance in the last 15 games joe scali at the weekend
12:54USA so where and Tillman the two players making way
13:04how much can you learn as to where this team is as a collective when so many changes
13:09are made in a game not a lot i mean obviously just completely unrealistic scenario to have
13:16and it's full line changes but at this point it's only a few
13:20once it's out
13:21Bolin
13:22hold the bar it goes
13:23Porter with a chance
13:24really good chance great skill that the right side on the byline
13:36and just right there the first time effort it's really hot for Horta
13:41just at the last minute kind of can't believe it falls from you saw freeze
13:45he's absolutely screaming at his team again just to go back to what you're saying i think it's
13:50two or three players and one or two things that pochettino was looking for today martinez is looking
13:56for today and yeah i think pochettino has some some great things per halter morris i think they've
14:04been really good today freeman i mean players that are right on this edge to go against a team of
14:08this
14:08quality i think he's seen several players step up i mean he'll be furious with how well they've
14:13played and just switching off in two moments they have had their chances though the united states
14:19today number of opportunities and some of them coming from the press as well where they forced
14:25portugal into mistakes
14:29just haven't been clinical in front of goal that they haven't and sometimes just one extra pass or one
14:34extra movement they've gotten themselves into these positions and pulisic that's a great chance just
14:41doesn't get a lot of contact on that one too easy in the end for the stop to be made
14:48but it's just in
14:49these moments decisive just just these little extra touches little extra movements you know players not
14:55really ready with their feet to hit it first time that's really the difference and you think of uh
15:01you know the most difficult version of that in the world cup against the netherlands christian pulisic
15:07gets an early chance and doesn't put away and we know what happened there and so that's ultimately
15:12going to be the difference and today the u.s has performed really well in midfield transitions they
15:17possess the ball they've created chances switched off twice and just haven't been clinical on the other
15:22side but it is that easy it is the difference of you know 15 20 yards of the field whereas
15:30just hasn't
15:31hasn't been there for the u.s tonight but i just i think there's a lot of positives to take
15:37out of
15:39the response aggressive they've been i don't think coach tino's going to lament on switching off but australia
15:45switch off on a throw in in german against germany switched off after playing so well in hartford
15:53against that team and pulisic scoring a great goal belgium switching off so it's just those
15:57little moments that pochettino's going to want to see their growth or improvement
16:07are you any closer from what we've seen in this two games to knowing who
16:12you think is going to the world cup yeah yeah yeah i would say that there's one that's hard
16:18cardoso who had to go home that that one's tough because of how well he's played at club
16:24trusted by probably one of the most demanding managers on the planet just one against one you
16:30can't say he's performed better than than morris or berhalter and the opportunities he's gotten with
16:36the us i think it's decisions like that where it's not necessarily someone played themselves
16:41played themselves out i think pochettino's got a really tough decision and it's good he's got got some
16:46depth in guys that have really stepped up for halter and morris have been good today and those are those
16:51players that every time they've been asked by pochettino this is a big competition i mean they've
16:55given him what he wants so they're just really interesting who makes that roster another change
17:01made by portugal with vega who played 90 minutes at the weekend the only outfield player to play the full
17:07game against mexico he's coming in for an asio at the back berhalter chasing forward it's picked up by adjaman
17:16adjaman turns and finds berhalter back for morris
17:26over neves doing the defending back there for portugal
17:30patrick adjaman a really interesting story coming into this world cup selection time 24 year old from
17:39east harford we know knew about his journey all the way through the college system coming up through the
17:44ranks there then gets drafted impresses so much with charlotte that now he's a key part of derby
17:49county's side in england they're three points off the playoff places right now initial eight million
17:54dollar move to derby county
17:59six goals and 13 caps is a pretty decent strike rate at international level
18:04as someone who's so still young in his international career
18:07and that's another one there's not a there's a big difference with pepe adjaman and then
18:14how's she right i don't think anyone's really proved outside of balagon i'm the next guy to count on
18:21that's another i think good problem but really tough decision for pochettino i mean in the past you think of
18:28the wolf mathis mcbride i mean there was there was always another forward that had just clearly been the next
18:34best best of the rest thanks to joshua by the way who sent me a message on social media trying
18:40to make
18:41me feel better said he grew up with the italy 1982 team posters in many new jersey pizza shops and
18:47watching diego maradona in mexico 86 so trying to make me feel a little less old today portugal coming
18:59forward down the left side here as felix looks to create something back towards neves
19:08concesau runs into trouble but that will be the case for lots of kids across this country who will
19:13in 30 years time be talking about this being their world cup this being that moment when they fell in
19:19love with the game or you know that whatever happens during the tournaments those moments that just
19:25people will look back on for decades absolutely that was 13 then 1994 that world cup definitely
19:31changed my life the league comes right after that where i get my dream of being a professional soccer
19:37player you see roberto baggio one of my heroes in person it was it was special and i would i
19:44don't
19:44i don't know what i would be without that so i can't wait to see this next generation what they
19:48do
19:48off the back of such a special moment hayden morris plays this one back to austin trusty
19:57trusty turning in a little bit of trouble there against horta looks to get this one away
20:01austin under pressure as well as that one goes out for a portugal corner now that's number six
20:11trusty's been solid tonight and he's performed well he can definitely look back at tape and be
