Rashford’s resurgence, Pulisic puts USA through & politics dominates Iran discourse
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🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
That’s a wrap for Groups A and B. England sailed past Wales with a resounding 3-0 win, courtesy of a remarkable Marcus Rashford brace and goal from Phil Foden. Gareth Southgate’s side will face Group A runners-up Senegal in the last-16.
USA qualify in second place in Group B after their 1-0 win over Iran, and they will go up against Group A winners, the Netherlands. That match was largely overshadowed by the political tension surrounding Iran.
Joining Adam Leventhal to bring us the stories of anti-Iranian government protests and how female Iran fans fear they are being spied on whilst attending games are Athletic writers Adam Crafton and Charlotte Harpur, while Jack Pitt-Brooke and Alex Abnos dissect the football.
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| 0:00.0 | It is day 11 of the World Cup here in Qatar. We will be reflecting on both England and the USA |
| 0:10.9 | progressing to the knockout stages of the competition. And as Iran exit the tournament, we hear |
| 0:16.9 | first-hand accounts about the impact of anti-government protests from Iranian fans in Qatar. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm Adam Leventhal and this is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:44.3 | Freshford. Rashford Absolutely brilliant A rejuvenated Marcus Rashford is running riot for England |
| 0:50.3 | Dest has made the run |
| 0:53.3 | trying to get in behind. |
| 0:54.4 | Had Saffley Pulisick. |
| 0:59.4 | Christian Pulisick scores for the United States. |
| 1:07.0 | So Marcus Rashford was the Starman to lead England to a comfortable victory over Wales to top group B. |
| 1:14.2 | So now Senegal await in the last 16 on Sunday. |
| 1:18.1 | Meanwhile, it was a little bit more tense for the United States. |
| 1:21.9 | They held on after nine minutes and 53 seconds of stoppage time to beat Iran 1-0, they progress to the knockout |
| 1:30.3 | stages. They'll take on Netherlands. I'm joined by our England writer Jack Pitt Brook and also |
| 1:35.7 | Alex Abnows, our American Soccer editor, to pick through what we saw last night. Before we get to |
| 1:42.6 | Marcus Rashford and England, because it was a little bit more |
| 1:46.4 | comfortable for England. Let's start with you, Alex. How are you bearing up after, |
| 1:52.7 | especially that stoppage time? Yeah, I mean, it was very uncomfortable. It sounds like the |
| 1:58.7 | complete opposite of the England game. I think the reaction |
| 2:01.7 | generally for myself and probably anybody that watches the U.S. international team on a consistent |
| 2:07.2 | basis is just relief. You mentioned the nine minutes, 53 seconds of stoppage time. The general |
| 2:13.9 | consensus seems to be that those were just about the worst, you know, |
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