Sports Correspondent: Australia to Qatar. Whether cricket or football. England are victorious everywhere. Just a week ago, Jos Buttler won the T20 World Cup. After seven days, Harry Kane’s start to the football world cup England’s roar at the start of the World Cup in Qatar. Desert storm in Marushahar. Gareth Southgate’s side blasted Iran by half a dozen goals at Doha’s Khalifa International Stadium on Monday. The result of the match is 6-2. Double Goal Bukayo Soccer.
The remaining four goals came from Jude Bellingham, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish. It is not known whether any team has scored six goals in the first match of the World Cup. It’s not easy to score half a dozen goals on the world stage, not just in the first match, whoever the opponent is. The semi-finalists of the last two World Cups have had a rough start. England kept the pattern of great ball play. Passing, ball control is in one word impeccable.
Iran looked very inferior to English skill. Southgate’s team is outstanding in all departments. Only Harry Kane’s goal remained elusive. However, England’s defense was not tested that way. At the same time, Harry Maguire’s injury will keep the English coach worried. However, England warned Brazil, Argentina and France in today’s performance. Southgate’s team undoubtedly entered the top four of football pundits.
The World Cup of Debate. Eventful match. On and off the field. Before the England-Iran match, there was no less controversy about the ‘one love armband’. But finally succumbed to the pressure of the organizers. Harry Kane was not seen wearing the controversial armband. But the Iranian footballers did not sing the national anthem before the start of the match in protest against the country’s government. Even many fans in the stadium remained silent during the national anthem. However, these controversies did not affect the match.
England were the only European team to reach the semi-finals of the last two World Cups. On this day, Gareth Southgate did justice to the name of the ‘Three Lions’. England led by three goals in the first half. Harry Kane, Harry Maguire did not let the team of experienced coach like Carlos Queiroz stand. However, the team’s first goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand was injured in the first five minutes without the field, a big blow to Iran. Iran’s goalkeeper was injured in a collision with a teammate during a set piece movement.
Bleeding starts from the nose. Alireza stood up after the initial care. But within a few minutes, he signaled to change. In this one moment, Iran falls behind a lot. Changed goalkeeper Hossain Hosseini has no experience playing on such a big stage. That is, what happened, happened.
The mercury began to rise in Qatar from the morning around the second match of the World Cup. Is it just England? Iranian fans were also present in the stadium gallery at Khalifa International. But in one hundred yards the English dominated. For them, the ball possession is 82 percent. First positive chance after 30 minutes of the match. Mision Mount failed to take a shot on goal from a soccer cross. Two minutes later Harry Maguire’s shot hit the crosspiece. However, it did not take long to open the goal book.
Jude Bellingham put England ahead in the 35th minute of the match. The 19-year-old footballer has a perfect head in the center from Luke Shaw. After Michael Owen, the Borussia Dortmund footballer became the youngest footballer to score a goal in England’s jersey on the world stage. Not only in the World Cup, Bellingham’s first goal in England’s jersey. Bukayo Saka made it 2-0 with a powerful left foot shot in the 43rd minute of the match. Maguire headed down the corner. England’s winger did not make a mistake in keeping Tekathi. Two goals in three minutes. In the 45+1 minute of the match, Raheem Sterling pushed the ball into the goal with his right foot from Harry Kane’s cross. Wasn’t in much form before the World Cup. But this goal will boost his confidence a lot.
Alireza’s treatment in the field takes a lot of time. So the referee gave 14 minutes extra time. Iran’s best chance of the first half came in added time. But Jahanbakhsh could not use it. In the 62nd minute of the match, Bukayo Saka scored his second goal and the team’s fourth goal after crossing the jungle of Iran’s feet. But England could not keep a clean sheet. Mehdi Taremi reduced the gap for Iran in the 65th minute, but it was nothing more than a consolation prize. Marcus Rashford got his name on the scoresheet in just 49 seconds after entering the field.
It does not end here. England put the final nail in Iran’s coffin in the 90th minute of the match. Jack Grealish scored. At the end of the match, Iran narrowed the gap from the penalty. Taremi’s second goal. Another record happened today. 14 minutes in the first half, 10 minutes extra time in the second half. Which adds up to 13 minutes. This is the longest 90-minute match in World Cup history.
