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02:09From Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey,
02:11it is the United States against South Korea
02:14as the road to the World Cup continues.
02:17And that road runs through Harrison, New Jersey,
02:20just 10 miles away from the stadium
02:22that will host the World Cup final next year.
02:25Diego Luna is in the starting lineup today once again.
02:29He is one of six players
02:31that were involved in that Gold Cup final defeat
02:34against Mexico, which starts again today.
02:37Another big opportunity for someone
02:38who has made a big impact under Maurizio Pochettino.
02:41Massive.
02:42And he's a player that demonstrates
02:45you can go from the outside to the inside really quickly.
02:47One of the most consistent players,
02:49and there are players like Gio Reyna that aren't here,
02:51Weston McKinney that have phenomenal talent.
02:53You would expect them to have these attacking roles,
02:56but when they're not here,
02:57players like Diego Luna step up and boost them.
02:59Luna's 10th straight U.S. appearance,
03:02the longest active streak of any U.S. player.
03:05After the disappointment of losing
03:07in the final of the Gold Cup,
03:09the United States' attention now turns
03:12to these final 10 games ahead of the World Cup beginning next June.
03:19Facing opposition from the ancient Confederation
03:22over the course of this international window
03:24with Japan to come in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday.
03:28But it starts with South Korea here
03:30at Sports Illustrated Stadium,
03:33the whole of New York Red Bulls
03:34and Gotham FC.
03:37No doubt about the star of the show
03:40for the visitors.
03:42Now with LAFC,
03:44Son Hungry,
03:46the captain for South Korea,
03:47who starts on Top 10 today
03:49and reunites with Maurizio Pochettino
03:52for whom he played over 200 times at Spurs.
03:56What a fantastic player.
03:56It's wonderful to watch him in the flesh.
03:59You get to see the dynamism
04:00of this football movement.
04:02You get to see that at home.
04:09And that's Arfston down the left side
04:11and here comes Tim Ware
04:12who made the move to Marseille
04:14in the summer transfer window.
04:16Back to Arfston,
04:17the Columbus man on his lap cap,
04:20his country.
04:20Tim Reed knows this venue well.
04:23Having started his professional career here
04:25it's a special place for Reed,
04:27it's a special place for Tyler Adams
04:28who came through the academy
04:29with the Red Bulls.
04:31Tim Ware as well,
04:32also spent a year
04:33in the Red Bulls academy.
04:35So here was hoped
04:36of playing in this stadium.
04:38Here's Luna just inside his own half.
04:44On the right side from Brunelsook,
04:46that's already pushing forward
04:48down that right top side
04:49as Sargent goes to press the keeper,
04:51Joe Ahu.
04:52Something that's going to be
04:54really fun to watch today
04:55is Destin Brunelsook
04:56back on the same flank again
04:57the first time in a while.
05:00Tyler Adams just getting caught there
05:01as it's caught forward
05:02by Lee and play through for Sun.
05:04Matt Freese does well.
05:06The referee has pulled this one back
05:07for a free kick for South Korea.
05:10Oh boy.
05:12Sun can't believe
05:13that the referee didn't keep
05:15his whistle out of his mouth.
05:17Although in real time
05:19it looked like he was offside.
05:22Obviously,
05:23it is a foul.
05:26Referee just whiffed
05:28to blow the whistle.
05:30And obviously the play
05:31does not continue
05:32but Freese.
05:34Sun didn't know that.
05:36It looked really well
05:36to come out
05:37and make that play.
05:38Now Freese
05:38who became the
05:40first choice keeper
05:41during that goal.
05:42Kapran makes his
05:43seventh straight start here.
05:46Maurizio Pochettino's side.
05:48Starting eight
05:50of the last nine
05:51U.S. games.
05:54Three minutes in
05:55here in New Jersey
05:56is an early free kick
05:57for South Korea.
05:59And he's putting
06:01towards Sun
06:02on the back post.
06:03Goes down to Adams.
06:04Sun trying to get
06:04a shooting opportunity
06:05here and Adams
06:07will back to the way
06:08to win it back
06:09and push the ball
06:09down that right side.
