England v USA Preview, Neymar worry & Cristiano Ronaldo makes World Cup history
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Ahead of Day Six of the World Cup, Adam Leventhal is joined by The Athletic's England writer Jack Pitt-Brooke and Sam Stejskal to preview England v USA this evening.
They discuss the historic context of the fixtures and development of the USMNT before debating where the game will be won or lost.
David Ornstein speaks with Bruno Fernandes following Portugal's 3-2 win over Ghana with Abi Paterson and Michael Cox reacting to Cristiano Ronaldo becoming the first player to score in five World Cups.
James Horncastle reports from Brazil's opener, having beaten Serbia 2-0 with talisman Neymar forced off through injury. Plus, Adam Crafton speaks with Piara Powar from anti-discrimination group Fare giving his take on the tournament so far.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. Good morning on day six of this Qatar World Cup. We're at the FIFA Media Centre |
| 0:10.4 | in Doha. All the nations have played now and today we enter the second round of matches at the |
| 0:16.0 | tournament, capped off today with England against USA at the Albyte Stadium, which is where we focus our |
| 0:22.5 | attention on this episode with a special roundtable with our expert transatlantic writers panel |
| 0:27.0 | from the Athletic. Also, there's reaction to Ronaldo's entrance to the tournament, Richarlison's |
| 0:33.1 | wonder goal and the worry around Namar. I'm Adam Leventhal and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:44.8 | England having, as expected, put the challenge of the United States to one side with a 5-0 victory. |
| 0:53.2 | To get England stretch and win, we'll take it back and into gold |
| 0:59.0 | It's all over we have seen a sad sad night in English football history the match has ended |
| 1:06.0 | with an historic scoreline the United United States of America 2, England NIL. |
| 1:16.9 | Welcome to Rustenburg to the Royal Bafferkin Stadium |
| 1:20.1 | is the 1966 World Champions England. |
| 1:23.4 | Go head to head with the United States of America. |
| 1:27.1 | Champs here for England, score! |
| 1:29.7 | The goal from Stephen Gerard is just the boost England required. |
| 1:34.8 | Dempsey, one of the stars of the Confederation's Cup. |
| 1:38.4 | Seventy again! Oh, from an error! |
| 1:41.7 | What an awful moment for Rob Green in for England. |
| 1:45.0 | Presented Crengecki with an American equalizer. |
| 1:49.0 | Oh, that will take some getting over. |
| 1:51.0 | Sorry to fans because our performance in South Africa was no good. |
| 1:57.0 | I know they spent a lot of time and a lot of money. |
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