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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Jeff Kassouf in Auckland

‘Are you going to crush us?’: USA brush off hype before Vietnam opener

USA players inspect the pitch at Eden Park.
USA players inspect the pitch at Eden Park. Photograph: Jan Kruger/FIFA/Getty Images

A burst of laughter rang throughout the press conference room at Eden Park on Friday night as a journalist from Vietnam asked United States head coach Vlatko Andonovski what much of the rest of the world is wondering: “Are you going to crush us like you did to Thailand four years ago?”

Andonovski and USA captain Lindsey Horan were the only two who didn’t laugh, although Horan attempted to hold back a smirk. Andonovski composed himself as the laughter petered out.

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