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England and the United States advance to the round of 16 of the World Cup

(Central News Agency, Duha, 29, comprehensive news service from abroad) The third round of Group B of the group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup debuts today. England’s “Three Lions” scored two goals in the second half with forward Rashford and scored 3 -0 Instead of “brothers team” Wells, the United States relied on forward Prisich to score a goal in the first half, narrowly beating Iran 1-0, and both advanced to the top 16 of the World Cup.

England and Wales hosted the first World Cup tie and neither team scored in the first half.

England forward Marcus Rashford scored the opener in the 50th minute. Forward Phil Foden scored another goal in the 51st minute. Rushford scored another goal in the 68th minute.

England and Wales are in the oldest footballing region in the world and Wales have not won against England for 38 years, although Wales did not win when the two armies met in the UEFA Nations League in 2016. Sri Lanka once led England but in the end they still lost 1-2 and the last time they won was in 1984.

The United States faces Iran again after 24 years: 24-year-old “Captain America” ​​striker Christian Pulisic scored the opener in the 38th minute, winning for the United States and avenging an arrow 24 years ago.

The last time the United States and Iran, geopolitical rivals, faced each other at the World Cup was in 1998, when Iran beat the United States 2-1. The politically charged World Cup has been dubbed the ‘mother of all soccer games’.

The 32 World Cup teams will be divided into 8 groups and each group will play a round robin match. The top 2 teams from each group will advance to the round of 16.

England are first in Group B with 2 wins and 1 and 7 points, USA are second with 1 win and 2 points and 5 points, Iran are third with 1 win and 2 losses and 3 points, Wales have 2 losses and 1 point and 1 point down.

The third round of Group A of the group stage of the World Cup also concluded today. Traditional powerhouses of European football, ‘Oranje’ the Netherlands defeated hosts Qatar 2-0 and moved into the top 16 in Group A with 2 wins, 1 score and 7 points. African champion Senegal defeated South American powerhouse Ecuador 2-1, also scored 6 points with 2 wins and 1 loss in Group A, and entered the round of 16 with 2 points.

The round of 16 in the Netherlands will kick off at 11pm Taiwan time on December 3, facing the United States, Group B runners-up. The round of 16 in Senegal will kick off at 3am on December 5, local time. Taiwan, and will face England, first team of the group stage of Group B. (Translator: Chen Zhengyi) 1111130

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