Despite a great performance in the second half, Qatar is the first team to be eliminated mathematically from the last 16 World Cup stages as their 3-1 loss to Senegal was combined with a 1-1 draw in the Netherlands v Ecuador game which leaves three teams to claim the first two spots in Group A.

Senegal took the lead 2-0 (Dia 41, Diediu 48) and only had 6 minutes to worry about Mudari’s goal in the 78th minute until Dieng made it 3-1 in the 84th minute. The big game of the group started later when Holland took the lead through Hapko in the 6th minute and then…disappeared!

Ecuador “bombed” him (13-2 in the final), scored a goal in the score 45 + 3, which did not count, although Estupinyan was covered (it was believed that Porosso, who was put up, influenced the phase), scored in 49’s (the first scorer of the competition from 3 goals) Valencia, who became the 4th player with 6 goals in a row in the World Cup, scored against Plata in the 59th minute and touched a deserved turn.

In group B, Iran’s victory came on two goals in stoppage time and the performance of Cheshmi (90+8) and Rezayan (90+11). The Iranians’ reaction to England’s hard 6-2 kick was surprising to many, but the 2-0 final was fair, and not because they played with an extra player after 87 minutes due to Welsh keeper Hennessy being sent off.

The Iranian anthem was rejected by the audience – the match between Argentina and Mexico smells like “gunpowder”.

Iran was better, had a huge two-post missed opportunity, plus Hennessy’s stunning save on the same stage in the 52nd minute and threatened more than he threatened. AEK’s Mohammadi and Hadjisafi were back in the starting line-up, while Ansarifard came on the field in the 68th minute, provided an assist and made history by playing in the third World Cup. This time, the Iranian players sang their national anthem as many of their compatriots booed in protest at the treatment of women in their country.

today’s program includes four games of the 2nd round of groups C and D, and one of them started a few hours earlier outside the playing field!

Argentines and Mexicans are counting several injured after skirmishes and fights in Doha for reasons beyond the scope of a football match. It all started with the provocative slogan of the Mexicans “in the Malvinas they speak English”, where the Malvinas are the Falkland Islands, whose claim four decades ago led to a war with Great Britain, with great bloodshed for the Argentines.

Schedule: 12.00 Tunisia – Australia, 15.00 Poland – Saudi Arabia, 18.00 France – Denmark, 21.00 Argentina – Mexico. Standings: Group C: Saudi Arabia 3, Poland 1, Mexico 1, Argentina 0, Group D: France 3, Tunisia 1, Denmark 1, Australia 0.