The match was a one-sided affair, with England dominating Iran 6-2 in their opening Group B match in Doha, Qatar, on Monday 21 November. In the run-up to the game, Iran’s eleven players refrained from singing their national anthem as the country was rocked by a wave of protests. During the week, team captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh explained that the players would decide “collectively” whether or not to sing the national anthem as a sign of support for the victims of the protests that have been harshly repressed by the mullahs’ regime. Follow our live coverage.
Two matches still to be played on Monday. After the clear success of the English, there are still two games to play for this second day of the World Cup. At 5 pm, Senegal without Sadio Mané will face the Netherlands in group A. Finally, at 8pm, Wales will face the United States in the second match of group B.
A computer problem before England-Iran. A new problem for the organization of the World Cup in Qatar. Ahead of kick-off, fans of both teams were unable to download their tickets to access the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, journalists from franceinfo were able to see. A computer problem occurred on the specific Hayya application, which Fifa acknowledged on Twitter.
The armband controversy is back on. The seven European teams who had planned to wear a coloured “One Love” armband against discrimination have given up in the face of the threat of “sporting sanctions”. “As national federations, we cannot ask our players to risk sporting sanctions, including yellow cards,” the federations wrote a few hours before the England-Iran match.
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