The England national football team is the only selection in Europe to have reached at least the semi-finals of the last two major tournaments (fourth at the 2018 World Cup and reigning European runners-up). The motherland of football has been waiting for a big title for 56 years now. The English were also among the big favorites for the 2022 World Cup due to the absence of the actual European champions, Italy. A role that the selection of Gareth Southgate in the opening game lived up to in all form. With 6:2 England dealt with Iran very clearly. England plays very good football, first of all very attacking and they always want to score more goals. The players that Southgate has in his squad simply have to play that kind of game. On the side, they have players who are extremely fast, like Sacco and Sterling, but we must not forget, in this composition of the English substitutes, Foden and Rashford. They have a fantastic attack led by the excellent captain Harry Kane, who is obviously in the mood for assists in this tournament, he had two in the match against Iran. What can especially please all fans is the fact that the goal threat did not come from just one player, but was spread over several players. There is no reason for them to change their approach to the game in today's match, and in this match, in my opinion, they will have a rival who will try to outplay them, which will only leave more space for the fast English players.

The USA drew 1-1 with Wales in the opening match of this tournament, but I must admit that I expected a lot more from them. During the entire match, they managed to direct only one shot into the visitors' goal and until the end of the match, they were quite harmless. They entered the match very nervous and by the 13th minute they already had two yellow cards. They simply shouldn't allow something like that in this match, because by the end of the match they would have to reduce their aggressiveness, which they will really need in this match if they want to achieve a positive result. USA's failure to convert their chances into goals has been hurting them now for quite some time. The Americans have scored just twice in the last four games. I believe that the Americans will try to be an equal rival with the English, but they must be very careful, because the experience of playing such games and the individual quality of the players is certainly on the side of England. In the case of victory in this match, the English will ensure passage to the next stage and in the last round against Wales, they will allow themselves the luxury of resting some of the most important players for the knockout stage.