England smash Iran amid concussion controversy

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Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford person enactment past year's European Championship nonaccomplishment down them, combining to people 3 goals successful England's 6-2 rout of Iran astatine the World Cup.

Both players missed penalties successful the shootout nonaccomplishment to Italy successful the Euro 2020 last and were past subjected to racist abuse. A twelvemonth later, Saka scored doubly astatine Khalifa International Stadium and Rashford came disconnected the seat to adhd different with his archetypal determination of the match.

It has been a hard buildup for England, but this was a show that volition supply encouragement to manager Gareth Southgate, who has precocious endured the astir troubled play of his England tenure.

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He was booed aft a 4-0 nonaccomplishment to Hungary successful June and was humiliated by his ain fans erstwhile they chanted, "You don't cognize what you're doing."

Hundreds of fans missed the commencement of the lucifer due to the fact that of an contented with integer tickets. When they yet made their mode to their seats, they witnessed an utterly ascendant show from England.

Jude Bellingham scored the archetypal extremity successful the 35th infinitesimal — his archetypal planetary goal.

Saka past got his archetypal of the lucifer successful the 43rd and Raheem Sterling added different successful first-half stoppage time. Saka scored his 2nd soon aft the hour, but Mehdi Taremi pulled 1 backmost for Iran successful the 65th minute.

Rashford struck six minutes aboriginal to widen England's pb to 5-1, and Jack Grealish besides stepped disconnected the seat to adhd a sixth successful the 90th.

Taremi added different for Iran from the punishment spot heavy successful wounded clip aft John Stones was penalised for holding Morteza Pouraliganji's garment successful the box.

Earlier, Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand was injured and carried disconnected the tract aboriginal successful his team's opening World Cup lucifer against England connected Monday aft clashing heads with a teammate.

Beiranvand initially tried to proceed playing contempt the crippled being paused for respective minutes arsenic helium received attraction pursuing the collision with Majid Hosseini astatine the Khalifa International Stadium.

Iranian squad medics and skipper Ehsan Hajisafi tended to the keeper, who appeared to beryllium successful discomfort with a bloody nose. At 1 point, Hajisafi splashed h2o connected Beiranvand's face.

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With substitute Hossein Hosseini lasting by and acceptable to travel on, Iran decided to permission Beiranvand connected the field, a determination which appeared to contravene FIFA concussion protocols.

"If determination are signs oregon symptoms of harm to the brain, oregon a concussive wounded is suspected contempt the lack of signs oregon symptoms, the doctor/therapist should region the subordinate from the transportation for a much elaborate introspection (using a concussion substitute if available/required)," the governing body's guidance states.

Beiranvand, however, concisely continued earlier asking to beryllium substituted moments later, collapsing to the crushed and yet leaving the tract connected a stretcher.

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