06:12Heavenly throw.
06:13South Korean drown
06:14here inside the stadium.
06:16Brad Joseph's
06:18all over
06:19all sides
06:21of the stadium.
06:25What a talented player.
06:26We talked about him
06:27in that back line
06:28and struggle to get
06:28to that
06:29Bayern Munich team.
06:30We had a really
06:31interesting conversation
06:32with Eric and Quinsman
06:33talking about
06:33how it was much more
06:34comfortable in the back three
06:35as our three are playing today.
06:38It just doesn't fit
06:39as naturally
06:40into Bayern Munich's
06:41back four.
06:43Loves to come out
06:43of the back line.
06:45I love to defend ahead,
06:46carry the ball ahead.
06:47So this is definitely
06:48a position that
06:50is incredible.
06:52Coming through
06:52Sebastian Berhalter
06:53carries this one through.
06:55So many three
06:55towards two way.
06:56Sun will pick it up
06:57here for South Korea.
06:59And down the right side
07:01there we come
07:01with Lee Dong-Yong.
07:05Lee Dong-Woo
07:06plays for Red Star.
07:07Our great
07:08the 26-year-old
07:09playing as a right
07:10went back today.
07:10Almost moved
07:11to the English
07:11Championship
07:12during the
07:13latest transfer window.
07:16Push down on that
07:17by Kim McChair.
07:21Back to Kim McChair.
07:23The Bayern-leaning man
07:24across the back.
07:26We talked about
07:27how really
07:27when he was played
07:28for Napoli
07:28that back
07:29would be suited him
07:30in a certain
07:30perfect situation
07:32but now Bayern
07:33back four
07:33can't get forward
07:35as much.
07:37McChair,
07:38the central defender
07:39in his first spot
07:39since last
07:40North America.
07:42Mr. Blackman
07:42comes and just
07:43to head it out
07:43of play on
07:44his United States
07:45debut.
07:46What a moment
07:47to this for
07:47Justin Blackman
07:48who has done so
07:49well for Vancouver
07:50Whitecaps
07:50in MLS this year.
07:56It's been a long
07:56time to get back
07:57into it.
08:00Blackman the defender
08:01born in Vegas
08:02in his first
08:03club up to a camp
08:04in 2021
08:05and finally makes
08:06his debut today.
08:07Kim and Jair
08:07across the back
08:08pushed forward
08:09by Kim Jusung.
08:10Sixth camp
08:11for Kim Jusung
08:12is a full-world
08:13defender
08:13for a South
08:15Korea side
08:15that has
08:16already qualified
08:17for the World Cup.
08:19They won both
08:20games in the
08:21due window
08:21to end their
08:22qualifying campaign
08:23beating the rack
08:23by two goals
08:24to nil
08:24and great
08:25four nil
08:26in Seoul.
08:31What was
08:31a good
08:31Astro
08:32for a better
08:32centre-back
08:34to be next to
08:34when you're
08:35an inexperienced
08:35player
08:36coming to a camp
08:37to be next
08:38to him
08:38with his
08:38wonderful
08:40kick
08:40to be
08:41composure
08:41and some
08:42ownership
08:42and some
08:42direction.
08:44Reams
08:44ball forward
08:45is blocked
08:45down
08:46and out of
08:47play
08:47for a goal
08:48kick.
