It's precise elemental for the United States connected Tuesday against Iran successful the 2022 World Cup. Win, oregon spell home.
Three of the 4 teams successful Group B -- the US, England and Iran -- are inactive live for 2 spots successful the circular of 16. The scenarios are straightforward.
An Iran oregon US triumph gets either through. A triumph oregon gully from England puts the Three Lions into the knockout stage. The Americans tin inactive triumph the radical with a triumph and an England nonaccomplishment to Wales, oregon if England gully and the US wins by astatine slightest 4 goals.
Read more: How each squad tin scope the circular of 16
But nary scoreboard-watching here. The matches instrumentality spot astatine the aforesaid time.
Here are the biggest moments and apical plays from the last time successful Group B play.
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— U.S. Men's National Soccer Team (@USMNT) November 29, 2022Growing controversy
After a US Soccer Federation societal media relationship briefly displayed Iran's flag without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, Iran's authorities reacted by accusing US Soccer of removing the sanction of God from their nationalist flag, and the Iranian shot federation said their state volition lodge a ailment with FIFA. A study from The Associated Press said that Iran was besides threatening ineligible action.
The USSF said successful a connection Sunday greeting that it decided to forgo the authoritative emblem connected societal media accounts to amusement "support for the women successful Iran fighting for basal quality rights."
The posts were yet taken down and the flag's emblem was restored. A US spokesperson said that the USSF inactive supports the protesters successful Iran, and US defender Walker Zimmerman emphasized that the squad is focused connected Tuesday but remains successful enactment of women's rights.
"I deliberation it's specified a focused radical connected the task astatine hand, but astatine the aforesaid clip we empathize, and we are steadfast believers successful women's rights and enactment them," Zimmerman said.
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