The representative of Iran has scored the first victory in the "Qatar 2022" World Cup.
On Friday, in the second round match of Group A, Iran triumphed over Wales with a score of 2:0.
The winning goal for Iran was scored in the minutes of extra time. Initially, Rouzbeh Cheshmi scored in the eighth minute, while Ramin Rezaeian also scored three minutes later. For Iran, this is the first win in the group stage after a deep 6:2 defeat by England in the first match.
Meanwhile, Wales suffered their first defeat after a 1:1 draw against the USA.
With this loss, Wales have minimized their chances of progressing from the group. Although they did not have the ball, Iran were much better than Wales and created more chances to score.
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Iran even scored a goal in the 16th minute through Ali Gholizadeh, but that was ruled out by VAR for offside.
Also, at the beginning of the first half, Iran shot the post twice, and in the second half, they looked for the goal even more, but failed to beat the goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini.
Wales finished the match with one player less, as in the 85th minute, goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was punished with a straight red card after the intervention of the VAR room.
Iran in the lead
Iran advance to face Wales in their second Group A match.
In the ninth, last minute of extra time, Iran scored 1:0.
Realizer was Rouzbeh Cheshmi who scored with a strong shot
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Wales have their goalkeeper sent off
The representative of Wales was left without the goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, who was punished directly with a red card after the intervention of the VAR room.
Hennessey conceded in the 85th minute to deflect a ball from Iran striker Mehdi Taremi on the counter-attack.
However, the Welsh goalkeeper did not clear the ball, but caused interference with the Iranian striker.
The referee initially punished him with a yellow card, but after the intervention of VAR, Hennessey was punished with a red card.
Iran approaches the goal, hits the post twice
Iran has come close to scoring against Wales.
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At the beginning of the second half, the Iranians shot the post twice in the same action.
The score remains 0:0.
