"We're fifteen minutes into the match and to no one's surprise here, Nigeria have ceded seventy nine percent of territory to the USA. They're protecting their resource with everything they have, in a series of lines and phalanx shells, shells the Americans are working patiently to break with feints and close quarter combat."

"It's safe to say, Simon, that Valentino isn't going to have an easy time of it, Charles Ndidi is keeping him at arm's length, but there's a threat there, because he's liable to be taken out of equation by someone else."

"Ohhhh, and just like you said, Andy, Ndidi has been knocked down by Parks! Valentino is in space, Ibarguen has broken past a shell and sets him up on the left. Valentino skips past three defenders and plays in Abigail Weiss who gets it!"

"What a hit for the Americans!"

"Abigail Weiss scores her first target hit of the match, and her seventh of the tournament. Point one to the Americans!"

"Now Nigeria has got to respond. They can't keep exposing Ndidi to the American counterwave. They've got to protect him."

"In particular, Aisha Lawal was beaten too easily by Sam Ibarguen. I don't think the Nigerians are aggressive enough when they're engaged in hand-to-hand.
They've got to improve on that now, or they'll get hurt... Ndidi gets going, and the match resumes. The USA leading by one hit to none."