England kicks off World Cup by scoring six goals vs Iran

England started its 2022 World Cup journey in fashion, with six goals victory in a game with Iran.

In the first half Bellingham, Saka and Sterling made the score 3-0 and after the break three more goals were scored by Saka, Rashford and Grealish. Iran managed to answer with two goals by Taremi in the second half, setting the final match score at 6-2.

World Cup 2022

England - Iran 6:2 (3:0)
Goals: Bellingham, 35 (1:0); Saka B., 43 (2:0); Sterling, 45 (3:0); Saka B., 62 (4:0); Taremi, 65 (4:1); Rashford, 71 (5:1); Grealish, 89 (6:1); Taremi, 103 (penalty) (6:2)

England: Pickford; Maguire (Dier, 70); Shaw L.; Trippier; Stones; Mount (Foden, 70); Rice; Saka B. (Rashford, 70); Sterling (Grealish, 70); Bellingham; Kane (Wilson C., 75)
Bench: Ramsdale; Pope; White B.; Coady; Alexander-Arnold; Walker; Gallagher C.; Henderson; Phillips; Maddison

Iran: Beiranvand (Hosseini Hossein, 20); Pouraliganji; Cheshmi (Kanaani, 46); Hosseini; Mohammadi (Torabi, 63); Moharrami; Karimi (Ezatolahi, 46); Hajsafi; Nourollahi Ahmad (Azmoun, 77); Taremi; Jahanbakhsh (Gholizadeh, 46)
Bench: Abedzadeh; Niazmand; Jalali; Khalilzadeh; Rezaeian; Amiri; Ghoddos; Ansarifard
Yellow Cards: Jahanbakhsh 25; Pouraliganji 48