00:04welcome to the all-state continental classico on tbs there are just two more games to go before the
00:11world cup begins for the united states today a showdown in charlotte north carolina the roster
00:17has been named for some a second opportunity to play on the world's biggest stage of all
00:22for others a dream turned into reality this week as they got the call to represent their country
00:27in a world cup for the first time one of those players kyle who has seen it all before and
00:34was
00:34consistent in the lineups throughout the world cup in guitar is christian pulisic what an incredible
00:40journey with ups and downs to get to this moment i see a lot of people that have talked about
00:44maybe being a little bit worried with his form dipping with club and country over the the second
00:50half of the season it doesn't concern me whatsoever i mean christian pulisic has proved he's a big
00:55big game player big time player you don't become the poster boy without being able to step up so
00:59he is going to be there game one and through the tournament making the u.s fans proud
01:05at the end of a week when maritzio pochettino announced his 26-man roster for the world cup
01:12we are on the way in charlotte less than two weeks away from the kickoff in chester pennsylvania
01:19the win against paraguay last fall this is remount wide to the left side for robinson now pepe lovely
01:27ball through from pepe towards christian pulisic pulisic across goal and it's knocked in from dest
01:44just a moment ago we were talking about how high the fullbacks in this pochettino side are but from
01:55pepe wonderful build-up play to have the understanding that he could get turned there but this is your
02:00right wing back and this is desk and watch the position he's coming from you would think he's
02:04a center forward i mean that's just beautiful play there from pepe to get turned and the ball is
02:09perfect from christian pulisic at this point he takes a touch looks up put some pace on it
02:14it's a good finish because it skips slightly ahead of desk
02:19that's a wonderful start from the u.s
02:24and that's why dust is out there that's that's why pochettino has him in this side has him in this
02:31team and potentially is going to spend some confidence if he has a great game against one of the
02:35world-class wingers in this tournament
02:41jackson coming forward as robinson gets a touch sadio manet
02:47diara diara through it some jack down the right back it comes and over the bar from nicholas jackson
02:53the first play cut opportunity for senegal inside the u.s penalty area it comes 15 minutes in
03:02and watch this lovely delicate meg pass right here and perfect run it just gets skipped into him
03:11next weekend the final game before the world cup in chicago at soldier field against germany
03:20it's one push forward down the right side for pepe to chase pulisic is in the middle pepe rolls it
03:25in
03:25it's christian pulisic around the keeper it's pulisic with a goal what a start for christian pulisic
03:33a goal and an assist in the first 20 minutes and the united states lead by two goals to nil
03:47and didn't he need that
03:53a delicious little sequence here look look at freeman
03:56you know inverts and the timing not only of that pass the pace of it but the run from pepe
04:00i mean it's almost like training ground except for top speed against a team that is a dark horse
04:06for the tournament and watch christian pulisic just tiptoe that back line in the blind spot gets lost
04:12and this ball has to be perfect and it is like the touch and then how quickly he's able to
04:18get
04:18around the goalkeeper and finish it this will give you a look perfect weight of this pass
04:25lovely finish and at the top of the show we were talking about it people worried about
04:29for questioning christian pulisic his forms tip a little bit how's he going to be in the tournament
04:33he's a big time player he said it then i will say it again no worries about him performing in
04:38the big
04:39moments and look at what it means unfortunately this this french team isn't that isn't that is it
04:44worse isn't that much worse element and jai down the right side as he cuts in and adams gets a
04:50foot
04:50to it across it goes there from camera and now picked up in the midfield and this johnson distance goes
04:54wide and it's the youngster barra sapoko and jai the bayern munich man
05:06what a talented player i was texting with john thornton who's leading the charge with lafc and they
05:12co-own with byron munich the academy that this incredible player came out double
05:19but not bad company to be in when you're coming on to make your bundesliga debut for jamal musiyala
05:24this is pulisic down the left pulisic towards the byline oh just over the top of pepi but it comes
05:29all the way for berhalter on that right side berhalter stands the cross back into the box pepi heads down
05:35robinson's shot is behind and it's a corner for the u.s on the far side
05:41the u.s is just absolutely irresistible lovely step over and pepi just reads it near post
05:47and love that floated pass in from berhalter and pepi does the right job just nods it down
05:53and robinson i think this is going right in the corner maybe just getting there
06:02this has been a story of u.s dominance through the opening 35 minutes turned over here though towards
06:07illiman and jai it's an opportunity for a giant turner makes the save it was going into the side
06:13netting anyway but matt turner puts it behind and a corner coming for center goal there first of the
06:19game berhalter just a little slow gets caught on the ball but smart here not to dangle a foot in
06:25and give up a silly penalty you've got green assist of the first gets this one away towards halfway
06:29picked up by jacobs down that left side it goes sadio man they will have a run here at freeman
06:34and turner with a big stop behind it goes for another corner
06:48might have been freeman's foot i don't know who that deflects off of it's hard to tell there but
