What a scene it was in the desert north of Doha, some way north in the city of Al Khor, the stadium resembling a giant tent from the outside and a vast amphitheatre inside – too vast, plainly, to sell all the tickets. There were empty seats dotted all over.
The manager had predicted that the USA would bring a ferocious intensity but it was a measured approach from them, well structured and, as England stalled, Berhalter’s team made their move. It was the USA who called the tune in the second half of the first period and they had the chances to break the deadlock. Clear chances, too.Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
Shaw teed up Saka, who lifted high, towards the end of the half and Mason Mount extended Matt Turner but England had to do more.
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