The international Christian Pulisic, ‘captain America’, led the United States in the 2-0 victory against Boliviaat the beginning of the path for both teams in the 2024 Copa América.
Pulisic, from Italian Milan, opened the scoring in the 3rd minute of the matchalso scoring what is so far the fastest goal of the tournament, and also assisted Folarin Balogun to score the second in the 44th minute of the match played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The Stars and Stripes team made the home team feel from the first seconds of the match and it took three minutes for his captain, assisted by Tim Weah, to score the first, with a shot to the right side that brushed the hand of Bolivian goalkeeper Guillermo Viscarra.
The host’s excitement over the opening lasted a few more minutes, during which The Bolivian goalkeeper was a little more required than the American Matt Turner, although the match soon lost intensity.
To those led by the Brazilian Antonio Carlos Zago It was difficult for them to retain and steal the balls and they almost didn’t get close to the American goal.
Balogun had at least two opportunities to score, first in the 36th minute, but could not reach a Weah cross and two minutes later, when he tried a shot soft enough for the attempt to die in the hands of the Green goalkeeper.
The forward of Monaco from Ligue 1 he could have had the pleasure of scoring in the 44th minute thanks to an accurate pass from Pulisic.
The first and almost only attempt in the entire game for the Green was a long-distance shot that Roberto Carlos Fernández tried without success in the 50th minute.
In less than ten minutes, Bolivia was saved from suffering the third goal againstfirst in a center taken advantage of by Balogun, but which was canceled due to an offside position.
The other save was in the 60th minute, when Viscarra won a duel against Pulisic when clearing his shot.
The local attacks did not cease from then on, although they lacked a little luck and precision to expand the account.
Like in minute 56, when Antonee Robinson made a pass that the recently admitted Ricardo Pepi, forward of the Dutch PSV Eindhoven, could not reach.
Viscarra was the protagonist in the Green ranks by clearing the attacks of Pulisic and Pepi, who had a last attempt stopped by the Bolivian goalkeeper at the end of the match.
On the second date, The United States will face Panama in Atlanta and Bolivia will face Uruguay in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Datasheet:
2. Estados Unidos: Matt Turner; Joe Scally, Chris Richards, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson; Weston McKennie (m.77, Luca de la Torre), Gio Reyna (m.55 Johnny Cardoso), Tyler Adams (m.46, Yunus Musah); Christian Pulisic, Folarin Balogun (m.55, Ricardo Pepi) y Tim Weah (m.86, Brenden Aaronson).
Coach: Gregg Berhalter.
0. Bolivia: Guillermo Viscarra; Jesús Sagredo, José Sagredo, Diego Medina (m.46, Héctor Cuéllar), Luis Haquín, Roberto Carlos Fernández (m.75, Ramiro Vaca); Fernando Saucedo, Gabriel Villamil, Leonel Justiniano (m.46, Miguel Terceros); César Menacho (m.46, Rodrigo Ramallo) and Bruno Miranda (m.57, Carmelo Algarañaz).
Coach: Antonio Carlos Zago.
Goles: 1-0, m.3: Christian Pulisic. 2-0, m.44: Folarin Balogun.
Referee: The Italian Maurizio Mariani cautioned Justiniano, Villamil, Haquín, Mc Kennie and Jesús Sagredo.
Incidents: Match of the first day of group C played at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
2024-06-24 02:02:58
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