On Thursday, Berhalter said, one day before his team’s important meeting with the England national team: "I was talking to him on WhatsApp but I didn’t see the blue tick. So I don’t know what’s going on".
The American technical director added: "We kind of stopped. We will continue our relationship the day after tomorrow".
The United States coach was referring to the transmission signs turned on the application "Whatsapp" to blue when the recipient reads the message, but users can set the phone to keep it grey.
He did not comment Southgate Asked if he had changed his phone settings, but was asked if he could have a real friendship with a rival coach.
The England boss joked: "no"before going on to explain: "You can, of course, but everyone knows how it works in our game. You compete against each other and when you’re done you’re back to friendship. This is the sport".
The two teams meet on Friday in the second round of Group Two matches, which England leads with 3 points, followed by Wales and the United States, each with a point, while Iran is at the bottom of the group without a score.
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He is the head coach of the US national team Greg Berhalter He is a friend of his English counterpart Gareth Southgate, but communication between them recently broke off before the two teams arrived in Qatar to participate in the World Cup World Cup 2022.
And Thursday, Berhalter said, one day before his team’s important meeting with the England national team: “I was talking to him via WhatsApp, but I did not see the blue check mark. So I do not know what is happening.”
And the American coach added, “We have kind of stopped. We will continue our relationship the day after tomorrow.”
The US coach was referring to turning the send signs on the application of “Whatsappto blue when the recipient reads the message, but users can set the phone to keep it grey.
He did not comment Southgate Asked if he had changed his phone settings, but was asked if he could have a real friendship with a rival coach.
“No,” the England boss joked, before going on to explain: “You can, of course, but everyone knows how it works in our game. You compete against each other and when you’re done you come back to friendship. That’s what sport is.”
The two teams meet on Friday in the second round of Group Two matches, which England leads with 3 points, followed by Wales and the United States, each with a point, while Iran is at the bottom of the group without a score.