The bars and stars painting today faces Saudi Arabia, a rival with which he holds a stop duel in history
The United States and Saudi Arabia face tonight (7:15 pm) for the leadership of the Gold Cup D, on the second day and after winning in their debut in the tournament.
The box of the bars and the stars comes out with the commitment to ratify their candidacy to fight for the title of the event he organizes, and will do so after hitting a dance to Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, in a meeting in which he beat him 5-0.
Of course, it is not expected to be so “easy” for the local team against a Saudi Arabia with a World Cup experience among its players, and that, in addition, it tied the American team in the last meeting that these selections held. It was a 0-0 in an international friendly in September 2022.
While both teams have changed, the duel between these nations has always been relatively even. In 1999, the United States won 2-0 in the Confederations Cup, and also won 4-3 in a friendly in 1995 and by the same score in another in 1993. Meanwhile, the Arabs won 2-1 in 1994 in another friendly, and 3-0 in the semifinals of the King Fahd Cup, in 1992. In addition, they tied 0-0 in another friendly match in 1994.
The match, the first among these selections in Copa Oro (which Arabia attends as a guest) will be played at the Q2 stadium in Austin, Texas, a scenario with a capacity for just over 20 thousand spectators.
A lot of eye will have to put Malik Tillman, who scored two goals against Trinidad, his first goals with the major selection, and Diego Luna, who gave two assists. On the part of the Arabs, the tactical order of the team stands out, which achieved a victory in its debut against Haiti thanks to a single goal of Saleh al-Shehri by criminal route over the 21st minute, and then knew how to endure. Today, in addition, Trinidad and Haiti face each other in a match to try to stay alive in the competition, at 4:45 pm
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