The United States defeated Cuba 2-0 in a friendly match, with Wandolovsky and Bayern talented young player Julian Green helping the United States score a goal in the second half. From a competitive perspective, this is not an important game that can make the media headlines, but

The United States defeated Cuba 2-0 in a friendly match, with Wandolovsky and the talented young player who played for Bayern Julian Green helping the United States score a goal in the second half. From a competitive perspective, this is not an important game that can make the media headlines, but from a larger perspective...

Since 1947, this is the first time that the US men's football national team has set foot on Cuba's land for a friendly match. Of course, the two teams have not fought for decades. After all, the football teams of the two countries belong to the Central and North America and the Caribbean Regional Football Federation. In 2008, the two teams played in the World Cup, which was the latest time before the two teams played in Cuba. At that time, political tensions continued between the two countries.

After the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the United States cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 and then closed the embassy. The following year, the United States announced an economic, financial blockade and trade embargo on Cuba. In December 2014, the two countries announced that they would hold consultations on the restoration of diplomatic relations. Last year, the ice between the United States and Cuba officially melted, and in July of the same year, the two countries officially established diplomatic relations.

football rotates the big ball. In early June last year, , the capital of Cuba, , Havana, , ushered in a special football match. The New York Cosmic Club in the United States visited and fought against the Cuban national team. New York Universe is the first American professional sports club to visit Cuba after the normalization of US-Cuba relations. Before the game started, the Brazilian legendary star Bailey made a brief debut, arousing cheers from the audience. Bailey joined the heyday universe team in the 1970s and ended his career there. How could he miss this important historical moment when he was making his first personal visit to Cuba. However, due to the rain, Bailey failed to kick off the game as planned, after all, he was old.

Cuban national anthem and the US national anthem were played one after another, and fans in the Havana stands gave warm applause to the US national anthem. Despite the huge score difference between (Cuba 1-4 New York Universe), even though the heavy rain poured down, it did not weaken the enthusiasm of Cuban fans, and several Cuban fans even waved the star stripes . Cosmic team head coach Giovanni · Zavarese said: "The door has been opened." The Spanish legendary star Raul who played for the Cosmic team at that time said: "Football brings people together, we saw this scene in Havana today. It is my honor to participate in this game."

And after the door was opened, the sports exchanges between the two countries increased. In March this year, US President Obama watched the baseball exhibition match between the Major League Baseball Tampa Bay Rays against the Cuban national team in Havana during his epoch-making trip to Cuba. In June, the American men's volleyball team visited Cuba and played two friendly matches with the Cuban men's volleyball team.

Although the world's number one sports football is not Cuban national football (baseball), it also has many believers in Cuba, so the American men's football team is naturally the best choice for coming to show goodwill. On the court where the New York Universe had fought, Cuba lost again. The score is not surprising. The US team has never lost to Cuba in the past 70 years. Including this game, the United States has been unbeaten against Cuba for 11 consecutive games (10 wins and 1 draw). What was the result of the two teams' confrontation in the Golden Cup last year? The United States beat Cuba 6-0, which was also the last time the two teams met.

But who cares about the outcome of the game? Listen to the statement of the US coach Klinsman . "The value of this game is not just about staying on the football field. I told my players and colleagues to go out and feel the city. Some players even went to schools in Cuba and took classes with local children. When I was a player, people there would open their doors to welcome us wherever they went. This is the charm of football. The charm of football is that it is borderless."

"The charm of football is that it is borderless."