08:49South Korea
09:02almost every
09:02time you play
09:03against them
09:03but definitely
09:05today you're
09:05seeing the signs
09:06whether they press
09:07high from the start
09:08or they sit in that
09:09medium block
09:09it's high intensity
09:11and one of the fittest
09:12teams I got a chance
09:12to play against them
09:13and friendly
09:14and it's just
09:15incredible
09:16the level of the
09:17intensity
09:17they can keep
09:18the variety
09:18and impressive
09:20progress
09:20especially
09:21incredible
09:22ball
09:22ball
09:22ball
09:23ball
09:23ball
09:24team
09:25team
09:25team
09:25team
09:25team
09:26team
09:27team
09:28team
09:29team
09:30team
09:31team
09:32team
09:33team
09:34team
09:35team
09:36team
09:37team
09:38team
09:39team
09:40team
09:41comes to
09:41Dest
09:42back
09:44in for the
09:45US
09:46Aston
09:49dancing
09:49through
09:50and Sun
09:53just gets
09:53there ahead
09:54of Berhalter
09:54Sun
09:55helping that
09:56forward
09:56down the
09:57left
09:57Lee Jae
09:58Soo
09:58goes to
09:59ground
09:59picked up
10:00by Tyler
10:00Adams
10:01the Bournemouth
10:01fan
10:01finds
10:02Luna
10:02Luna
10:07has seen
10:08quite a lot
10:08of the ball
10:09through the
10:09opening
10:09seven minutes
10:10here
10:10really
10:12well done
10:12for Tyler
10:12Adams
10:13that
10:13you know
10:14Berhalter
10:15is a
10:16great engine
10:17in the middle
10:18relentless
10:19just a pit
10:20more
10:20tries to track
10:21the goal
10:21down
10:21but the two
10:22of them
10:22that would be
10:23really important
10:24especially
10:24with the
10:24overloads
10:25in the middle
10:25they're in those
10:26good transition
10:27position
10:28to go
10:28win the ball
10:28back
10:29before the
10:29US
10:29finish
10:30over
10:30also
10:32earning
10:33his seventh
10:33cap
10:34today
10:34and in fact
10:35he's now
10:36started
10:36seven of
10:37eight games
10:38for the
10:38US
10:38just
10:38missing
10:38that
10:39goal
10:39cut
10:39group
10:40game
10:40with
10:40Haiti
10:40that's
10:41what you
10:41talk about
10:42when it's
10:42about
10:42players
10:43coming in
10:43taking
10:43their
10:44chances
10:44you
10:44talked
10:44about
10:45in the
10:45pregame
10:45show
10:46he's come in
10:47he's made
10:47his debut
10:48just
10:48before
10:48desk
10:49racing
10:49forward
10:50over
10:50halfway
10:50sergeant makes
10:51the run
10:51can he get in round about here
10:52just sergeant
10:53the challenge coming in
10:54he's come in
10:56he's come in with the challenge
11:00on
11:01lead on
11:01young
11:01just
11:06hard enough
11:07it just hangs up
11:08but it's just a wonderful
11:09defensive play there
11:11I think it was
11:12it's hard
11:14to see right now
11:15haven't seen
11:15his number
11:15you guys were just talking about
11:24Sebastian
11:24and he started seven of his last eight games as you mentioned
11:28we got to speak to Mauricio Pochettino yesterday about him
11:30and he said he's been such a great addition to this team
11:33he's a fighter
11:34you can tell he's a winner
11:35he hates losing
11:36he is aggressive
11:37and brings that intensity and mentality to this team to that midfield
11:41and that's one of the reasons like you said Luke
11:42that he's been one of the top picks for this starting lineup for Mauricio
11:46whenever you talk to Mauricio Pochettino about players
11:49he loves a player with intensity
11:51he loves a player who has got to fight
11:53and that's one of the reasons he likes Sebastian Berhalter
11:55the other thing is
11:56two assists in five starts at the gold cup
11:58and anyone who's watched him regularly for Vancouver Whitecaps on set pieces
12:02he's got a great delivery from dead ball situations
12:06I was just in Phoenix with Steve Nash
12:08obviously a different sport but incredibly knowledgeable about this one
12:11and anyone who's been around Vancouver who's seen him
12:14will say
12:15here's the thing consistency
12:17Mauricio Pochettino
12:18these aren't his words these are mine
12:21I get the sense he's frustrated that players haven't made it easier for him
12:25now whoever's to blame for the inconsistency
12:28the reality is
12:29it seems Pochettino has given players a chance that we're not
12:32the big name players the big name players playing abroad and Berhalter
12:36one that
12:37you get the sense Pochettino is going to weigh consistency intensity over quality and
12:44whether you like it or whether you don't it's just clear that a bar is being set and
12:51the players that aren't here there's some players aren't here that I love that if they're not
12:57in the roster for the World Cup I'm just going to be sad because they're good players
13:00some with a little ball inside here is 6.4 towards the back line
