On November 21st, Beijing time, Group B of the World Cup group stage ushered in the first match. The Three Lions England team played against the Persian iron horse Iran! In recent years, England has a lot of talent, and the average age of the team is only 26.4 years old. Once known as the European Chinese team due to their weakness, England has regained its prestige and is determined to win this year's Cup! Asian giants Iran are also regulars at the World Cup. They played well. They can only feed on their strong bodies all over Asia. Even South Korea was afraid of the high-flying style of play. However, in the World Cup, they met England, a Premier League team, which is equivalent to them meeting the ancestors of physical confrontation. It can be said that Iran is better at playing Spain's technical flow than England, which is not afraid of confrontation, has skill in its feet, and cooperates as a whole in the big picture. Iran met a nemesis. As a result, England beat Iran 6-1 and won a good start to the World Cup!
Only six minutes into the game, the worst news came from Iran. When star goalkeeper Kirin Beiranvand made a save, he met his teammates and went straight to the ground with a bloody nose. After a brief treatment on the spot, he was still unable to stick with the game. The Iranian team had no choice but to change their goalkeeper!
In the 34th minute, Sterling split the sides and Luke Shaw followed up with a cross that Bellingham headed into the dead center.At 19, he became the first post-00 player at the World Cup to give England a 1-0 lead!
In the 42nd minute, England once again put on a little ghost, Luke Shaw left corner, Maguire header to assist Saka draw, England 2-0!
In the 45th minute, Bellingham broke through to distribute the ball, and Kane assisted Sterling's quick shot on a surprise pass to give England a 3-0 lead with two goals in three minutes! Veteran Sterling also scored his first goal of the cup tournament
England continued to extend their lead in the 61st minute of the second half. After a rebound in midfield, Sterling gave the right box to Saka and England beat Iran 4-0.
Iran scored in the 66th minute! Taremi blasts a right-footed diagonal cross into the box from the top of Golizadeh's right arc to make it 4-1 Iran for England.
In the 71st minute, England will enter the next city again! Kane scores from the center, Rashford fakes a snap in the box on the right and scores from a small angle, England 5-1 Iran.
England came in again in the 89th minute! Wilson got into the box on the counter-attack and crossed to Gralish in front of the attacking keeper to beat Iran 6-1.
In the 100th minute, Iran's set piece from the right was driven into the box and Praliganji was brought down by Stones. The referee goes through a var penalty review! Taremi scores with a one-two to make it 6-2 England-Iran!
It was a game where we could see that there is still a big gap between the Asian teams and the traditional European giants, but the 6-2 scoreline was too much and didn't disappoint the fans who stayed up late to watch the game!
