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At a time and that's what i'm going to do. i'm stepping back from answering that one. >> i just -- i love -- i love watching the crowds behind you, because i was at a world cup and to see these people, the energy there, you can feel the energy wand have both teams going up against each other. hold on one second, ladies, richard roth with us, made it back from searching for that lone portuguese fan. richard, what's your prediction? >> my prediction, oh, boy. we are supposed to be neutral. i always do not like this. but if you force me, these men behind me beating me up, i would say portugal, 3,...

Every match he's playing in. this will be the first world cup match his family will see him lay in. >> if you've got money, that's the way to spend it, make sure your family's there. it's fascinating, watching the excitement behind you the world cup, that's what they do, set up huge screenser not only in rio and brazil but all over the world so people can come together. collective experience for people. i know shasta is outside the stadium. what fans are you seeing there? has the u.s. more people than portugal right now? >> reporter: now yo, there's been an invasion, american invasion in the a...

For absolutely everybody. they're all here, enjoying this. you see it, a concert happening behind me now. but when it game time, that screen behind me, that will be filled up with the game. so everybody here will be in very, very quiet watchig the game, rooting for their team. i have to add as well, we are in brazil. of course there is a strong tie with portugal. so it's going to be very interesting to see who the neutral fans and who the brazilian fans are cheering for in this match. i have a feeling it won't be the americans. >> it's incredible. brazilians speech portuguese, you mentioned th...

I've been drinking for 15 minutes. >> okay. well, all believers on that apparently, we are in the united states. a match the u.s. needs to win, a tie could still keep them alive, the third match. back to you. >> richard roth -- the united nations. the center of world diplomacy right there. they are searching for the apparently lone pore chu gal fan. richard, george howell, thank you so much. so here's the $64,000 question, can the u.s. do it? defy the skeptics, beat portugal and guarantee a place in the second round? our predictions coming up. cshe is the greatest thing ever. one little smile....

No different. usa will win. >> reporter: how worried are you about cristiano ronaldo, somewhat injured, star player, won the european championship with real madrid, a force to be dealt with? >> i think that the match against ghana proved the united states can take on any team in this world. we've got this. >> reporter: all right. are you overenthusiastic because of the win over ghana? this is a tough european matchup. >> i didn't think it's overenthusiastic with the u.s. they probably said that 12 years ago with portugal. we'll go through against portugal, get into the knockout round. >> repor...