Walker Zimmerman: “We’ll be back hungrier than ever”

There is no drama in Walker Zimmerman. center United States national team He walked through the mixed area at Khalifa Stadium with the feeling that this was just beginning. It is the beginning of something bigger. After “Team USA” was eliminated from Qatar 2022 by the Netherlands, the Nashville club player looked to the future. Defeat is not so painful when, as he sees it, the conclusions are too positive for the long-term project.

“We came to the World Cup with the aim of winning it, and it showed in the way we played. We can compete with anyone. You could see it in the way we played, the way we created chances. We believe in every one. We will definitely be backZimmerman Promise. “This World Cup showed that the way we played can make ‘American’ fans proud. We will be back hungrier than ever. Some will come in president. It’s a great time to be a soccer fan in the United States. I hope this collection and its legacy will be talked about next, because I feel like we can build one.” added.

The USA responded in the second period, with a score against them, and hovered around the tie once Wright, somewhat improbably, pushed the provisional score 2-1. The improvement was evident from talking off the bench. The ships had to be burned. “When you concede a goal before the break and lose by two goals, you know you’ve got a race against time. You have to go out with everything you’ve got and get out as soon as possible. If you concede a third, it’s over. We knew the goal would get us back in the game and we didn’t stop.” Never stop looking for it until we make it happen. Zimmerman explained when asked by AS.

The first two goals scored by the Netherlands came from two similar plays: a diagonal trailing from the right towards the striker, who was waiting for the ball in the heart of the penalty area to finish first. Zimmermann is aware of the tactical error that allowed those led by Van Gaal to reap the trick and still repeats: “Two centers have reached space at the entrance to the area, we are running towards the goal. It was difficult for us to take these marks, and the second is especially painful because it comes from a throw-in two minutes after the break. We had to focus on trying to prevent these things from happening, we were in the group stage and couldn’t do that today. Both goals could have been prevented.”

Now let’s look at the year 2026. Zimmerman already has his mind set. 2026 begins today with the lessons learned in Khalifa: “The World Cup is every four years, and that’s what makes it so unique and painful, and you have to wait four years to get back on the stage. That doesn’t mean we won’t go on hungry; You have to wait four years. In addition, it is a tournament without qualifiers, because we will be hosts. We have a great opportunity in 2026 to win at home and inspire this generation.”