FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 2 Fixtures: England vs Iran, Senegal vs Netherlands (November 21). Today’s matches will be between England vs Iran as the first encounter, and Senegal vs Netherlands as a second contest. England won the match against Iran 6-1.
The details of venue and players etc. are as presented next.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 2 Fixture: England vs Iran
The predicted 11 will comprises the below players:
Group B
England: England: Jordan Pickford, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Kieran Trippier, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Mason Mount, Luke Shaw, Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane, Raheem Sterling
Iran: Iran: Alireza Beiranvand, Sadegh Moharrami, Ehsan Hajsafi, Milad Mohammadi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Morteza Pouraliganji, Mehdi Taremi, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Ali Karimi, Majid Hosseini, Ahmad Nourollahi
Venue: Khalifa International Stadium
Time: 6:30 pm IST
Score: England 6 (Bellingham, Saka, Sterling, Saka, Rashford, Gearlish) – Iran 1 (M. Taremi)
This is the second day of the 2022 World Cup. Notably, Ecuador defeated Qatar in almost a one-sided contest from the start of the game 2-0. The today’s first encounter is between the 1996 World Cup champion England and an Asian major Iran.
The second encounter of November 21 will be between the supercharged Senegal and three-time runners-up of the World Cups Netherlands.
Match Update: England vs Iran: England Defeats Iran
The match started after the national anthem.
Nasty clash occurred with heads between Beiranvand and Hosseini. Play was to stop for a while as they receive treatment. Group B is the toughest with an average world ranking of 15 and a spread of just 15 places. After 20 minutes of play the score is nil for both the sides.
Beiranvand, the team’s goalkeeper who also helps support orchestrate attacks by playing the ball out from the back, is replaced. Iran back-up keeper Hosseini is on.
England players have so far kept the ball with them most of the time. After 27 minutes the score of England vs Iran fixture is 0-0.
Jahanbakhsh gets the first yellow card of the game.
With England finally scoring the goal via Bellingham, who neatly tucked in with a header following a whipped in pass from Shaw. It was a terrific goal.
At 43 minutes of the game England scored second goal and leading now 2-0 with Saka finishing the ball into the post. England has dominated in today’s game.
Raheem Sterling did it for England as the third goal of today’s contest against Iran. It is the defining moment now of the fixture between England and Iran, with England leading with 3-0 at the end of the first half. England needs continuation of the same pace and magic in the second half as well, and Iran is to look for damage control.
Second half has started, and with the 48 minutes of play, the score is the same 3-0, with England leading the score.
At the 51st minute of the game, Trippier striked a free-kick but no change happened.
In the 62nd minute, it’s Bukayo Saka again notching his second goal of the game. Now England 4-0.
The fifth goal was scored by Rashford in the 71st minute of the game, providing England a lead of 5-0. With Taremi scoring a beauty the score has now become 5-1. Superb display of the game with composed aggression and full energy induced at the moment. The England side is jubilant after this deciding and memorable moment against Iran. Almost containing or confining the Iranian side.
England side is visibly slowed down at the 84st minute of the game, which obvious after being so fast, energetic and attacking and after scoring 5 goals to 1. It’s the time for them to slow down for sometime before again reaching the same pace at the end.
At the 90th minute, Gearlish scored one more goal, giving England 6-1 lead. No doubt Iran is not in competition and have almost 20% of the time with the ball. This tells their misery at this level. One is doubtful about their progress beyond the group-stage games.
At the final moments, penalty is given to Iran.
At the end of the game, England won the match 6-0. SAKA IS AWARDED MAN OF THE MATCH.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Day 2 Fixture: Senegal vs Netherlands
It would be a tough fixture for both Senegal and Netherlands. The details including teams, venue, and timings of the fixture between Senegal and Netherlands are as appearing below.
Group A
The Netherlands: Memphis Depay didn’t play for the team since September 2022 because of issues facing in a hamstring. The forward player won’t be able to play against Senegal. Denzel Dumfries and Marten de Roon are also possibly not be playing against Senegal..
Senegal: In absence of Mané, Iliman Ndiaye, Nicolas Jackson, Krepin Diatta. and Bamba Dieng will be trying adjusting to the place left blank by the Bayern Munich forward player. Winger Ismala Sarr will shoulder the major responsibilities of continuing the Senegal’s recent success, which had a direct impact of and can be attributed to Aliou Cissé’s significant practical approach to tournament-level football game.
Venue: Al Thumama Stadium
Time: 9:30 pm IST
Score: Senegal 0 – Netherlands 2 (Gapko 1, Klaassen 1)
Senegal will face difficulty in scoring goals in the absence of Mané, the Senegal’s top scorer. On the contrary, although the Netherlands will also miss a key player in Memphis Depay, even then they are expected to showcase enough firepower. The prediction is that Louis van Gaal’s team could win this fixture by 3-1 against Senegal. Stay tuned for the actual outcomes.
Match Update: Senegal vs Netherlands: Netherlands Defeats Senegal
Both the teams walk out on to the pitch. They are standing either side of referee Wilton Sampaio and his team of match officials. After the national anthems, the game has started. Matthijs, Ismaila, Boulaye Dia, and Frenkie De Jong could be seen in action.
The Netherlands has a shaky start and Steven Bergwijn missed the opportunity for a goal.
Until the 23rd minutes of the game of the first half, both the teams are playing well with no scores. The Netherlands are edging in the game but at the same time sweating even more after Ismaila Sarr cuts inside from the left and curls a shot toward the goal post. But Virgil van Dijk came in the way and headed the ball to clear the efforts.
About 30 minutes have gone and the score is nil in Senegal vs Netherlands fixture at the Al Thumama Stadium.
What a game, still all squared even after 35 minutes of the game in the first half. The score is 0-0. Memphis Depay is warming up on the sidelines. Substitution may be on the card. Ismaila Sarr is tough against the Netherlands and indeed very dangerous, continuously obstructing and attacking against them. Senegal vs Netherlands fixture still at 0-0 after 43 minutes of the game.
No work for the goalkeepers of either side. Still the score is 0-0. Moreover, the game has been very decent since the start until now.
HALF TIME now, but score is Senegal 0 – Netherlands 0.
Second-half play has started now. Both the teams sweating out attacking and fouling but they are not able to score until the end of 52 minutes of the game. Nothing happened, and the score could not be moved ahead from 0 from either side.
Youssef Sabaly can be seen running on to a loose ball about 10 yards outside the Dutch penalty area, abut he was blocked by Nathan Ake.
AT the 62nd minute of the game Abdou Diallo is being replaced with Ismail Jakobs from the Senegal side. The score is still squared off.
Efforts are on in full swing and both the teams trying to score a goal, but the second half started badly and now its very scrappy and further going downhill after 80 minutes of game is over, The score is still 0-0.
At 80th minute of the game Netherlands finally could manage their lead. Cody Gakpo scored with just six minutes and added time remains to play. Now Senegal 0 – Netherlands 1.
Klaassen made the score 2-0 in favor of Netherlands.
The 90th minutes of play is on. Nothing much is being done.
Finally, the curtain is down and the Netherlands won 2-0 against Senegal.
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