Comments, predictions Portugal Women vs USA Women: The strength of the champion

In theory, the reigning US Women's World Cup champion is still at risk of being eliminated from the group stage this season. Specifically, the American women got 1 win and 1 draw after 2 matches played in Group E. Currently, they top the group with 4 points, but they are only 1 point better than the 3rd place Portuguese women.

With the current situation, it is the American women's team that will be eliminated if they lose to the Portuguese women in the confrontation this afternoon. However, those are only theoretical calculations because in terms of class and performance, American women are superior to their opponents and 3 points in the direct confrontation belong to them as a predictable result.

With the European team, the Portuguese women no longer have the right to self-determination when they have 1 loss against the Dutch women and only beat the street team before the Vietnamese women after 2 matches. In front of the American women's cavalry, the Portuguese women can hardly win points and it is not surprising if they will stop. Notably, the Portuguese women lost all four recent confrontations against the American women.

- Portuguese Women: Pereira, Costa, Amado, Silva,  Pinto, F.Pinto, Norton, Gomes, Borges, J.Silva, D.Silva.

- American women: Naeher, Girma, Ertz, Demelo, Horan, Smith, Morgan, Sullivan, Dunn, Rodman, Fox.