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2022 FIFA World Cup
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took place from 21 to 29 November 2022. The group consisted of national
association football
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teams from
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, the
United States
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and
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. Both England and the United States progressed to the round of 16 undefeated. England won the group, winning two games and drawing the other, while the United States won one and drew their other two. Iran finished the group third, having won a single game, with Wales finishing fourth with a single point.
Initially noted for unusually containing four teams all ranked in the top 20 at the time of the tournament, as well as two teams within the same sovereign state and other geopolitical conflicts, various incidents relating to Qatar's ban on
LGBTQ+
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symbols affected the games on the first match day.
Teams
The teams were decided by the
World Cup draw that took place on 1 April 2022.
The group was set to receive one team from each pot, which sorted all World Cup teams by position on the
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Brazil . The teams of the men's member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the ...
.
[ The first team drawn was ]England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, which secured qualification as a pot one team by winning Group I of UEFA qualification. The second pot team, the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
, qualified by finishing third in CONCACAF qualification. The third team was Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, which won Group A of the AFC Third Round. The final team was not known at the time of the draw, as it was the UEFA Second Round Path A winner. Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
defeated Ukraine
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1–0 to qualify for this position.
Group B was widely described as the "group of death
A group of death in a multi-stage tournament is a group which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament. Thus, in ...
" before the tournament. It had the highest average FIFA ranking of any group, and controversy given by the political hostility existing between Iran and the United Kingdom, and between Iran and the United States.
Notes
LGBT symbol incidents
Captains armbands
England captain Harry Kane
Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team. A prolific goalscorer with strong link play, Kane is regarded as one of ...
, Wales captain Gareth Bale
Gareth Frank Bale (born 16 July 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Wales national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wingers of his generation ...
, and several other European captains intended to wear OneLove rainbow armbands promoting acceptance and diversity during the World Cup; shortly before England's opening match (the first match to feature one of these nations), however, FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
announced that players wearing these armbands would face "unlimited" sanctions, with a yellow card
Yellow card may refer to:
* Yellow card (sport), shown in many sports after a rules infraction or, by analogy, a serious warning in other areas
* Yellowcard, an American alternative rock band
* Yellow Card Scheme, a United Kingdom initiative conce ...
given at minimum.[ The affected ]football association
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s said they would not put their players in this position, criticising FIFA for the ruling.Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak (; born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party since October 2022. He previously held two Cabinet of ...
, the British Prime Minister
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, also criticised FIFA for introducing player punishment for the armbands. After the first United States match, and though the US had not been intending to wear the armband, Antony Blinken
Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. He previously served as deputy national security advisor from 2013 to 2015 and ...
, the US Secretary of State
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, the nation's highest diplomat in Qatar, described the ban as "concerning".
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pundit and former
England women's team captain
Alex Scott chose to wear a OneLove armband while being interviewed pitchside ahead of the match, a move that was praised.
At the United States–Wales match, though she did not appear on screen, German
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
broadcaster Claudia Neumann wore a rainbow armband and
Pride
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shirt, later telling the
Sport-Informations-Dienst
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that she wanted to set an example, lamenting that the captains would not be able to wear the armbands. During England's second match, the
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
arch, iconic of the team's home stadium, was lit up in rainbow colours.
Other Pride items
Many Wales fans in attendance at their first match as part of the nation's official
LGBTQ+
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supporters group wore the group's rainbow
Wales bucket hat
The Wales bucket hat () is a colourful bucket hat worn by supporters particularly of the Wales national football team. The hat was originally red, yellow and green, designed by Spirit of '58. It initially gained wide popularity during Wales's par ...
s. Women who had these hats, including former
women's team captain
Laura McAllister
Professor Laura McAllister (born 10 December 1964) is a Welsh academic, former international footballer and senior sports administrator. As a Wales women's national football team player, McAllister won 24 caps and served as team captain. She i ...
