USA left red-faced after holding up ‘qualified’ banner despite not yet reaching World Cup
dailystar.co.ukWorld Cup, despite that not actually being the case.Chelsea star Christian Pulisic scored a hat-trick in a thumping 5-1 win over Panama in Orlando, Florida to put the US on the brink of earning a place in Qatar in November.
While that is almost certain, there is still the possibility that the US will be left with egg on their face.Gregg Berhalter’s side have one qualifying match left against Costa Rica and defeat by six goals or more on Thursday would deny them automatic qualification and send them into a play-off.
That eventuality was not on the minds of the players, who proudly held up a banner reading ‘QUALIFIED’ on Sunday.Hat-trick hero Pulisic later insisted it was an honest mistake and said they would not underestimate Costa Rica. "The guys didn't know at all what it said.
It was just handed to them,” Pulisic said when asked about the banner in a post-match interview."Once we realised… There's no need to show that off because we still have a job to do.
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