13:04no way through for Lee Tae Sok left back getting forward down that far side and
13:11really the best we've seen going forward so far has come from South Korea
13:18Sun heads across to the far side to take this corner
13:22first of the game
13:25Lee Han-won is up from the back
13:31as it's Kim Min Jae in fact Joe the goalkeeper is the only one back
13:35heading towards the edge of the box for Tae Sok, Sun Min drives it in
13:43and now Tim Wei looking to bring it clear to the high ball forward there's nobody up there
13:53all the way through to Joe I'm Woo the 33 year old goalkeeper 45th cap for him today in
14:00the gold has been regularly used during World Cup qualifying by South Korea
14:05these are the areas up wide especially if they can pick up the ball in transition you can see occasionally
14:12South Korea is going to send those bring backs forward and those wide positions they want to try to get Sun out of the
14:19central position they want to force them to try to recover wide and that's just about
14:23moving the ball
14:24with the east and west
14:25kind of
14:26unbalanced team that's
14:27on the local level
14:28it's a high tempo stop to this one
14:30both teams playing their part in that
14:32has replaced it across the back here
14:34with all the space over on the other side now
14:36it's just got to be quick
14:37and they transition to the
14:39off all side of the floor
14:41Blackman across the back to Tyler Adams the local boy from Watkins Falls New York
14:4626 years old his 51st cap today
14:51started the first three games in the Premier League this season
14:54Longworth losing at Liverpool the four wins against Wolves and Spurs
14:57Adams once again
15:07way there in the field by Lee Bong Yong but South Korea have it back as it goes back towards Kim Min Jae
15:17Lee haw-bon who plays for Michelin's in Denmark back it comes from Sol Yong Wu
15:25South Korea runners up in the east-Asian Championship
15:27championship in july wasn't their full squad for that competition
15:31lead china 3-0 and hong kong 2-0 before losing the final game 1-0 against japan
15:36that's their first defeat since losing in february 2024 against jordan 2-0 in the ancient cup
15:43semi-final they are a team in form and in confident mood and having already secured
15:48their place in the world cup an opportunity for their head coach on my own goal to try
15:54some different things
15:55there's also some threat on the bench i mean i think if you were guessing based on recent
16:04games and ball fires you would have thought a lot of players that aren't starting would
16:07have featured so i mean there's a there's a few players especially uh when you when you
16:14look at like there are players on this bench that are world-class players playing for pfg
16:22at the club world cup on tnt sports scored a penalty in their opening game he's he's
16:36one of the substitutes today oh man i hope we get to see him he was at majorca at that point
16:41when i was a part of that ownership group incredibly talented there's the giveaway i mean great press
16:47here from luna that ball obviously played behind just forces a moment of indecision that that
16:54is a really risky pass out good try from bolter
17:02we have one back towards joe
17:06i'm woo
17:09i'm woo has started out 21 of the last 23 games
17:15two appearances in the east asian championships and captain the team in those two games played
17:23out by king jung yu the only player in the line of the place in the k league with the outfield players
17:38king jung yu once again in the midfield played through towards pike who plays for birthing city in the championship
17:43now blocked down by lee lee with the strike and that free is able to make the save
17:55what a fantastic ball that was in to him initially and parson so much credit that they've gotten around
18:02and that covering the run for morrison essentially has a free shot in on board
18:07what a powerful run here forward from ceginio dast
18:11and the challenge coming in but
18:13comes towards josh sergeant
18:16adams
18:19josh sergeant has started the 16 so well for norwich but hasn't scored for the u.s. since november of 2019
18:29past 15
18:36is white-eyed on the left side
18:40good hot
18:42a guy that has really been utilized and under
18:45arxio concertino with the ball across the back here into the path of tyler adams
18:50it's gonna be a tough day for buna he's gotta keep working hard to find that ball between the lines
18:55between the lines and there's so many numbers in there
18:58it gets away from the first challenge couldn't find sergeant
19:03I leave him back at the moment defending behind the ball
19:09Austin down the left
19:11one goal in his 10 previous caps for Austin
