World Cup: England fans frustrated after disappointing USA match

It was a frustrating nighttime for England fans successful eastbound London arsenic the Three Lions were held by the USA successful their 2nd radical crippled of the Fifa World Cup.

The match, a 19:00 kick-off, was the archetypal England show of the Qatar tourney galore could ticker with different supporters successful a pub and followed the team's 6-2 triumph implicit Iran.

But it turned retired a drab 0-0 draw.

Some 500 radical packed into Shoreditch's Boxpark venue connected Friday evening.

Fans had been successful bully dependable up of the match, spurred connected by the DJ and a big of antithetic competitions and challenges.

George Shayle, 26, said helium was the archetypal idiosyncratic done the doorway astatine 15:00. He took a half-day from enactment truthful helium could soak up immoderate of the ambiance earlier large screens started showing the match.

"We've been watching each game," helium said.

"You privation to beryllium a portion of it," said Zac Okoisor, who besides took clip disconnected work, arriving 3 hours earlier kick-off with person Noah Sempala.

Noah watched the archetypal England crippled connected Monday portion astatine work. But determination was nary mode helium was missing retired this time, truthful helium booked the full time off.

He had predicted an casual crippled for England, but that aboriginal optimism soon made mode for frustration.

"It was a spot boring, a spot disappointing," Noah said astatine fractional time. "I thought we were going to tally distant with it but unluckily not."

The 4-0 helium had predicted astatine the commencement of the crippled looked a agelong mode off.

Tessa Saraceno - 1 of the fewer Americans astatine the venue - sat a fewer benches away.

The 27 twelvemonth aged flew successful from Chicago connected Friday greeting to sojourn her friends successful London - though she had nary thought determination would beryllium a large England-USA crippled erstwhile she planned the trip.

Tessa was going to deterioration a US jersey for the game, until they intervened.

"They told maine I was not allowed to deterioration a US shirt," she said. "In the States, fans beryllium unneurotic and it's banter."

Her friends told her it wasn't the aforesaid implicit here.

Did Tessa deliberation the US had a accidental astatine getting a result? "Not astatine all," she said,

Even so, Tessa said she would "probably celebrate" if the US scored.

England stay steadfast favourites to suffice for the knockout stage, knowing they lone request to debar a four-goal decision against Wales to progress.

But determination were large boos astatine the stadium successful Qatar, and galore successful Shoreditch look to echoed their sentiments.

"It was a horrendous show from the Three Lions," said Roberto Giurgila, 25.

"Seeing Brazil past night, they are impeccable. Realistically, I bash not spot England going far."