The England team showed why they are considered one of the favorites in the World Cup by beating Iran 6-2 in their first match of group B of the World Cup.
From the first minute of the game, the English showed superiority in their game over the Iranians, who backed down from England very early on. At minute 20, the Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand suffered a nose injury as a result of a collision with his own defender who made him leave the game and entered his replacement Seyed Hossein Hosseini to defend the goal of Iran.
At minute 35′, Jude Bellingham’s header scored the first goal of the match, giving the English eleventh the lead, at minute 44′ the second fell through Bukayo Saka, who with a powerful shot from his left foot beat goalkeeper Hosseini, already in the time of England’s relentless attack followed and Raheem Sterling made it 3-0 to go into half-time with a comfortable lead.
In additional time the English dominance continued, which was reflected again on the scoreboard with Buyako Saka’s score at 62′ to make it 4-0 and his double in this match, three minutes later the Iranians were able to respond with the goal scored by Mehdi Taremi for the 4-1 discount, England continued with their offensive game and at minute 71′ Marcus Rashford made it 5-1, the goal party continued with Jack Grealish’s score for the sixth, the VAR was the protagonist in the time of replacement, conceding a penalty in favor of Iran that was scored perfectly by Mehdi Taremi who achieved his double in the game and that was the last play of the game in the resounding victory of the English.
England adds its first 3 World Cup points and on Friday, November 25, they will face the United States, while Iran with the need to win faces Wales on the same day.
