It is officially World Cup Month

[stewart]

14 minutes injury time at end of 1st half.

shambles

 

[stewart]

hope England wap them 6-0

 

[The Big Dady]

Saka scores with his second

England 4 Iran 0

 

[The Big Dady]

Shahed Drone scores for Iran

England 4 Iran 1

 

[The Big Dady]

Rashford scores straight after coming on

England 5 Iran 1

 

[The Big Dady]

Nice to see that the Iranian team did not sing their national anthem as a protest against the treatment of Iranian Women by their Islamic government regime.

Iranian women are banned from attending matches and entering stadiums in Iran, good to see some of them made it to the Qatar World Cup and are in the stadium.

Iran team stage silent protest during anthem

Watch as the Iran team do not sing their national anthem in protest about the current political situation in the country, before their opening World Cup match against England.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Holy Joe]

Did we just take a free kick for offside in their half?

 

[The Big Dady]

hope England wap them 6-0

Nearly right

Grealish scores

England 6 Iran 1

 

[The Big Dady]

10 minutes injury time now second half after 14 minutes first half

 

[The Big Dady]

VAR penalty to Iran, and they score

England 6 Iran 2

 

[The Big Dady]

Full Time

England 6 Iran 2

Good start for England in their first game of the Qatar 2022 World Cup

Do not forget Iran are ranked 20th in the world

 

[South Bank Hank]

Whatever the surrounding controversies, that was a cracking 127 minutes of football!

 

[hlane17]

VAR = total show. Still a decent start to the tournament.

 

[Holy Joe]

If that pen sets a precedent for what's a pen, then they'll have to award one pretty much every time ball goes in the box

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Some farcical situations in that game - the delay for the Iran goalkeeper, the penalty at the end - but a very convincing win that sends out a statement to the rest of the competition, albeit against substandard opponents. Reminded me a bit of the Panama game at the last World Cup. Good to see the goals being spread around too. What a player Bellingham is/is going to be.

 

[RHB]

If that pen sets a precedent for what's a pen, then they'll have to award one pretty much every time ball goes in the box

If it was a precedent, then Harry Maguire should have been the first victim in the first half.

 

[RHB]

Some farcical situations in that game - the delay for the Iran goalkeeper, the penalty at the end - but a very convincing win that sends out a statement to the rest of the competition, albeit against substandard opponents. Reminded me a bit of the Panama game at the last World Cup. Good to see the goals being spread around too. What a player Bellingham is/is going to be.

Ranked 20th in the World at the moment.

 

[Southminster Shrimper]

Ranked 20th in the World at the moment.

I've always found the Fifa rankings weird. I get them but like Belgium are 2nd, despite never winning anything! Germany 11th, I mean Italy are 6th despite not even qualifying for this world cup!

 

[The Big Dady]

24 minutes of injury time is ridiculous, almost as bad as the crap VAR decision.

 

[blueblueblue]

So they did bottle the rainbow armband! How pathetic and hypocritical can the FA and the players get. The one time that I would have supported it on a (global stage) and they blew it.

No doubt, when they get knocked out, they'll come home and remind us with there virtue signalling again, what a bad Country we are.