20:17nick picky about things trusty's been challenged a lot he's literally come up with the goods a lot this game
20:26this comes nuno mendez to take this corner for portugal
20:3516 minutes remaining here in atlanta games to come against senegal and germany before the world cup
20:43begins for the u.s that one's headed away by richards drops for joe felix who drives it in
20:52similar situation but from the opposite side from where he scored having been
20:57waiting on the edge of the area plenty of time here for tanner testman to carry this one forward
21:05but halter beat to it by ruben neves as ral felix
21:20way opens up a little bit here for portugal as u.s scrambling back it comes to concesa
21:26and say south pulls it backwards berhalter looks to clear it away
21:32and berhalter and austin in that cutback position there trusty does really well 1v1 and that
21:37it's one of those things we pointed out is the willingness to defend it's not the problem it's
21:42dropping into that back line and not reading some of the most dangerous areas and they were all over it
21:46there austin finds testament and back it goes to trusty
21:55carried forward by richards now testament
22:00how much do you think mauricio pochettino after this will
22:04pay too much attention to club form between now and when he names the roster
22:10honestly i think he knows what he wants to do at this point
22:13i mean he's got to pay attention to to health and yeah
22:18a player like geo reina maybe if he goes on a run of starting games that might move the needle
22:22for him
22:23a little bit but you know geo last game you thought you need goals you got to bring him on
22:27i
22:27i would have thought this game with his talent you bring him on so you get the sense he kind
22:32of knows
22:32what he wants now once they sat on the right against halfston as it comes back here for joao felix
22:38who
22:38scored the second bruno fernandez over the top charles couldn't get there trusted it and puts it
22:43away christian roldan is coming in i think there'll be three changes in total we might get to see geo
22:52reina
22:53geo reina getting dressed as well well driven across goal chris richards what a good defensive
22:58header that was to get it away then verhalter has the ball taken away but well recovered there by morris
23:08the other one that's at the position that that tends to impact last minute the most is at the
23:15striker position yeah someone all of a sudden goes on a run of goals i remember edson buttle being
23:20included in the roster and a wonderful player just was playing it up and you could tell you have a
23:29hot
23:29foot to go with so brendan aronson joining geo reina and christian roldan and coming into the game here
23:37picked up here by arfston arfston over the top sends ajiman chasing
23:48back to the shot
23:50balligan couldn't get it on target but what good work that was from ajiman against antonio silva
23:59watch this skill just a little step over drags it with him
24:04as that comes back to balligan south angle
24:08well it doesn't catch it sweetly i don't want a handful there for sure
24:24yeah
24:32so here's the throw on the far side which scally will take
24:47so sebastian burrholton aid and morris both making way
24:54and alex freeman as well the other player to leave the game here with a little over
24:5810 minutes remaining
24:59number 16 alex freeman number 23 aiden boris and number 14 sebastian burrholter
25:08every number seven zero brainer number four christian roldan so tonight aiden morris and sebastian
25:17berhalter have had the opportunity to start together against a very good team having made an impact last
25:25time around when they got that start together against uruguay in the 5-0 win a 5-1 win i
25:30should say
25:30this ball into the middle from reina balligan goes down
25:35has it been a positive night for those two midfielders in terms of their chase for a world cup spot
25:39kyle
25:39absolutely
25:46balligan the player down here just over 10 minutes to go
25:52it looks like he's holding his face he just takes a takes a bump and i think that bump happens
25:57yeah
25:57that ball just that one hurts
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26:21so changes are plenty here in the closing stages
26:25mauricio pochettino in conversation with the fourth official once again here
26:30not happy with the challenge that came in austin trusty is down
26:48portugal had four wins in world cup qualifying
26:52one draw when they tied it home to hungary and just the one defeat
26:56but a couple of heavy wins five nil and nine one against armenia in the two games that they played
27:01they won in hungary three two and home to ireland by one goal to nil
27:12they'll play against a third place team in kansas city second in the group
27:17and they'll head north of the border up to toronto for the runner-up in the group that includes england
27:24croatia ghana and panama
27:28baligan out wide to the right it goes for brendan aronsson running at vega here aronsson plays it in
27:34second chance for aronsson who can't keep it down
27:53two more changes coming
27:55test fernandez and a changing goal as well for portugal ricardo velho will come in
28:05and that's the 11 changes
28:15well this is something new that was passed by fifa
28:20recently that this the first international window can happen that with the agreement of both teams
28:24you can have 11 changes and now on a normal friendly you can go up to eight instead of the
28:29six
28:29you can go up to eight minutes
28:32don't ask me
28:35listen there's a lot you don't ask me either
28:38load management how many games and how much that was on a lot of these players schedule
28:44protecting the health player yeah i'm there it definitely affects the integrity of the match for
28:48sure it's just wild to make that many changes
28:56well mauricio pochettino had talked to us yesterday about the lack of intensity in the defensive phase of the game
29:02the lack of reaction when they
29:03lose the ball following that belgium game he said there were honest conversations
29:09video and data shared with the players about what went wrong needed more aggression more commitment
29:17and more intensity and on the whole do you think he's got that tonight yeah yeah he has
29:24reyna forward for baligan back it comes to geo reyna
29:29aronsson scaly chips this one into the middle vega got ahead to it
29:34well dan couldn't get on the end of that one now there's a collision and a free kick given the
29:39way of portugal
29:40oh
29:50i mean granted this is a big collision but richards makes the play there's nothing wrong here i mean
29:57hits him in the middle of his chest he's angling himself to collect the ball
30:01and yes that's a mountain that he ran into but
30:03doesn't need to fail
30:08well portugal make a changing goal very shortly
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