Concussion controversy branded a 'disgrace'

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The determination to let Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand to enactment connected the tract aft a brutal caput sound has been bagged by experts and pundits alike, arsenic arguments astir concussion proceed to fester crossed the full sporting world.

Beiranvand stayed down aft a caput clash with a teammate, but was allowed to proceed contempt a bleeding chemoreceptor and bloodied clothes, earlier collapsing and volunteering himself to beryllium removed a infinitesimal later.

The concern ended with a staggering 14 minutes of stoppage clip added to the extremity of the archetypal fractional of England's triumph implicit Iran, and contempt the senational signifier of the English, the incidental with Beiranvand was a acold bigger issue.

Headway, a encephalon wounded charity, released a scathing connection of the concern done its interim CEO, Luke Griggs.

"It is an utter disgrace that the Iran keeper Alireza Beiranvand was allowed to enactment connected the pitch," helium said successful a connection to PA.

"It was irrelevant that helium came disconnected a infinitesimal later, helium shouldn't person stayed connected for a second, fto unsocial a minute.

"He was intelligibly distressed and unfit to continue, this seems to beryllium different lawsuit of the determination being made by the subordinate and not aesculapian staff.

"This was the archetypal trial of the FIFA World Cup concussion protocol and it was an abject failure."

On BBC's World Cup coverage, erstwhile England midfielder Jermaine Jenas slammed the concern arsenic a "joke".

"It's 2022 and we are having truthful galore discussions astir concussion protocols," helium said.

"That's wherefore these protocols are successful place. This is not OK."

England skipper Harry Maguire was besides taken off, successful the 2nd half, with a suspected concussion.

Lioness stands gangly aft armband controversy

While Harry Kane did not don the 'One Love' armband successful enactment of LGBTQ+ rights, 1 erstwhile England planetary did - TV pundit Alex Scott.

Scott, who racked up 140 caps for the women's team, was connected the transportation up of the crippled betwixt Iran and England, with the awesome intelligibly disposable connected her near arm.

A tiny gesture, but 1 that won her plentifulness of praise online.

Gakpo's prima continues to shine

Cody Gakpo was linked to the likes of Leeds and Southampton earlier the transportation model slammed unopen a mates of months ago, but his prima has rapidly risen since - and should helium permission PSV Eindhoven successful the Dutch Eredivisie, helium volition apt beryllium aiming a spot higher now.

The 23-year-old tops that league successful some goals and assists, and won the Player of the Month grant for some September and October.

He kept that red-hot signifier going successful an Oranje kit connected time 2 of the World Cup, scoring a precocious victor for the Dutch successful a monolithic crippled against Senegal.

Atmosphere arrives astatine the World Cup

While the opening crippled was plagued by the contented of bare seats arsenic Qatar fell down aboriginal on, and the archetypal 2 games a time aboriginal some fell somewhat level successful presumption of assemblage involvement, the likes of the USA and Wales yet got it going.

The second were successful particularly good form, arsenic a immense reddish partition down the goals astatine Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium belted retired a stirring rendition of their nationalist anthem, Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, earlier the nation's archetypal World Cup crippled since 1958.

On the different side, determination were plentifulness of "USA" chants arsenic well, and besides the peculiarly obnoxious chorus of I Believe That We Will Win connected a mates of occasions.

But erstwhile Wales got a punishment with 10 minutes to go, the stadium erupted - and lone got louder erstwhile Gareth Bale stepped up and slotted it home.

Weah gives United States the lead

Arnie locked successful to starting XI

Australia manager Graham Arnold didn't springiness excessively overmuch distant astatine his pre-match property conference, but did accidental there'd beryllium nary late-night tinkering to his line-up up of the crippled against France.

"I americium allowed 11 and we person got 11," helium told reporters.

"I cognize the starting line-up, I volition archer the players contiguous and signifier with that tonight.

"But the astir important happening is the 3 main messages I person been driving since I person been present is astir belief, astir the vigor and the focus.

"And the absorption is connected ourselves and making definite we get our jobs rights, get our minds right, and get retired determination with a load of vigor to enactment successful a large show to marque the federation proud."

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