…England vs Senegal,Netherlands vs USA in round of 16
Three Lions of England fails to beat Yankees of America
The Three Lions of England on Tuesday night strolled into the round of 16 of the Qatar world cup with a 3-0 win over fellow English team, Wales but set up a clash with African Champions in the round of 16.
In the other match of Group B, the Yankees gave a red letter night meaning a joyous party night to Americans with a lone goal victory over political rivals, Iran.
England players
Marcus Rashford (MBE) nailed Wales to the cross at a time the world was preparing for Christmas with a double or brace meaning two goals in a match. He scored the first goal at 50th minute and the second from Kelvin Philips assist in the 68th minute after Phil Foden converted the coded message from Harry Kane to a second goal two minutes after Rashford scored England’s first goal.
Wales had never beaten England or played a draw in the previous six meetings neither had there been a draw. England for example had beaten Wales by same margin of 3-0 in their last 2020 Friendly meeting in London.
Political terrain was heated up before the Americas stepped on the field to play Iran. Iran had accused America and petitioned FIFA, that the Yankees removed the Islamic Republic emblem from Iran’s flag on its social media posts. Iran also said the former USA coach and football legend, Jurgen Klinsmann claimed that Iran “worked the Referee” in its 2-0 win over Wales.
Iran State Media sought from FIFA the immediate suspension of USA from Qatar world cup for the breech of professional procedure and provoking activities. FIFA we understood was applying the “boardroom tactics” to sort out the issue that could have inflamed the stands Tuesday night.
Our Monitoring guides of America reported that those who acquired the American citizenship were those who prayed fervently that the American team disgrace the Iranians before have time. Iran had defeated America 2-0 at the 1998 world cup in Paris.
New York and Atlanta went into frenzy when in the 38th minute Christian Pulisic collected a pass from Sergino Dest to score the lone goal that rested the matter. That goal incidentally was enough to move America forward, as Iran was stranded.
Three Lions of England had mangled Iran 6-2 in the single second highest team score at Qatar on the day that Wales played 1-1 draw with USA in the first round. In the group second round matches, Wales slumped badly 0-2 to Iran while USA shocked England with a goalless draw.
The Group B Table was clear after the group hostilities for England won the group with 7 point and +7 goals difference; USA followed with 5 points and a lone goal surplus whereas Iran made the 3rd position with 3 point and deficit of 3 goals leaving Wales sitting down the table with a point and 5 goals deficit.
A peep at the FIFA schedule shows Netherlands will play USA in the Round of 16 at 4pm on Saturday 3rd December while England will battle Lions of Senegal at 8pm on Sunday 4th December.
Tomorrow Wednesday, Tunisia will meet defending Champions France and Australia will play Argentina both at 4 pm in Group C last game. At 8pm the main match will be Poland versus Argentina where a loss will see Lionel Messi off and Saudi Arabia will play Mexico both in Group C.
Eniola Olatuni reporting.
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