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England needs to improve their sensations in a complex debut against Iran in the World Cup in Qatar 2022to take place this Monday at 10:00 a.m. (1:00 p.m. GMT) at the Khalifa International Stadium, in Doha.
The British had a dismal second semester in Europe, as they finished last in Group 3 of the UEFA Nations League, relegated to the second category in the tournament.
Anyway, they qualified without problems for the planetary event and had as their last great result the runner-up at Euro 2020 (disputed in 2021), losing the final with Italy, so in the absence of the “azzurra”, it is logical to think that they are one of the favorites of their continent.
The loss of Ben Chilwell and the doubt of James Maddison complicate the coach Gareth Southgatealthough the always dangerous Harry Kane, Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice y Mason MountThey give power to the team.
The eleven of the Europeans will be: Jordan Pickford; Kieran Trippier, Erci Dier, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Luke Shaw; Rice, Jordan Henderson, Bellingham; Kane y Foden.
Asians complete the strongest group in terms of FIFA ranking, with four teams in the top 20. They were already third in their quartet in 2018, just one point behind Portugal and Spain, and now they aspire to more.
iranians arrive in good shape thanks to the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, with two wins, one draw and one loss in four friendly matcheswhile in the Qualifiers they finished leaders of their group.
Queiroz’s formation for his team in this duel will be: Alireza Beiranvand; Milad Moharrami, Morteza Pouraliganji, Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi; Ahmad Nourolahi, Saeed Ezatolahi, Haji Safi; Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Mehdi Taremi and Vahid Amiri.
This duel comes in a context that is far from sports as well, since a little over a month ago the Apollo Theater in London was evacuated during the concert of the Iranian singer Dariush Eghbali. An anonymous bomb threat forced 3,000 people to take to the streets, which I know was understood as a way to avoid protests inside the compound and which inflamed the Iranians.
For about three hours, the Iranian masses criticized the BBC, for its supposed silence, the British government and, above all, the Iranian regime for the murder of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who was arrested in September for not respect the Iranian dress code by not wearing the headscarf properly.
This commitment will be arbitrated by the Brazilian Raphael Claus and you can follow him in detail through the AlAireLibre.cl Virtual Scoreboard.