England coach Gareth Southgate has received criticism after the draw against USA – VG

AL KHOR (VG) (England – USA 0-0) This time too, England couldn’t beat the USA in a World Cup playoff. After a very tame fight, the experts frowned.

England were booed off the field after a particularly toothless performance.

– Were we booed? Not sure if it was directed at us. I don’t know, says Southgate of the post-match booing at a press conference.

– I’m sure there will be a lot of hype around the performance, but not many teams get nine points in the group stage, continues the England coach.

Many football experts are highly critical of the England match officiating.

– The big question is whether the coach, with such a talented group, can change the game with tactical changes and substitutions when it doesn’t work, former England national team player Gary Lineker wrote on Twitter.

– a rather amazing achievement

The USA made shock waves from Belo Horizonte and from all over the football world with its sensational and completely unexpected victory over the English in 1950, and in 2010 the “Three Lions” also could not break the Americans in the context of the World Cup.

Whereas 72 years ago Team USA consisted of part-time players, the USA is in the process of building an increasingly exciting team – four years before they themselves hosted the World Cup in ‘soccer’.

Also in the first half of the home run, the huge “tent” in the middle of the desert a few miles north of Doha, England suffered from a lack of power to control properly.

It was a remarkable achievement for England to have so many talented players and look so pale, wrote football writer Daniel Taylor in The Athletic.

The tabloids weren’t kind either:

Culture crash

In the stands, a show dominated by a speaker and a DJ before the start of the game probably touched the hearts of the Americans to a greater extent than the English, who tried to drown out the luminous and flamboyant organizer’s show with a more classic English stand. songs.

The English crowd were unlikely to catch on in the opening minutes either, but as the first yawn crept forward and their eyes increasingly slid to their mobile phones, England for the first time launched a good attack.

After a great play on the right, the ball fell to Harry Kane, but his end went through an American and out.

On the other hand, Weston McKennie failed to put an equally good chance under the crossbar, while Christian Pulisic smashed the ball a little lower – straight into the metal.

On the last night, Mason Mount also tried, but saving the fourth official an extra minute sums up how little he did before the break.

England seemed to come into this match expecting to win. Former national team player Micah Richards said at halftime that the midfield was lacking BBC.

– Fabulous

The first half of the second half gave no hint of results on the Richter scale. However, England manager Gareth Southgate has been waiting, and hasn’t changed Victory 6-2 Against Iran until the 69th minute of the match to make changes.

Southgate sent off Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, replacing Jordan Henderson and Jack Grealish.

– Interesting deals, football legend Gary Lineker wrote on Twitter – perhaps with a hint of irony.

“It’s amazing that Southgate saw 65 minutes of this and made no substitutions,” says football pundit Michael Cox.

Former Manchester United player Gary Neville had something on his mind.

Not playing Foden is a huge shame. I think he is by far the most talented player in the country. He should play in that team, says Neville on the ITV studio.

Maybe further

The changes didn’t set England on fire either. As the clock ticked down to 78 minutes, Marcus Rashford also featured Bukayo Saka.

“It’s amazing we’ve used 14 players so far, yet our talented player is still on the bench,” Michael Owen (40 goals in 89 caps) wrote on Twitter – without explicitly revealing who he’s talking about.

In injury time, England had their first chance after the substitution, but Harry Kane was just wide.

However, the negative performance ended with a cheer from the England crowd, who could still prepare for the round of 16.

With goal difference in place before the head-to-head matches, it would take a lot for England not to qualify from the group. Wales needs to win by four goals in the last game to pass England.