🇺🇸 USA thrash Paraguay 4-1! Trump CALLS, Speed-Ibra and Balogun ⚽⚽
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The USA cruise to victory in Los Angeles in their World Cup opener: 4-1 over Paraguay , who only managed a few shots in the second half. Other than that, it was a full-on Stars and Stripes show, with Bobadilla’s own goal after a brilliant Pulisic move (7’), a Balogun brace (31’; 45+5’), and a goal from G. Reyna (90+8’). Paraguay’s only goal came from Mauricio (73’), but now let’s look at everything you probably missed from the American night. 📲 Everyone at SoFi Stadium, except Trump... who calls Pochettino At SoFi Stadium, the star parade started in the stands: Tom Cruise, David Beckham, George Lucas (creator of Star Wars), Paris Hilton, and more. The one notable absentee was Donald Trump , who stayed in Washington. Marco Rubio was sent in his place: the US Secretary of State. The US President still made sure to show support for the team with a call to Pochettino and the whole squad: “You have a great chance of going all the way” — a routine call in which captain Tim Ream didn’t seem especially involved. 😅 Ibrahimovic and Henry kick Speed off Fox Sports Even before the match, there was a pregame show starring Ibrahimovic ( who admitted he’s also rooting for Croatia ) and Thierry Henry on Fox Sports : Henry’s reaction to a remark by Alexi Lalas, former US player who also had a spell with Padova, has already gone viral. The pundit spots someone and says, “How do you call it? A full-kit wanker” , which in American English means “a complete idiot” , while in standard English it sounds more like “a total jerk-off.” Henry’s face says it all. Then of course Speed had to make an appearance, reminding everyone of his love for CR7: “Portugal will win the World Cup,” he said on Fox Sports , before being kicked off the show by Ibrahimovic and Henry. 🚔 Pitch invasion attempt stopped: police highly effective Also going viral on social media is the video of an attempted pitch invasion at SoFi Stadium, though it was actually pretty clumsy. Security for this event is at the highest level, and the American police do not mess around: in the 97th minute, the guy tried to get onto the pitch but didn’t even manage to take a single step. 🗽 Balogun: first USA World Cup brace since 1930 Folarin Balogun’s brace, with another goal of his disallowed, goes into US history: he is the first American player to score two goals in a World Cup match since July 17, 1930, back in the days of Bert Patenaude. Fun fact: both braces came against Paraguay. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.