(Qatar World Cup) England beat Iran 6:2 and started group stage well
China News Agency, Doha, November 21 (Reporters Wang Xi and Bian Liqun) The Qatar World Cup ushered in a focus match in Group B on the 21st. Facing the highest-ranked Iranian team in Asia, the World power England won easily 6:2 and won the group stage.
Being the first veteran team to appear in this World Cup, the performance of the favorite England team attracted much attention. Before the match, Iranian coach Queiroz bluntly said that this England team is the most powerful team since 1966, and the game process between the two teams is bound to be extremely difficult.
At the start of the match, the England team pressed across the board, and once they had firmly suppressed the Iranian team in midfield, it was difficult to organize an effective counter-attack. To make matters worse, the Iranian team’s goalkeeper, Beranwand, was injured and went off the field due to a collision with his teammates during the attack, which forced the team to make substitutions and the game was stopped for 14 minutes.
The English team then attacked aggressively: in the first half, Bellingham, Saka and Sterling scored three goals in a row, which made the match lose its suspense early.
Switching sides to fight again, the England team’s offensive continued unabated: Saka and Rashford scored two goals in a row to rewrite the score to 5:0. Subsequently, the head of the Iranian team, Mehdi Taremi, took advantage of the opponent’s defensive loopholes to recover a goal. But soon, England used a quick counter-attack once again and Grealish scored a goal. Towards the end, Iranian team got a penalty kick. Mehdi Taremi took a penalty kick and eventually set the score at 6:2. England won their first group stage victory as they wished.
According to the schedule, the England team will face the US team in the second round, while the Iranian team will face the challenge of the Welsh team.