, were prohibited from entering the stadium with them; McAllister reported that the security officials told her it was "a banned symbol". At the same match, American journalist
Grant Wahl
Grant Wahl (December 2, 1973 – December 10, 2022) was an American sports journalist and soccer analyst for CBS Sports, a senior writer for ''Sports Illustrated'' and a correspondent for Fox Sports, based in New York City. He was also the aut ...
was reportedly detained for 25 minutes when attempting to enter the stadium wearing a Pride shirt, being told it was "political" and being asked if he was British; he said that FIFA later apologised to him and security allowed him to enter with the shirt.
After the match, the
Football Association of Wales
The Football Association of Wales (FAW; cy, Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) is the Governing bodies of sports in Wales, governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, Welsh national foo ...
confronted FIFA about the confiscation of the bucket hats, and FIFA entered talks with the Qatari Supreme Committee to discuss the Qatar commitment to make all fans welcome at the World Cup, also citing an incident of an American fan with a rainbow flag being harassed.
Standings
In the
round of 16
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
:
* The winners of Group B, England, advanced to play the runners-up of
Group A
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,
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
.
* The runners-up of Group B, the United States, advanced to play the winners of
Group A
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, the
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Matches
Matches took place between 21 to 29 November 2022.
All times listed are local,
AST (
UTC+3
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Following the ISO 8601 standard, a time with this offset would be wri ...
).
England vs Iran
The opening match of Group B was contested between England and Iran. The two sides had never played each other in a competitive match. Many England supporters missed the start of the match due to problems with FIFA's ticketing app. In defiance of their government, the Iranian team refused to sing their
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...
ahead of the match, a sign of support for the
Mahsa Amini protests
Civil unrest and protests against the government of Iran associated with the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini ( fa, مهسا امینی) began on 16 September 2022 and are ongoing as of December 2022. Amini had been arrested by the Guida ...
in their own country. Many Iranian women were in attendance at the match, considered an act of protest as women are prohibited from football matches in Iran. Some of these fans also brought conventional protest signs to hold in the stands. After the game,
Iranian media
The mass media in Iran are privately and publicly owned but is Censorship in Iran, subject to censorship. As of 2016, Iran had Iranian newspapers, 178 newspapers, List of Iranian magazines, 83 magazines, 15,000 information sites and Iranian blogs, ...
blamed the "humiliating" loss on the protests in their country affecting their players' mindset, additionally claiming that the United States and its allies, including the United Kingdom, had manufactured the protests to disrupt Iran; though these nations comprise all of Iran's group stage competition, the line of blame is common due to longstanding political tensions.
The match was delayed for seven minutes in the first half after head to head collision between the Iranian goalkeeper
Alireza Beiranvand
Alireza Safar Beiranvand ( fa, علیرضا صفربیرانوند; born 21 September 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and the Iran national team.
Beiranvand re ...
and defender
Majid Hosseini
Seyed Majid Hosseini ( fa, سید مجید حسینی; born 20 June 1996) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Turkish club Kayserispor and the Iran national team.
Hosseini made his full international debut in 201 ...
. Beiranvand initially seemed to be convinced to continue playing by Iran captain
Ehsan Hajsafi
Ehsan Hajsafi ( fa, احسان حاجصفی; born 25 February 1990) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Greek Super League club AEK Athens and captains the Iran national team.
Hajsafi is regarded as a utility p ...
, but collapsed on the field a few minutes later and was subsituted by
Hossein Hosseini. England scored three first-half goals:
Jude Bellingham
Jude Victor William Bellingham (born 29 June 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the England national team.
Bellingham joined Birmingham City as an under-8, became ...
opened with his first ever senior England goal in the 35th minute, with
Bukayo Saka (in the 43rd minute) and
Raheem Sterling
Raheem Shaquille Sterling (born 8 December 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for club Chelsea. Born in Jamaica, he represents the England national team.
Born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, St ...
(in the first minute of stoppage time) being the other contributors to the scoreline up to this point.
In the second half, England's Saka scored his second of the game in the 62 minute, before Iran's
Mehdi Taremi
Mehdi Taremi ( fa, مهدی طارمی; born 18 July 1992) is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Iran national team.
