Qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. become very exciting. Canada was the first country to confirm its support for the world’s greatest football spectacle.
Today at the Orlando City Stadium, USMNT showed a complete superiority over the Panama team with a score of 5-1.
Gregg Berhalter presented his selection in the starting lineup of 11: 1-Zach Steffen, 2-Shaq Moore, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Anthony Robinson, 6-Yunus Musa, 7-Paul Arriola, 10-Christian Pulisic (cap. ), 12 Miles Robinson, 14 Luca de la Torre and 20 Jess Ferreira.
Meanwhile PanamaThe team consisted of: 1-Luis Mecha, 4-Fidel Escobar, 8-Adalberto Carrasquilla, 10-Edgar Brsenas, 13-Fredy Gndola, 14-Rolando Blackburn, 15-Eric Davis, 16-Andrs Andrade, 19-Alberto Quintero, 20-Anbal Godoy (K) and 23-Michael Murillo.
The US had high hopes for a major victory
The United States was the first to score a penalty Pulisic after Godoy’s foul on Zimmerman just 17 minutes into the game. in just 7 minutes Arriola scores the second goal for USMNT with a head kick!
One minute after Arriola’s goal, Ferreira scores for USA
At this point the US had one leg inside to qualify, however the first half is not yet over; literally a minute before the end, Godoy made a huge mistake and the referee noted another penalty opportunity for a leading team.
Once again, Pulisic put all his abilities to work and scored again! to make it his second goal of the game.
Just 26 minutes into the second half, Pulisic again hits with all his might and scores his first hat-trick in this qualifying round.
Panama needs to wake up and correct their mistakes, although it was an extremely difficult task despite the fact that the team created an opportunity and they seized it. Godoythe player who took both penalties scored the goal and put Panama on the scoreboard.
The game ended 5-1, giving Pulisic the opportunity to establish himself as the star player of the match.
USA men’s team needed this victory to move on to keep their place in the FIFA World Cup after a 0–0 draw in Mexico City against their longtime rival Mexico. This win currently puts them in second place behind Canada.