England v USA match report
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The World Cup continues. Our second match in Group B Matchday 2 begins. We take a look at the England v USA match. We will highlight the line-ups, pick out the key moments and standout World Cup Fantasy performances during the match.
Covering the England v USA match can be very useful to World Cup Fantasy managers. Highlighting line-ups, key moments and standout fantasy performances can aid decisions regarding future transfers, captaincies and chip strategy.
Line-ups – England
After rumours that striker Harry Kane (£11m) may not start the match, he starts. Bukayo Saka (£8m) also starts the game. The midfielder scored two goals in Matchday 1, making him the highest scoring player in World Cup Fantasy.
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USA
Many managers within the community will be hoping goalkeeper Matt Turner (£4.5m) keeps his first clean sheet of the World Cup. Some managers who chose midfielder Christian Pulisic (£7.5m) could have decided to sell ahead of a tough match against England.
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Key moments
- England’s Harry Kane gets his first chance of the game. Bukayo Saka plays a great ball into the box, but Kane’s shot is blocked.
- Forward Tim Weah (£6.5m) places a ball to Weston Mckennie (£6m) in a dangerous position but his shot goes way over the bar.
- Yunus Musah (£6m) hits a shot straight at the goalkeeper, but the Americans are growing into the game.
- Christian Pulisic finds himself in a fantastic position to shoot. The midfielders strike smashes against the England crossbar. USA are becoming increasingly dangerous.
- USA defender Sergiño Dest (£5m) cuts into the England box at pace, takes a shot, but is deflected for a corner. The corner comes to nothing.
- England left back Luke Shaw (£5m) forces his way into the USA box but his intended pass to Bukayo Saka fails to meet its destination.
- England forward Raheem Sterling (£8.5m) slips the ball to midfielder Mason Mount (£7.5m) who draws a great save from goalkeeper Matt Turner (£4.5m).
- The first half ends 0-0.
- The second half gets underway with no changes to personnel.
- Christian Pulisic drives forward, takes a shot but the shot deflects wide for a corner. USA have started the second half as well as they played in the first.
- USA have a succession of corners and have penned England into their own half.
- Raheem Sterling and midfielder Jude Bellingham (£7.5m) are replaced by midfielders Jordan Henderson (£6.5m) and Jack Grealish (£7.5m).
- Luke Shaw sends the ball into the box from a free kick, it’s a great chance to score but Harry Kane hit it well over the bar.
- The game ends 0-0.
Standout World Cup Fantasy performances
- The game finished 0-0, which meant there were plenty of defensive returns but no offensive returns.
- The biggest returner was Matt Turner. His clean sheet and save point meant he hit seven points.
- The USA and England defence had plenty of six-point returns. Some of those included Kiran Trippier (£5m), Luke Shaw and Sergiño Dest.
@FPLReaction’s (Louis) comments
The USA played much better than I thought they would. The Americans changed tactic since Matchday 1 and conserved their energy throughout the game. This helped them snuff out the very disappointing England attack.
Both teams have great fixtures next so it could be a case of holding all of their assets we owned for this match in the next match.
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