19:20lovely little sequence there we actually saw the US
19:24bit of a shadow drill yesterday in training working on those
19:28wide positions where fullbacks invert winger statewide
19:32this is a wonderful player himself from the galaxy players
19:39fantastic one of the greatest asian players of all time
19:4537 caps he played against the US in the world cup
19:49in 2002 it's his second spell in charge
19:53on the end goal the 56 year old born and sold second as well
19:57first one in 2013-2014
19:59the man who scored so many big goals for
20:17Maurizio Pochettino at Tottenham scores against his former boss for South Korea
20:24and in the 18th minute it's sun with the finish and the US trailing 1-0
20:33and just just this run right here and Blackman he just glances and sees him at dream I think
20:41that's his right foot that keeps him on it's always hard for those diagonal angles but the cut of the grass
20:46I'll tell you he was just
20:47he was just
20:50and Blackman just loses
20:52sight of him for a moment and that's all it takes
20:54I mean Sun just absolutely irresistible the tackle comes in but just so much power with that left foot
21:01wonderful finish and you just can't give him the type of chances he's got early into this game good start for South Korea
21:07LAFC's son hung men with the goal 33 years old now the top goal scorer in premier league history has played at three world cups
21:21scored three group stage goals along the way
21:25one goal in four MLS appearances with LAFC since making the move
21:29and what a goal that one was that he scored to open his LAFC account
21:35in major league soccer just a couple of weeks ago in a 1-1 draw in Dallas
21:42I remember being at Spurs training a few seasons back and watching him
21:46finish afterwards just right and left foot he wouldn't be if you didn't know you wouldn't be able to tell
21:52which is his dominant foot excellent
21:59across the back it comes to Green who plays forward towards Diego Luna
22:06Aston carrying a forward over halfway he's got support from Christian Pulisic who has come across to this near side
22:12and they've managed to win the corner here
22:27two appearances this year both coming in the nation's league back in March
22:45Tim Green
22:45Aston standing inside the six-yard box here one of the targets
22:50that has fallen from Pulisic
22:53headed away
22:55second header from Lydon Yon and then eventually cleared towards halfway where Maurizio Pochettino will do the ball kid's job and
23:02try to get things going once again
23:04Harfston taking the throw it's his 10th start under Maurizio Pochettino
23:08Austin and Ream the two players who have made the most starts on the Pochettino
23:19I'll see Prince Pulisic staying on this side of the field I like him having a little more freedom to interchange
23:27headed away at the back by Kim Lin-jae brought down by Luna
23:30the match twice at the gold cup he's in the best 11 for the tournament three goals two assists
23:40here's Josh Sargent chasing forward but Kim Lin-jae defended it well
23:46the right man putting it out of play for a throw
23:50he just beats the game so well it's a few times that he's been left alone
23:55the other center backs have stepped in close passing lanes or put pressure and he's just
24:00beats where he needs to be when he needs to sit back just just a fantastic player
24:09moving across to the right side for Tristan Blackman
24:13Luna
24:20let's see for Tyler Adams
24:22he's got a close half-stead
24:28Luna once again this time
24:29lofty at the height towards that far side couldn't find Dest but it drops back for
24:33Berhalter as the US keep possession
24:35Berhalter and Blackman and the two Vancouver players link up and
24:38Ware now trying to feed Dest on the far side
24:43Mr. Blackman's ball forward on the LAFC man
24:47against Mexico back in March of 2024 he was called up to that squad for the two friendlies in June and for the gold cup but
24:56didn't feel right heading into that camp so left after just a couple of days
25:10had some time off after PSV had won the league maybe eight or nine days off and just lost a bit of power in the leg but
25:26he had the surgery on so he didn't want to do anything to put himself in any danger
25:31I don't get hung up on the momentary lapse of reason that he's a wonderfully talented player
25:49I think they need a player of that quality to be consistent to be healthy and regularly playing with their club team
25:55so it'd be great for Coach Tino and US fans to see a strong performance on the test today
26:03we've already seen today that it isn't just about filling his right back role defensively
26:08it's about what he can bring for this side going forward and the different options that he can give them
