World Championship. Group stage. Group B. 1st round.
England – Iran – 5:1
Bellingham, 35, Saka, 43, 62, Sterling, 45+1, Rashford, 71 – Taremi, 65
Jahanbakhsh, 25, Puraliganji, 48
England: Pickford – Shaw, Maguire (Dyer, 68), Stones, Trippier – Bellingham, Rice – Sterling (Grealish, 70), Mount (Foden, 71), Saka (Rushford, 70) – Kane (Wilson, 75).
Subs: Ramsdale, Walker, Henderson, Pope, Cody, Alexander-Arnold, Whyte, Gallagher.
Iran: Beiravand (Hussein Hosseini, 19) – Majid Hosseini, Cheshmi (Kanaani, 46), Puraliganji – Mohammadi (Torabi, 63), Hajsafi, Karimi (Ezatolagi, 46), Nurollahi (Azmun, 78), Moharrami – Taremi, Jahanbaksh (Golizadeh , 46).
Subs: Niazmand, Abedzade, Khalilzadeh, Ansariford, Amiri, Goddos, Rezaeyan, Jalali.
Referee: Raphael Claus (Santa Barbara d’Oesti, Brazil).
Stage: Khalifa International Stadium (Doha, Qatar).
The 1st round match of the group stage of the Group B World Cup will be played on Monday 21 November, in which England and Iran will compete. The match will be played in Doha (Qatar), on the Khalifa International Stadium, starting at 15:00.
Gareth Southgate’s team managed to lose the final of the 2020 European Championship to Italy last year, although the tournament group with the geographical location of the playing arenas has always played in their hands. Subsequently, the “three lions” fell out of favor in the UEFA Nations League, as a result of which in the next draw they will play in division B. Against the background of these failures, the position of the coach was shaken to the fullest extent, but at Southgate it is was given one last chance – to win the world championship for a country that for several years now the talented generation has not been able to achieve it. In the Brits’ opening match against Iran, it makes no sense for a Ukrainian fan to ask who they’re rooting for.
Sport.ua will hold translation of the text of the match England – Iranwhich can be followed in the Ukrainian version of the site.
