Source: Team_Talk
Dempsey delight at Green blunder
USA forward Clint Dempsey has admitted he could not believe his good fortune against England in Rustenburg on Saturday evening.[LNB] The Fulham striker had already been denied a decent chance when Jozy Altidore nicked Landon Donovan's cross away from him as the United States were battling back against England.[LNB]But even Dempsey thought his speculative shot five minutes before half-time was not going to cause Robert Green a problem.[LNB]Instead, the hapless Green inexplicably allowed the ball to slip through his fingers and bobble into the net, to England's complete shock and Dempsey's total jubilation.[LNB]It earned the USA a 1-1 draw that leaves them well placed to reach the knockout phase.[LNB]"When I hit the shot I knew it was going on target and at the last second it moved a little bit," he said.[LNB]"I saw Green reaching for it but then I saw it go over the line. I was hoping the referee saw it too. Thankfully he did.[LNB]"It is one of those goals everyone else seems to get. You watch them and think 'Why can I never get a goal like that'. Now I have."[LNB]Dempsey conceded England were the better side after the interval.[LNB]However, the United States continued to create chances and the 27-year-old claimed that if Altidore had spotted him square to his left when Green made the crucial second-half save that kept England in it, a repeat of that famous victory in 1950 would have been on the cards.[LNB]"In the second half we didn't do a good job keeping possession," he said.[LNB]"They had some good opportunities and Tim came up with some big saves.[LNB]"But we had two excellent chances as well.[LNB]"When Jozy hit the post if he squared it to me or it had got a different bounce we could have scored."
