Fresh off a win over Senegal, the USMNT dey face their toughest pre-World Cup test yet against Germany. Di match wey go happun for Chicago Soldier Field go be big test for Mauricio Pochettino and im boys.
Germany get plenty stars like Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich, Florian Wirtz and Kai Havertz. Dem be European heavyweights wey get immense talent. But USMNT no dey fear, dem don lift spirits with di 3-2 win over Senegal for Charlotte on May 31.
Pochettino don name im 26-man roster and don trial 22 players for di Senegal game. Now, for di final friendly, im go try to nail down im best starting lineup. But star center-back Chris Richards no go play because of ankle injury wey im suffer last month.
“He is not ready to compete and to play,” Pochettino tell reporters for Chicago. “In di next few days, we get di possibility to assess him and im ankle, then to make a decision.”
Di match go be di last chance for players to impress before di World Cup. Expect Matt Freese to get full 90 minutes for goal, as Matt Turner and Chris Brady don already play against Senegal. Alex Freeman, Mark McKenzie, and Tim Ream go form di back three. Weston McKennie go play as wingback, while Sebastian Berhalter and Tyler Adams dey for midfield. Gio Reyna, Folarin Balogun, and Christian Pulisic go lead di attack.
Pulisic don score one goal and give one assist against Senegal, so im go want to continue dat form against Germany. Balogun don score against Senegal too, but one goal wey dem call back for offside. Im go want to be clinical for di big games.
Di match go be sold out, and plenty fans dey expect to see good football. Germany get four World Cup trophies, so dis go be real test for USMNT. Di match go show if USMNT dey ready for di World Cup wey go start for five days time.
Other teams dey play friendlies too. Argentina go face Honduras for Texas, Brazil go play Egypt for Cleveland, and England go take on New Zealand for Tampa. Portugal go host Chile for Oeiras.
Pochettino know say di spotlight dey on am. “If you play with experiments and something happens, or you take a risk, there’s always di haters today in social media,” im tok. “No one go say anything if you make a good decision, but if something wrong happun, dem say you get no clue.”
Di match go happun for Saturday afternoon, and all eyes go dey on Soldier Field. USMNT go hope to get good result before dem go World Cup.
