Officially began the second day of Qatar 2022 and the first match would be Group B between Wales and Iranwhich ended in a total drama, positive for the Iranians and bad for Gareth Bale’s.
A game with few emotions, very fast and with the VAR as the protagonist, because backed down an early goal that excited all of Iran in Qatar 2022.
Wales was already licking their whiskers with the draw, but everything got complicated for them in the last few minutes. The VAR that benefited them from the beginning, then played a trick on them so that Iran had a numerical advantage.
Iran gets into direct fight for qualification and it is that, this victory against Wales, leaves them well positioned in the group and with the possibility of qualifying against the United States… tsssssssss, great game.
Wales is the team that suffers the most defeat, because they were already budgeting for a draw, but this negative result will make them look for the pass against England… what a package they have left.
How was the match?
It was not a match where spectacularity was the main attraction, the truth was a very tight match in every aspect. Wales enduring more and Iran very insistent.
There were 21 shots in total for Iran, for only 10 for Wales; that was the tone of the party. Gareth Bale’s team got the scare of their lives very early in the gamebut breathed after disallowing the goal.
The protagonist? Okay, the protagonist was the VAR, which took away a goal -well done- to Iran for an offside.
But, the VAR gives and takes away, because in the last five minutes of the game, the referee with the help of video arbitration, ejected Wayne Hennessey, for a foul devious
Wales bit his nails after the expulsion of his goalkeeper, because it was when Iran was most insistent and found the goals already with the extra man on the playing field.
The goals of the match between Wales and Iran
- 0-1: Roozbeh Cheshmi (90+8′)
- 0-2 Ramin Rezaeian (90+11′)
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Source: Ofeminin