It Ainโ€™t Over โ€™til Itโ€™s Over ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Well, that was off the syllabus. Nobody saw that coming. Isn't that the beauty of this game? There is no strong or weak; it's all about passion and excitement. It was supposed to be the "golden day" in Wales's history. Golden? Definitely not, but history has been written.


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A penalty from Gareth Bale helped Wales salvage a point against the USA in their first encounter in Group B. Qualifying for only their second World Cup and first in 64 years, Rob Pageโ€™s team found themselves down when Timothy Weah broke the stalemate in the first half before Bale struck the equalizer.


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๐“‘๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฎ ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ 110๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ช๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ช๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฆ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ผ, ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ป๐“น๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ถ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ ๐“’๐“ฑ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“–๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป (109) ๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“น๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“น๐“ต๐“ช๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท'๐“ผ ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚.


Wales made just one change to the team that drew with the USA last time out. It came in the attack, with Bournemouth striker Moore replacing James, who was dropped to the bench. Allen was also named as a substitute after coming back from injury.

WALES XI (3-5-2): Wayne Hennessey; Chris Mepham, Joe Rodon, Ben Davies; Connor Roberts, Aaron Ramsey, Ethan Ampadu, Harry Wilson, Neco Williams; Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore.
SUBS: Danny Ward, Adam Davies, Chris Gunter, Joe Allen, Brennan Johnson, Joe Morrell, Tom Lockyer, Jonny Williams, Mark Harris, Dan James, Sorba Thomas, Dylan Levitt, Ben Cabango, Rubin Colwill, Matt Smith.


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โ€” FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 25, 2022

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As for Iran, they were at the bottom of Group B after losing 6-2 against England in their first match. Goals from Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling and a brace from Bukayo Saka gave Gareth Southgateโ€™s side a four-goal advantage before Mehdi Taremi pulled one back for Iran. Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish both found the net to move England onto six goals before Taremi scored his second from the penalty spot. A win for Carlos Queiroz's side would move them up to second. It was now or never.


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Queiroz made five alterations to the team that lost 6-2 to England. Coming off in the previous match, goalkeeper Beyranvand was replaced by Hosseini. In the defense, the right back was also different, with Rezaeian coming in for Moharrami. In front of him on the right wing, Gholizadeh was preferred ahead of Jahanbakhsh, with Ezatolahi swapping with Karimi in the midfield. Finally, with Iran playing an extra striker instead of a center-back, Azmoun started instead of Cheshmi.

IRAN XI (4-4-2): Hossein Hosseini; Ramin Rezaeian, Morteza Pouraliganji, Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi; Ali Gholizadeh, Ahmad Noorollahi, Saeid Ezatolahi, Ehsan Hajisafi; Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi.
SUBS: Alireza Beyranvand, Payam Niazmand, Amir Abedzadeh, Sadegh Moharrami, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Karim Ansarifard, Vahid Amiri, Hossein Kanani, Saman Ghoddos, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Mehdi Torabi, Ali Karimi, Abolfazl Jalali.


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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿด, โ€“ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น ๐——๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ.


A tight first half ended with the game goalless. With both sides demanding a victory, it was Wales who had the first opportunity. Moore prodded Robertsโ€™ cross from the right towards the goal, but his attempt was turned away by Hosseini. Four minutes later, Iran thought they had snatched the lead. Roberts passed the ball straight to Iran inside Wales' half. Playing a one-two with Azmoun, Gholizadeh ran free inside the box to strike the ball into the net. However, following a VAR assessment, the goal was ruled out for offside. Bale also had a speculative effort denied, with Azmoun nearly getting on the end of Noorollahiโ€™s cross.


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Wales was wasteful in the attack. Putting crosses into the box from both flanks as well as free-kicks, Iran found it effortless to clear the ball away. With Moore a clear target, they needed to do more to identify him. When the Bournemouth striker was found, he held up the ball brilliantly, setting up Wilson and Bale, who both squandered chances. Like Quiet for most of the match against the US before scoring the equalizer, Bale was having a similar game tonight. With the score tied, one moment of brilliance from him might win the game for Wales. As for Iran, they undoubtedly prospered from the introduction of Azmoun. The striker was a handful for the opposing defense, creating scoring chances and unsettling the Wales defenders at every opportunity.Azmoun. The striker was a handful for the opposition defense, creating scoring chances and unsettling the Wales defense at every opportunity.


Eight of Iran's 11 World Cup goals have come in the second half of matches (73 per cent), including each of their last six in a row.


The plan was simple. Follow that stat. And Iran were doing everything for that.


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10 of Walesโ€™ 14 goals at their last three major tournaments (the Euros and World Cup) have seen at least one of Gareth Bale or Aaron Ramsey involved as a goal scorer or assist provider. They failed to make an impact so far, with Iran dominating the second half.


Wales have faced Asian opposition seven times in their history and have only conceded once in these games, keeping six clean sheets (W5 D2). Their most recent such game was a 6-0 win against China in March 2018. The post has helped them retain their clean sheet today.


But not anymore. Today the football rose again to write another history. RED CARD! Hennessey received a red card after bundling into Taremi outside the box. The striker got there first, knocking it past Hennessey, who cleared out the forward.


Will this be a game-changing moment? ๐Ÿ”ด#FIFAWorldCup | #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/tJATNCZRCu

โ€” FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) November 25, 2022

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๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฝ, ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ž๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—จ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿฐ.


๐™ท๐š˜๐š ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›, ๐™ธ๐š›๐šŠ๐š— ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐šŠ ๐™ด๐šž๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š— ๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š†๐š˜๐š›๐š•๐š ๐™ฒ๐šž๐š™ ๐š’๐š— ๐š—๐š’๐š—๐šŽ ๐š™๐š›๐šŽ๐šŸ๐š’๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š–๐š™๐š๐šœ (๐™ณ๐Ÿธ ๐™ป๐Ÿฝ), ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿถ ๐š๐š˜๐šŠ๐š•๐šœ ๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š›๐š˜๐šœ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ๐šœ.


The time was indicating that stat once again. Iran's hope for the knockout was fading. Only four minutes remained in the extra time. This was it. But wait! Yes! Yes! That's football for you, my friend! GOAAALLLLLLL! WHAT A STRIKE FROM CHESHMI! 1-0 IRAN! That may be the winner! From outside the box, Cheshmi lashed the ball into the bottom corner after Allen's poked clearance rolled to his feet.


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Wait what! GOAALLLL! GAME OVER! 2-0 IRAN! One goal behind, Wales got caught on the counter. Taremi moved forward with the ball, waiting for support. Rezaeian rushed up from right back to the outskirts of the box, chipping it over Ward and into the goal.


๐™ธ๐š›๐šŠ๐š— ๐š๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š„๐š‚๐™ฐ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŠ๐š• ๐š–๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘ ๐š’๐š— ๐™ถ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š™ ๐™ฑ, ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š†๐šŠ๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šž๐š™ ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š ๐™ด๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŠ๐š—๐š.


Bale's math is fading; only his magic can save Wales now. Even magic wouldn't be enough as they have to take on England, and only a win can see them through. But there is a huge, annoying but! First, they have to accomplish something very hard, and if the result of the other match doesn't go as planned, they have to beat the Lions by four goals.


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