England beat Iran 6-2 in the opening match of the second group of the World Cup. Shogate’s team won a comfortable win playing dominant football. Saka scored two goals.

England’s next match is against the USA. Iran plays against Wales.

In the team of Carlos Queiroz, Mohammadi and Hadjisafi from AEK started in the starting lineup. The English started strong and had the ball.

Southgate’s team made their first threat in the 8th minute when Maguire headed wide. In the 17th minute, Iranian goalkeeper Beiranvad was replaced by Hosseini due to injury.

Typically, the hosts had overwhelming possession and had another good moment in the 30th minute with Mount. The English scored Maguire in the 32nd minute and opened the scoring three minutes later with a Bellingham header.

Iran could not hold onto the ball as Southgate’s players were overwhelmingly dominant. In the 43rd minute, the home team usually doubled their goals with Saka and Sterling, beautifully finishing the game in the first stoppage time of the first half, “recording” the score 3-0.

The team of Carlos Queiroz had the first good moment of the match in the eleventh minute of stoppage time of the first half. Hadzhisafi shot, Taremi struck one on one, but the ball was off target.

Iran entered the second half in the mood to press high. In the 59th minute, Shaw struck, but the ball went wide. Ezatolahi’s attempt in the 61st minute had the same result.

Moments later, England scored the fourth goal. Sterling passed to Saku, who missed two defenders and hit Hosseini’s right corner.

At the 65th minute, the guests traditionally scored an honorable goal with Taremi. Rashford “wrote” 5:1 a few seconds after entering the field.

The game ended when England moved the ball. In the 84th minute, Rashford shot from a diagonal position, but the ball hit the body. Shortly before the end of the game, Grealish converted the penalty with a score of 6:1.

The Iranians were close to the second goal in the 8th minute of stoppage time, but Azmoun’s shot hit the crossbar. Carlos Queiroz’s team reduced the score to 6-2 due to a late penalty from Taremi.

England (Southgate): Pickford, Stones, Mount (Foden 71), Maguire (Dyer 70), Trippier, Bellingham, Rice, Shaw, Sterling (Grealis 70), Saka (Rashford 70), Kane (Wilson 75).

Iran (Queiros): Beiranwad (Hoseini, 20), Moharami, Mohammadi, Hosseini, Hadjisafi, Cheshmi (Kanani, 46), Jahanbas (Golizade, 46), Pouraliganji, Karimi (Ezatolahi, 46), Nurolahi (Azmoun, 78), Taremi.