Salvador: United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says attack will be the best form of defence when his American underdogs tackle Belgium today for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
<img title="United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/sep/Klinsmann0107.jpg" alt="United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann" /> US midfielder Jermaine Jones (left) warms up as coach Jurgen Klinsmann oversees a training session. Pic/AFP.
The United States confounded all pre-tournament predictions by battling their way out of a daunting Group G, finishing behind Germany but claiming the runners-up spot ahead of Portugal and Ghana.
Klinsmann acknowledged, however, that his team must improve on last Thursday&rsquo;s 1-0 defeat by the Germans in Recife if they are to provide another shock by eliminating Belgium, regarded by many as tournament dark horses.
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Trailing in attack Of particular concern to Klinsmann is his team&rsquo;s attack. According to FIFA statistics compiled after the completion of the first round, the United States had just 72 attacks in three games &mdash; putting them 31st among 32 teams.
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Klinsmann says he wants to buck that trend against a Belgium side who may be missing centre-backs Vincent Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen, both of whom are battling to recover from injuries. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s definitely something we learnt out of the Germany game,&rdquo; Klinsmann said. &ldquo;We were too deep, especially the first 20 minutes. I was screaming my lungs off there to get the back line out and to move the entire unit higher up the field.
&ldquo;So we&rsquo;ll work on that over the next couple of days in training, to shift the entire game forward and through that put more pressure on the opponent and create more chances.&rdquo;

United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says attack will be the best form of defence when his American underdogs tackle Belgium today for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals

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