A late bloomer, he begun his career at Shahin Bushehr and Iranjav ...
scored with their first shot on target.
England defender
Harry Maguire
Jacob Harry Maguire (born 5 March 1993) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Manchester United F.C., Manchester United and the England national football team, England national team.
...
was then removed from play after also suffering a head injury. Substitute
Marcus Rashford
Marcus Rashford (born 31 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Manchester United and the England national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his explosive ath ...
, who had been introduced a minute before, scored England's fifth goal with his third touch of the game.
Shortly into stoppage time,
Jack Grealish
Jack Peter Grealish (born 10 September 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Manchester City and the England national team.
Grealish joined Aston Villa at the age of six, and mad ...
scored England's sixth goal. The final goal, a contentious penalty kick for Iran, was scored two-and-a-half minutes after the final whistle, awarded only after a review of a late-occuring foul was suggested by the
VAR
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* Var (department), a department of France
* Var (river), France
* Vār, Iran, village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Var, Iran (disambiguation), other places in Iran
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. Taremi converted from the penalty kick, but the 6–2 defeat was Iran's worst in any FIFA World Cup match, surpassing its 4–1 defeat by
Peru
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in
1978
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United States vs Wales
The second match was between the United States and Wales. The teams met twice previously in friendly matches: the United States won 2–0 in 2003 and the two teams drew 0–0 in 2020. The game was broadcast on
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
in the United Kingdom, with the network announcing during the broadcast that its technical director, Roger Pearce, had died in Qatar.
The United States scored the opening goal in the 32nd minute when
Tim Weah
Timothy Tarpeh Weah (born February 22, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Lille and the United States national team.
Weah is the son of former professional soccer player, Ballon d'Or winner, ...
scored after a pass over the top by
Christian Pulisic
Christian Mate Pulisic (; hr, Pulišić, ; born September 18, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Chelsea and the United States national team. Pulisic is renowned for his d ...
. The United States team outplayed Wales in the first half, but in the second half Wales outshone them, being tactically better, particularly after introducing substitute
Kieffer Moore
Kieffer Roberto Francisco Moore (born 8 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club AFC Bournemouth and the Wales national team.
Moore started his career with Conference South club Truro City, having as a tee ...
.
Late into the second half, Bale was fouled in the box by
Walker Zimmerman
Walker Dwain Zimmerman (born May 19, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC and the United States national team.
A native of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Zimmerman play ...
and scored the resulting
penalty kick
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. After over nine minutes of stoppage time, the match finished 1–1 with the United States picking up four yellow cards, the most they had received since the
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
match against Germany.
Wales vs Iran
Wales had faced Iran previously only once, in a friendly game in 1978 that ended in a 1–0 win for Wales.
The Iranian team opted to sing their national anthem at this match. The game was driven by Iran in attack and quick counter-attack, with Wales mostly holding in defence; though Wales made attempts in attack, their midfield was described by
BBC Sport
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's Dafydd Pritchard as "worryingly porous". In the first half, Iran had a goal from
Ali Gholizadeh
Ali Gholizadeh Nojedeh ( fa, علی قلیزاده, translit='Ali Qolizâde; born 10 March 1996) is an Iranian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (football), forward for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań, and the ...
disallowed by VAR for offside. Early in the second half, Iran had two attempts hit each post in quick succession.
[ In the 86th minute Welsh goalkeeper ]Wayne Hennessey
Wayne Robert Hennessey (born 24 January 1987) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest and the Wales national team.
Hennessey's first professional games saw him set a new Football ...
was originally given a yellow card for a foul he committed outside his penalty area
The penalty area or 18-yard box (also known less formally as the penalty box or simply box) is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends 16.5m (18 yd) to each side of the goal and 16.5m (18 yd) in front of it.
Wit ...
. However, on review by VAR this was upgraded to a red card. Iran substitute Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Rouzbeh Cheshmi ( fa, روزبه چشمی; born 24 July 1993) is an Iranian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Esteghlal and the Iran national team.