26:13different ways they can look and attack
26:15I mean that's one of the things he's done with his bluff so well because of PSV he's just
26:19becomes another midfielder at times whether it's playing very high as a winger but really great at
26:24inverting and and disrupting and creating numbers centrally and he's starting to do that today
26:29it's just so organized and your ability to close the ball down but also throws passing
26:33really it's just really well drove
26:38there's Eugenio Destiway on the right side
26:40he'll be in the Champions League with ESV after the draw he knows they'll have trips to Liverpool
26:47to Newcastle
26:49via Leverkusen
26:51he'll be home against Bayern Munich as well
26:55scored a goal in the opening game of the season against Sparta Rotterdam
26:59he's under a bit of pressure here as Green looks to clear it away up towards halfway where
27:03where couldn't bring it under control
27:06it's out for a throw
27:08and the referee looking at the assistant referee and neither of them really knew which way it was
27:13going to go but in the end they've given it here to South Korea the referee today is from
27:16Grenada the 35-year-old Rion Radix who has spent eight years on the FIFA list
27:21they picked up by Lee side and the shot goes wide from Lee Taesok who plays in Austria
27:35with Austria Vienna a couple of times now he's got in down that left side from the left wing back position
27:41they moved it so quickly
27:43yeah the U.S. collapses on the ball centrally some takes a little bit of a heavy touch but
27:49Lee's already cheating forward and it had to be first time and Dustin's going to be able to get
27:52to him if he took a touch you can see the ball just bouncing a little bit doesn't catch it from the laces cleanly
28:01let's head back down to Melissa
28:03this team especially lead to the World Cup yesterday I got to chat with him a bit
28:07he said welcome back he said he was so happy to be back and you truly could see it in his smile
28:12and he said mostly I didn't really start feeling like myself until recently within really the last
28:17week he doesn't feel that pain anymore he had some issues with his hamstring at the club he said
28:22I finally feel he said this season he's really focused on becoming stronger and he said it has to
28:27be my best season I want to be ready for the World Cup and hopefully not have any injuries this year
28:32Adams gets caught there and it's an opportunity here for South Korea as the ball is pushed
28:36through there by Lee Dong-Yong he couldn't find Sung who has scored the only goal of this game so far
28:41the long ball forward towards Josh has started well for Norwich in the championship here he is again
28:46laying the ball off of Pulisic Christian Pulisic in towards Tim Ware the flag's gone up Joe made a good
28:51save anyway but the flag was up early as it was played through towards Tim Ware
28:56South Korea does really well with the first ball over the top but you can see they're deep after
29:06turning the ball away over and just a little early it's the right idea if the way it holds his run
29:13slightly love that idea it's fired into him at pace he deals with it really well takes it early
29:20you wonder for Pochettino there are players obviously coming back to full fitness he's got two games he's got
29:27to manage it how long is he going to go with this group and who does he really want to see
29:34he can handle a competition like this because there's not a lot of different
29:39to be a different feel so he's going to learn a lot from guys today
29:45Adams across the back towards
29:47Kristen Blackman
29:54as Reeve blows down by Lee Dong-Yong picked up by Luna
30:00towards 22 tomorrow Diego going to the rail Salt Lake Man
30:04to Tim Ream trying to get back
30:33and in the end did enough
30:37Tyler Adams still has arms aloft asking across to the assistant referee why the flag didn't go up he
30:42thought the attack should have been halted because of an offside
30:46yeah the tough work for the U.S. that right in transition and even out of possession of some at the top
30:52it's just freezing the center backs to not leave and push it to the middle and they're just stuck in between
30:58they're not sure when that ball is going to go to the top and obviously Sun has pace
31:03it's just
31:05South Korea very unpredictable and when they're going to play that ball over the top
31:09Cleveland did well that time to recover
31:22George Wiener.
31:34Tim Ware.
31:36Ware opens up a little bit for Ware, who plays it out wide to that right side.
31:40Gassed up against Lee.
31:44Back for Berhalter, the cross is just too far in front of Josh Sargent,
31:47runs away for a goal kick.
