Christian Pulisic, The great figure of the selection of United States and captain in this CONCACAF qualifier, ruled in a 1-1 draw against Canada for the second date of the octagon.
This is the second point of the Americans in this tie and the first draw at home, a result that has left them very touched and with a lot of criticism behind them.
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Pulisic drew its conclusions prior to Wednesday’s duel ahead Honduras in San Pedro Sula.
“We need new ideas at times,” he noted Pulisic.
“We didn’t try them enough, either not being direct enough or I don’t know, but we couldn’t break their lines. Obviously, they defended well. We need new solutions,” said the Chelsea star of England.
Pulisic knows that in these matches of the Concacaf eliminatory it is necessary to win matches even if it is for the minimum.
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“We need to have the ability to win a game like this, 1-0, either by making adjustments or defending more. It’s hard to say, but we didn’t adjust much and they overtook us, they scored and it was difficult,” he lamented. Pulisic.
“In the end, we didn’t have enough to take the win. In scenarios like this, sometimes you have to work these games very closely and win by the minimum,” he warned.
VERY LOW
The American squad has weakened in the face of the next round of the playoffs. Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen was ruled out of the squad after testing positive for COVID-19, although Matt Turner has done a great job in his place, while Weston McKennie was sacked. team to break health protocols, a situation in which the coach only indicated that the status of the Juventus footballer will remain in doubt for the next commitment to Honduras.
To add to the bad news, Gio Reyna will return with his club after suffering a muscle injury in the duel against El Salvador and the severity of Dest’s injury is unknown.