At Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Timothy Weah, son of legend George Weah, scored the goal for the United States in the 36th minute, before Wales equalized from a penalty kick translated by Gareth Bale in the 82nd minute of the match.
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D 90 + 10 – the end of the match in a tie, with a goal in each net.
D 82 – Goal!!!!!!!!!!! Captain Bale successfully translates the penalty kick, imposing a tie on the United States! Welsh pressure finally yielded a deserved goal.
D 80 – A foul by Walker Zimmerman on Bale inside the penalty area, and the referee does not hesitate to award a penalty kick to Wales.
D 65 – A corner for Wales, substitute Kiefer Moore rises to it and hits it with a strong header, but it goes over the crossbar!!
D-64: A great opportunity for Wales following a header by defender Ben Davis, which was brilliantly pushed away by American goalkeeper Matt Turner, saving his own goal from a goal!
D – 55: The Welsh team comes out of its area and initiates the attack since the beginning of the second half, but the chances are absent.
D-46: The start of the second half
D – 45 + 5: The end of the first half, with a deserved and logical lead for the American team.
– D36: Goal!!!!!!!!!! Timothy Weah, son of legend George Weah, opens the scoring for the US national team, following a beautiful through ball from Pulisic! A worthy goal for the United States of America.
D – 30: The percentage of possession of the American team on the ball amounted to 67%.
D – 25: The American team is the most dangerous and most in control of the ball, and there is a complete absence of any attempts by Gareth Bale and his companions in this first match between the two parties in the World Cup finals.
D-10: A great missed opportunity for the American team! A cross from Chelsea player Christian Pulisic in front of the goal and a powerful header from Joshua Sargent touching the right post of Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessy!! Seconds before that, the Welsh defense almost scored by mistake, had it not been for the intervention of the goalkeeper as well.
D – 1: Qatari referee Abdul Rahman Al Jassim blows the whistle at the start of the match hosted by Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium. Wales is playing its first match in the World Cup finals since 1958!
The two starting line-ups for the two teams