31:52Josh Sargent unable to get on the end of that one.
31:57He scored two goals in a 2-0 win at Blackburn last Saturday for Norwich.
32:01He's got five goals in his first four league games.
32:04He said this week when we chatted with him that he'd be lying
32:08if he said he didn't think about how long it's been since he scored a goal
32:11for the United States all that way back over five years ago.
32:14At club level, just keep working hard.
32:16He had him from multiple clubs, reportedly Sunderland and Wolfsburg.
32:21He scored goals and that's a big thing for him in terms of confidence
32:26in a World Cup year.
32:27And playing regularly.
32:28Yeah.
32:29And that nine spot.
32:30Heppi seems like he's getting back to fitness.
32:33A little fluent in the knee, but he'll find his way back.
32:36And as well, it's anyone's guess.
32:41They're typically, he's and I will talk about this in the car over here.
32:45I think back in the day where like an incredible forward like Josh Wolfe is looking up and seeing
32:49Clint Mathis and McBride and all these consistent players that are, have caps, have holes.
32:55And the crime is playing for Fulham at that point, but Josh Wolfe snuck in.
33:00No one's going to sneak in to that number nine role.
33:02It is a door that is wide open.
33:04Kim Joon-yoo through the midfields.
33:09Lee Dong-yong.
33:11About to go to the left side for Kim Joo-sung.
33:14Lee Jae-sung and a nanny.
33:19And with Joe, the goalkeeper.
33:22Joe, a keeper who started all three games at the 2018 World Cup.
33:31Man of the match in that game against Germany.
33:35The last group game in that 2018 World Cup.
33:37A 2-0 win.
33:40In the 2022 World Cup squad but didn't play.
33:43Here's Reid.
33:44The pressure there from Lee Dong-yong.
33:46He's so quick to close down South Korea.
33:50I mean, I was just about to say the same thing.
33:52Have we seen, except for rare moments where they've been able to play between the lines of a full press,
33:56have we seen a player receiving the ball vertically that is immediately closed down for the U.S.
34:01I mean, after that first touch, or even during that first touch,
34:04always a South Korean player there to put an arm, put a foot in.
34:12Lee Jae-yoo down the right side finds Seoul.
34:15Lee Jae-yoo.
34:21Lee Jae-yoo.
34:28And now it's a chance for Sun to try and get in round the back of Blackman.
34:32Blackman
34:56In towards sun sun against guests
35:02Only goal so far
35:06Very well done by dust there
35:08I mean sun is the type of player when he takes it on
35:11He does it at a tremendous pace and a step over
35:13They're just irresistible
35:16And because he's so strong with his right and left foot
35:18And you really don't want to push him on either
35:20He does a great job
35:23Sun scoring 75 goals in 202 games under Maurizio Pochettino and Spurs
35:292015 to 2019
35:31East for Champions League runner-up in that great Spurs team in 2019
35:34How about the massive credit to John Boynton and the rest of the LAFC
35:39When they just continually put together teams that are attractive
35:43Two players like that at the right time it was with Bella
35:45And now Sun
35:47Very very good tremendous player
35:4954 minutes gone
35:5354 minutes gone
35:55The US trailing by a goal to nil
35:57Green
35:59Green
36:05Green drafted 18th by the New York Red Bulls back in 2010 to appear to be a finalist
36:10A couple of years before making a move to Europe
36:12He's here a couple of years before making a move to Europe
36:14He's here a couple of years before making a move to Europe
36:16It's the fourth time he's played King West in this stadium
36:24Here's the high ball forward
36:26Who was the furthest player forward at that moment for the United States
36:30He's here with Serginio Dest
36:36Roughly line play to continue
36:38As the Korean fans in the stands thought that should have been blown for a free kick
36:42Lead on y'all
36:45And you're bringing overloads essentially they've got to pull
36:49One of these players from the back three out because the difference between sun who's tiptoeing in the blind spot between the two center backs
36:57He's able to receive that ball in behind because sometimes there's not pressure
37:00But he's also just getting them up the field and resetting it not necessarily going on goal, but
37:05Yeah, they're almost playing with a sweeper at times with him who just reads the game so well
37:09They've got to be able to
37:11Isolate him deep and have another one through the midfield sometimes the way it needs to be the one when sergeant's occupying him to
