The English team showed its strength with a great victory, the first in this World Cup, which gave them the three points over Iran with a score of 6-2.
Winger Bukayo Saka scored twice, while Harry McGuire, Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish and Marcus Rashford joined the British party while Porto striker Medhi Taremi made Iranian football history by scoring both of your team’s goals .
Taremi became that nation’s first player with two goals in a World Cup but was unable to prevent a defeat that leaves them in a tough position to fight for passage to the next round.
With this big win, England erases the image it left in the League of Nations, where it failed to stay in the top tier and alerted its main rivals to its presence as a serious title contender.
In the second match of the day, the Netherlands achieved an important success against a fierce selection of Senegal 2-0, in a match in which the Africans deserved much more, but the absence of their star Sadio Mané ended up weigh on the attack actions they managed to create.
The three-time ‘A Clockwork Orange’ global finalist returned after his absence in Russia 2018 and did so in style with goals from midfielder Cody Gapko and also midfielder Davy Klassen to place his team top of group A together to the Ecuadorian team.
The Netherlands enter the tournament with the intention of taking the long-awaited title that has eluded them in all of World Cup history and have started their journey in the best possible way, adding three.
The closing duel between the United States and Wales confirmed a draw predicted by many, between two teams that must contend for second place in group B.
The Americans and the Welsh signed the first draw of the World Cup, 1-1, with goals from Thimoty Weah for the Americans and Gareth Bale from a penalty for the Europeans, in a key where England should dominate according to the forecasts and advance as before in the round of 16.
This Wednesday there will be four games and two South American teams, Argentina and Mexico, will make their debut against Saudi Arabia and Poland respectively, on which date, in addition to the duel between Tunisia and Denmark, reigning world champions France will make their debut in defending their title against Australia.
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