Early life
Cheshmi was born in Tehran to a family originall ...
scored the first goal eight minutes into stoppage time, followed by Ramin Rezaeian
Ramin Rezaeian Semeskandi ( fa, رامین رضائیان سمسکندی; born 21 March 1990) is an Iranian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Persian Gulf Pro League club S ...
scoring three minutes later to give Iran's first-ever win against a European team in the FIFA World Cup. Cheshmi's goal was the latest-minute match-winning goal scored in any World Cup game (excluding extra-time) since the 1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ...
in England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
, when exact goal times were first made available. Officially, nine minutes of stoppage time were added; with further delays in the added time, over twelve minutes were actually played.
England vs United States
The teams had previously met twice in the World Cup. The United States won 1–0 in the 1950 FIFA World Cup
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in Brazil
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and the teams drew 1–1 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
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in South Africa
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. United States captain Tyler Adams
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described their opponents as "an athletic team" and said that his own team was "really dominant at times" in their previous match against Wales, while England's Bellingham noted that the teams had been "talking some smack" on social media.
England's lineup remained unchanged, while the United States chose Haji Wright over Josh Sargent
Joshua Thomas Sargent (born February 20, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward or winger for EFL Championship club Norwich City and the United States national team. In May 2017, at the age of 17, he became t ...
in attack. Harry Kane
Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the England national team. A prolific goalscorer with strong link play, Kane is regarded as one of ...
had a shot blocked in the box in the 9th minute before United States player Weston McKennie
Weston James Earl McKennie (born August 28, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for club Juventus and the United States national team. A versatile player, McKennie is capable of playing in a multitude of ...
missed a shot in the six-yard box and Pulisic hit the crossbar in the 32nd minute. The match featured only a small number of chances, with only four shots on target between the two teams. Despite not losing the game, many England fans booed the team after the match ended.
Wales vs England
The teams had met 103 times, most recently in a friendly game in 2020 won 3–0 by England. This was their second meeting in a major tournament, the first being the group stage of UEFA Euro 2016
The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe o ...
in France
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, which ended in a 2–1 win for England. The teams have met in multiple FIFA World Cup qualifiers, including two British Home Championship
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matches that served as World Cup qualifiers (in the 1949–50 British Home Championship
1949–50 British Home Championship was one of the most significant competitions of the British Home Championship football tournament. This year saw the competition doubling up as Group 1 in the qualifying rounds for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. It was ...
and 1953–54 British Home Championship
The 1953–54 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played between the British Home Nations during the 1953–54 season. This season's tournament also doubled as UEFA – Group 3 for 1954 FIFA World Cup qualificat ...
) as well as in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6 tournaments.
Marcus Rashford had the best chance of the first half, but his chipped shot was saved by Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward. The first half ended goalless, however Rashford scored a direct free kick in the 51st minute to give England the lead. Shortly after the restart, Rashford won the ball in the Welsh defence and passed to Kane, who crossed the ball low from the right for Phil Foden
Philip Walter Foden (born 28 May 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester City and the England national team. He is considered one of the best young players in the world.
Foden's breakthrough ...
to score at the back post. Rashford got his second of the game in the 68th minute with a shot from deep inside the Welsh penalty area that went through the goalkeeper's legs.
The victory was enough for England to finish at the top of the group, whilst Wales finished at the bottom with just one point.
Iran vs United States
The teams had met twice previously. Iran won 2–1 in the 1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...
in France and the teams drew 1–1 in a 2000 friendly. Prior to the match the United States Soccer Federation displayed Iran’s national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic. The removal of the emblem showed support for the women in Iran fighting for basic human rights, according to the Federation. In response, Iran state media reported that the United States should be immediately removed from the tournament and suspended for ten games for a “distorted image” of the country’s flag. Following this, the emblem was returned to the flag.
Both teams were guaranteed qualification to the round of 16 with a win, whilst Iran would qualify with a draw, provided Wales did not defeat England. Pulisic scored the only goal of the game for the United States in the 38th minute, being injured in the process.Netherlands
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, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
in the round of 16, whilst England played Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
.
Discipline
Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
Notes
References
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