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On Tuesday we’ll know if the USA U-23s are going to the knockout state of the Olympics after their match towards Guinea. It is clear what they should do, win they usually’re by way of however a draw or much less will make issues fairly difficult. If the USA can begin rapidly like they did towards New Zealand it will likely be good, however in a strain scenario, Marko Mitrovic might want to handle nerves to make sure that his group is able to go.

Here is what to look at for:

midfield

Midfield is the place Guinea’s strengths lie. They used all of their overaged slots to convey midfielders to the event, so stability in that division has been a driving power. In Amadou Diawara, Naby Keita, and Abdoulaye Toure, Guinea had been capable of frustrate France solely shedding by a purpose of their match. With the well being of Gianluca Busio in limbo, the USA might be with out one more midfielder after the transfer of Aidan Morris to Middlesbrough induced them to shuffle the setup on the final second earlier than the Olympics.

Tanner Tessmann, Djordje Mihailovic, and Busio have mixed nicely to guide the USA midfield to date through the Olympics however with a small squad, Mitrovic will not need to shake issues up at such an essential time. If Busio cannot go, Jack McGlynn can be the doubtless alternative bringing extra of an attacking presence, however much less defensive chunk to the match.

False 9?

Taking part in as a striker is about extra than simply scoring targets, however having the ability to rating can be fairly essential too. Whereas Duncan McGuire put in a stable shift defensively towards New Zealand, he nonetheless wasn’t capable of finding the again of the web because it felt just like the assault was working round him as an alternative of with him. When he left the match for Griffin Yow, Paxten Aaronson slid into the center and instantly scored by way of a Yow help. His speedy impression is one thing that may’t be taken as a right as Mitrovic is organising his lineup for the match.

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It is good to have gamers like Yow off the bench, however when getting off to a powerful begin is crucial, Yow starting the match on the wing looks like the way in which to go. There is not far more that he can do to push for a begin after additionally placing in a powerful shift from the bench towards France however Mitrovic hasn’t made a lineup change but.

Development eventualities

With a victory towards Guinea: The USA will qualify for the knockout spherical. Whereas France or New Zealand can nonetheless win the group, if one in all them had been to win their match towards the opposite, it will see the USA nonetheless end second by way of purpose distinction.
With a draw towards Guinea: The USA will solely qualify for the knockout spherical if New Zealand lose or draw whereas nonetheless having a worse purpose distinction than the USA.
With a loss towards Guinea: Issues get fairly robust for the USA. They’ve a purpose distinction of zero so shedding by one purpose to Guinea whereas New Zealand additionally lose to France would convey it to the second tiebreaker in all matches which is targets scored within the group stage. The USA would solely advance in that 1-0 loss state of affairs because of scoring extra targets than Guinea however shedding by a couple of purpose would see Guinea advance on purpose distinction and New Zealand selecting up some extent would see them bounce forward on factors.