37:18to run through the back line
37:22Son with a chance to carry the ball forward. He's got options right and left
37:27Routman going across to close down on the far side
37:29He's going to play sometimes the ball back to the side. Here's Li Jai Soong
37:39Injun Yu
37:43Seeing this wide shot just begging the ball wide
37:46That's the true middle so that's why it's really tough you can see Christian Pulisic
37:49And he's almost you know running back and forth east and west in between those lines trying to find that little space
37:55What they play down the left side started by Luna and now he's back on the ball having received the pass from Arshton
38:04Arshton for Luna, wide to the right towards Dest
38:07Across goes Li Tai Soong to close down
38:14Tyler Adams
38:19Little sick
38:20Winking up with Luna and then that touch just taking the ball away too close to Kim Min Jae
38:26And here comes South Korea once again is that a foul for Holton
38:30Keenawais for the challenge on some
38:37Just really intelligent from Ben Minson
38:46That watch right here just
38:48He knows the contacts coming takes the first touch
38:50Just because his body's in it
38:53Barholters recovering run just barrels into him
38:56Just does so well especially in the sequence where the u.s did nicely
38:59To be not only unpredictable but to possess the ball for the board where they can counter press and win it back
39:06And some just does an excellent job of relieving the pressure
39:14What is better with Pulisic having this freedom to float in to just find his pockets and find
39:18In areas of the field that keep going the ball in a crazy habit
39:23A lot of fluidity to the positioning when the u.s attack
39:28Arshton
39:30Turned over here and this is Sun
39:33Arshton chasing to try and get the ball back but Sun is away down the left side not many options for him in the middle
39:39So right in here towards Ujaiso
39:45Ujaiso back towards Mike
39:51That's Ujaiso that is down right now
39:54Right beneath us
39:57Obviously we'll have to give that turnover
40:01It's just very vocal the last few minutes
40:04Off the U.S. we can pull a little quicker
40:07It's going to be interesting with Ortiz on the sideline you know I can see her she's 20 feet away from him
40:13If she picks up plenty of the communication he's going to be giving out to this team
40:18It's just South Korea if you wanted to still look down the one thing that's very clear their intensity levels are still a little higher closing down without the ball
40:25A little bit better a little bit sharper and closing down passing lanes and it's made a big difference
40:34The local fans who watch the MLS side here no stranger to high intensity pressing it's the New York Red Bulls kind of way
40:47We've certainly seen that high intensity brought today for South Korea
40:51Quality as well has been really strong
40:54From the World Cup bound team
40:56Pulisic out wide to the far side
40:58Dest up against
41:09It fell a couple of times for Tim wire but then the shot goes wide
41:12And here's another look at it
41:23Lovely one-on-ones go there from Dest and get good balance
41:28Lucky to find it for the first time but beautiful one-toon it just gets that shot off so quickly collects it
41:34And here's the shot
41:37It just doesn't put the laces through it just gets a little with the inside of his foot but a very good opportunity there
41:46South Korea once again
41:49Tysok in towards Pike
41:51Mentioned before he plays for uh Birmingham City in the championship should say that's Tom Brady's Birmingham City
41:57He's already scored this season for Birmingham City, this is Son
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42:23Tim weir has actually been playing left back for Marseille
42:26Yeah, obviously it's great when Tim weir is getting starts but he's winger
42:30I love seeing Tim weir when he can pick up the ball
42:34Look at his defender whether it's an outside back, a center back, a right midfielder
42:39And just take a ball and just have that a reference and you know it's different especially when he was in italy
42:48When you're thinking defensively and you're picking up the ball you're just not as aggressive
42:52All called forward here in towards the edge of the box as it's pushing down for Son
42:55Will hold it for all of a Son
42:59That's the bike
43:03And they fall back in Junyu, Son on the edge of the box
43:05Good link up place, a chance for Son, he goes down and the back heel
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