06:53getting the armband he said he won't change what he does or how he does it but it's the highest
06:57honor
06:58he's got this is pulisic the way opens up to christian pulisic
07:04the block coming in there from abdul isek has pulisic tried to find a way through
07:08senegal give it away turned over straight towards pulisic once again now it's reyner
07:15reyner's ball chipped in over the top of pepper lovely idea vintage ian wright arsenal jersey wearing a
07:21problem i was with uh josie altidore and mo adude watching the game and melissa it was
07:27it was really fun even though it was a bad day for our us archie fans the iris ball to
07:31us
07:34senegal get one back right at the end of the first half
07:39their all-time leading scorer sadio manet finds the bottom corner past matt turner
07:48and we've talked about it transition it's just the only moment it was too easy to play in between
07:54the lines and no real player getting there to block the passing lane tyler adams on the other
07:59side of the field you can see his frustration the weight of this pass wonderful and even with the
08:04shove there from adams i mean this is the quality of sadio mane and it gets absolutely barreled
08:11after he strikes it that that's all you have money probably frustrating and melissa's been speaking to
08:18mauricio pochettino mariosi and i we walked the perimeter of the field as the second half kicked
08:23off and he said no it was a really good first half the team did a really good job good
08:27performance
08:28high intensity first 25 minutes he was really happy he said unfortunately his balligan with a chance
08:33balligan scores straight off the bench at half time and balligan scores within four minutes
08:49the u.s restore their two goal advantage
08:59great pressure here not only the toe poke there but that is such a lovely pass
09:07oh yeah obviously the deflection helps him out just left tillman here as he wins it back
09:14looks up just cuts it right through the legs of the defender it's really tight whether he's on side or
09:18not it's not the referees pulled it back here yeah it looked like it was close yeah i was just
09:24wondering if the for so long it looked as if it might not happen but trusty and celtic winning the
09:30league and the cup in scotland i caught trusty in the elevator this morning and here's the chances
09:40ready comes out and this one might go in it's not getting on the line senegal get the goal
09:49miles robinson couldn't keep it out
10:01we'll see if there was a final touch from someone here closer to goal
10:05yeah it looked like a foul up top but regardless just a series of mistakes here
10:11brady just hesitated for a second
10:16uh and it looked like mona is the one that puts it in in the end and just this little
10:20hesitation
10:21right there otherwise i think he gets to that ball and he doesn't get his arms up high
10:26yeah hard to be super critical of the goalkeeper on that first play but just had to do better with
10:31that and then money just making sure that it was going to be an amazing
10:37goal line clearance that money's not there to just power it in
10:42jow's ball long down fuel brought down by scally linking up there with berhalter white to the right
10:47it comes for where where's ball towards mckenny where continuing the run down the right side
10:53options in the middle balagan is one of them it's balagan
11:00ballagan gets his goal and the united states are back in front
11:16watch this footwork from muslim mckinney one touch that second touch with his left foot
11:20i mean it's just top shelf and that's a lovely ball from tim weah cuts it between the defender's
11:26legs watch this he knows he's got to come back against the green and balagan after the deflection
11:32just gets his footing right two little small steps and he's not going to miss from there
11:38yeah the ball sets up perfectly for him that's a lovely finish and they're basically challenging var to
11:45yeah what do you got now what do you got now trying to come on at half time
11:51and the u.s starting to get more into a flow as well as center goal make their changes
11:58this is mckenny with the ball through and it's balagan once again it was rising might have been
12:03offside the flag never went up it's wide open isn't it
12:15perfect weight on this pass and he's on side yeah you can see a couple players keeping him on
12:20you know that shove i think it was for sebastian berhalter well there you go berhalter the only one
12:25that didn't uh end his day at half time from the starting eleven got the chance to carry on until
12:30the
12:3075th minute here as this one's played through it's the chance again and now it comes back for austin this
12:36is mckenny off the post surely now oh no the save again from dia how did they not score there
12:49mckenny tillman this is this is excellent and for tillman what a lovely pass
12:55and to know that balagan's there i mean how this does go i don't know berhalter from distance
13:00he scored some lovely goals for both clubbing no i just thought you know your guy david beckham may
13:05we'll mention him
13:09stolen away by zendejas who's through on goal here it's a chance for alex zendejas to finish it
13:14zendejas couldn't as the block came in to put it behind for a corner
13:21it was a bow who got back and denied zendejas the goal
13:27especially i love it obviously it's a terrible giveaway but zendetta's got to be there to force it
13:32right there just taking his angle down a little bit more on the support their team
13:37here today and have been heard throughout
13:42as mauricio pochettino and jesus perez continue to shout instructions onto the field to make sure that
13:49their players stay switched on
13:53but the final whistle goes it's a victory for the united states against one of africa's best
14:00as mauricio pochettino's men win it by three goals to two
14:06and a goal and an assist for christian pulisic
14:09so
14:09you
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