{"id":1680,"date":"2022-11-22T09:18:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T09:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2022-11-22T09:18:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T09:18:31","slug":"england-thrash-iran-6-2-in-strong-start-to-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/22\/england-thrash-iran-6-2-in-strong-start-to-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"England thrash Iran 6-2 in strong start to World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England hammered Iran 6-2 on Monday in an emphatic World Cup opener.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-3459393105\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This is all thanks to two goals from Bukayo Saka and strikes by Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, before substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish rounded off the rout.<\/p>\n<p>England had come close to taking the lead in the Group B opener, with Harry Maguire heading against the crossbar, before Bellingham, 19, steered in a header from a Luke Shaw cross in the 35th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Eight minutes later, England doubled their lead when Maguire climbed highest from a corner to head down for Saka to score.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling flicked in a cross by captain Harry Kane in first-half stoppage time before Saka bamboozled Iran\u2019s defense and made it 4-0 in the 62nd minute. Mehdi Taremi narrowed the gap for Iran three minutes later but Rashford made it 5-1 and Grealish, also coming off the bench, scored England\u2019s sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Taremi scored a consolation second goal for Iran from the penalty spot in the dying seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England hammered Iran 6-2 on Monday in an emphatic World Cup opener. This is all thanks to two goals from Bukayo Saka and strikes by Jude Bellingham and Raheem Sterling, before substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish rounded off the rout. 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