England started their campaign with a mesmerizing win against Iran as they surprisingly scored 6 goals whereas Iran compensated with just 2 goals, the perfect start for Gareth Southgate’s men.It is undoubtedly one of England’s largest wins in a World Cup campaign. Such a huge win will send an alert to other opponents of England. England will now face the USA in their next group game on November 25th.
Huge mess was created when FIFA app went down as supporters were unable to get into stadium and they had their tickets on the app. So, it was not a good start for supporters present in Qatar and it lead to empty seats at Khalifa International Stadium.
Iran’s players did not sing the national anthem. People of Iran are accusing them for their action which came as a support to protests that took a rise after the death of Mahsa Amini in September following her arrest for wearing a headscarf incorrectly.
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First goal of the match was put on board by Jude Bellingham with a deft header over Hossein Hosseini. Further, in ten minutes England made another ball into the net through Bukayo Saka and assistance from Harry Maguire. England was on fire today as they didn’t let pass three more minutes and made another goal to take the score to 3-0. So, England scored 3 goals in half time and in the second half they pushed their boundaries further and put 3 more on board. However, Iran players tried to survive in the battle by scoring two goals but still, the lead generated by England was almost impossible to cover up.
What else could be better than such a start to the World Cup? However, Gareth Southgate has something more to say, find out what he said:
“I’m a bit fed up with the end of it, really! To win by that margin, to play as we did for the majority of the game, we’ve got to be really happy. We looked ready. The players dealt with the game really well. Our press was really good, our movement was really good. I’ve got to be really happy. But we shouldn’t be conceding two goals at that stage of the game. We’ll have to be right on our game against the States. It’s a great start, but we’ll have to be better. We lost concentration and when we play at a slower tempo, we’re not anywhere near as effective. I’m miserable so-and-so, I should be more excited! But I have to keep the team on the right track and we will have to be better.” source : BBC
