INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
England defeated Iran 6-2 in their first FIFA World Cup match in Qatar on Monday.The goalfest started when Jude Bellingham leaped high and
headed a Luke Shaw cross into the net to give favored England the lead in the 35th minute
Harry Maguire headed down a corner, and Bukayo Saka drove the ball home for goal No
2 in the 43rd minute.Raheem Sterling picked up the third goal off a Harry Kane pinpoint assist in added time
The goals were a fair representation of the first half, in which England consistently bossed Iran.The second half was a little different
Saka got the ball in the box, did some dribbling, then kicked the ball in, once he found an opening
It seemed almost too easy.Unexpectedly, Iran pulled one back in the 65th minute, with a goal from its star, Mehdi Taremi, a late-bloomer who
has been knocking them in at Porto in Portugal
Taremi got behind the defense and picked up a nice pass from Ali Gholizadeh before chipping the ball in.Normal service resumed minutes later
as England broke forward with numbers and Marcus Rashford, who had come on just a minute earlier, coolly knocked home another past the
back-pedalling Iran defense
Another sub, Jack Grealish, got Goal No
6 on the break.Deep into extra time, Iran, which to its credit kept trying throughout the game, earned a penalty
Taremi converted it to make the final score 6-2.In the first half, Iran keeper Alireza Beiranvand had collided hard with his own defender,
After extended treatment on the turf, he returned to the game briefly before being carried out on a stretcher.The post England route Iran
6-2 in World Cup match first appeared on Ariana News.
