Football World Cup: Great start for England, disappointing performance from Iran
England started the football world cup in a very good way and easily defeated Iran in their first match.
Young players Bukayo Saka, Jude Billingham and Marcus Rashford have played an important role in the excellent performance of the England team.
Young player Jude Billingham gave the team the lead in the 55th minute of the match with a beautiful header from Luke Shaw’s cross.
England continued to dominate the game and had a three-goal lead at the end of the first half. The England team continued to dominate in the second half and scored three more goals.
Bukayo Saka scored two, Billingham, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford and Grealish scored one each for Ngland.
Iran’s Mehdi Tarini scored two goals in the second half but could not create any threat for the England team at any point.
Iran suffered a setback early in the match when their number one goalkeeper went off the field with an injury.
Iran’s team is competing in the World Cup at a time when the entire country is in a state of turmoil and the country has been in turmoil for the past several months, in which hundreds of people have reportedly been killed.
The situation in the country is also affecting the players of Iran.
Before the match, the captain of Iran expressed regret about the situation in his country.
The captain of the Iranian national football team, Ehsan Haj Safi, said that “we have to admit that the situation in our country is not good and our people are not happy”.
Human rights activists have said that nearly 400 protesters have been killed and another 16,800 arrested in a crackdown by security forces. Iran’s leaders say that Iran’s foreign enemies are behind the protests. At least five protesters have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests.
