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DOHA, Qatar --Iran kept their hopes of qualification for the World Cup round of 16 alive by scoring twice in the final 11 minutes of stoppage time to beat Wales 2-0 and throw Group B wide open.

After Grains goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was shipped off in the 86th moment for a foul on Mehdi Taremi fresh, Ransack Page's group were overwhelmed by the Iranians, who scored through Rouzbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeian. Iran had before raised a ruckus around town two times in a predominant execution and completely merited their late win.

Iran's triumph (3 focuses) implies that they presently go into Tuesday's last gathering game against the US (1) realizing that a success will bring them into the knockout stages; Ribs (1) presently need to beat Britain (3) on Tuesday to have any expectation of arriving at the round of 16.

In the mean time, the US will probably have to beat Iran in their last game on Thursday to stay in the competition on the off chance that they can't spring a shock against Britain first.

Rapid Reaction

1. Hennessey red costly as Iran strike late

Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey earned himself the dubious distinction of becoming the first player to be sent off at Qatar 2022 and did so with a foul that earned comparisons with one of the most infamous moments in World Cup history.

The 35-year-old was at first shown a yellow card by Guatemalan ref Mario Escobar in the wake of hustling out of his punishment region prior to crashing into Iran forward Taremi, however it was the meaning of an unmistakable and clear mistake by the authority.

VAR official, the Canadian Drew Fischer, called a survey and Escobar revoked the yellow card and gave a red all things considered.

It was an insane choice by Hennessey to race out of his region and a reasonable red card, so risky was his test, which was a high foot that got Taremi in the chest.

The foul brought back pictures of West Germany goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's foul on France's Patrick Battiston during the 1982 World Cup elimination round. Battiston experienced harmed vertebrae in the occurrence, while Schumacher was not even reserved.

Hennessey's red card demonstrated massively expensive for Grains who, down to 10 men, surrendered two stoppage time objectives to Cheshmi and Rezaeian. Yet, Iran were a lot of the better side all through - - stirring things up around town two times inside a nine-second spell - - and merited their triumph which keeps their expectations alive and leaves Ribs expecting to beat Britain to get any opportunity of arriving at the subsequent round.

Iran anthem protests send a message

The political circumstance in Iran and the continuous fights against the decision system following the demise of Mahsa Amini in September have went with the country's football crew constantly in Qatar and it was something very similar against Grains.

With mentor Carlos Queiroz's players all valiantly declining to sing the public song of devotion preceding the 6-2 loss against Britain in the initial game, the crew were shown just murmuring the words in front of the Ribs conflict in a pitiful way. Once more a portion of the players decided not to sing the hymn, under 24 hours after previous player Voria Ghafouri was captured for "offending the public football crew and propagandizing against the public authority."

Whether the Iran players had been put compelled to sing the song of praise by the system isn't known, however the response of the Iranian fans inside the ground was one more censure to the Tehran government.

While the Grains fans sang their own song of praise uproariously, numerous Iranians whistled and sneers theirs. One fan was shown crying on the huge screens in the arena, while allies acclaimed when pictures of Iranian ladies were shown toward the finish of the song of devotion.

Outside the arena, favorable to government allies conflicted with those against the system, while inside, one female ally was imagined having her Iran shirt bearing Amini's name seized by security.

Whatever happens to Iran on the pitch at this World Cup, their players and allies have sent unimaginably strong pictures to the remainder of the world to feature what is happening in their country.

What's more, having guaranteed such an emotional triumph in this game, Iran's story could yet go on into the knockout stages. For that to occur, they should beat the US in what will be another profoundly charged game on Tuesday.

3. Bale putting it all the table for Wales

Gareth Bundle has clarified that playing for Ridges On the planet Cup is the apex of his profession, in spite of having won five Heroes Association awards with Genuine Madrid, and the 33-year-old exceeding all expectations for his country in Qatar.

His appearance against Iran, which made him the most-covered male Welsh player ever with 110, was his second an hour and a half over the course of about four days and, for Bunch, that is no joking matter.

The 33-year-old didn't oversee one hour and a half trip during his half year spell at MLS side LAFC this season and hasn't had a full game at club level since playing for Tottenham against Wycombe in January 2021.

Parcel needs to deal with his experience on the pitch because of the wellness gives that have impacted the later phases of his profession, so playing three gathering games in nine days in Qatar was continuously going to be quite difficult for a played progressive 90 player minutes for Ridges in World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia in September 2021.

He did minimal in the initial game against the US prior to scoring his significant punishment balancer, while he did even less against Iran, contacting the ball only multiple times in the initial hour of the game.

Parcel has never rejected that he might resign toward the finish of this World Cup, so Tuesday's down against Britain could mean certain death for the street for perhaps of the greatest star in the game.

Yet, Bundle does football fantasies like not many others - recollect his stoppage time champ for LAFC in the MLS Cup last - so a third consecutive game against old opponents Britain may very well be the ideal way, not to complete his vocation, but rather guarantee it has basically one more game after that.

Player ratings

Wales: Hennessey 5; Mepham 6, Rodon 5, Davies 6; Roberts 6, Ramsey 5, Ampadu 6, Wilson 5, Williams 6; Moore 6, Bale 5.

Subs: Johnson 6, James 7, Allen 6, Ward 6.

Iran: H Hosseini 7; Rezaeian 6, Pouraliganji 7, M Hosseini 6, Mohammadi 6; Gholizadeh 7, Noorallahi 6, Ezatolahi 7, Hajisafi 6; Azmoun 8, Taremi 7.

Subs: Ansarifard 6, Torabi 6, Jahanbaksh 6, Chesmi 6

Best and worst performers

BEST: Sardar Azmoun

The Iran forward was a constant threat to Wales and his pace and movement troubled the back three of Joe Rodon, Ben Davies and Chris Mepham throughout the game. So unlucky to see his second-half shot hit the post.

WORST: Aaron Ramsey

The Nice midfielder is only marginally behind Bale in terms of his legendary status with Wales, but while Bale always shows up, Ramsey can too often live off his reputation and this was a game when he just didn't contribute as expected and required.

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Highlights and notable moments

Wayne Hennessey was sent off after the referee headed to the video replay screen, having originally only given him a yellow card for this challenge.

After the match: What the players and managers said

Iran coach Carlos Queiroz: "Two points. We played today with amazing character, which is the profile of our team. We play with a sense of unity, cohesion. After the first game we need to get back on route. The second point was to get rid of this bad feeling of bleeding. Football is a game of different moments. It's not because you win or lose. Sometimes you lose your dignity, your honour, but of course in our first game we were bleeding in our pride. This was an opportunity to rebound. We put a good scarf [bandage] to stop the bleeding. We played brilliantly and deserved to win."

Iran midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi: "In the first game, there was great pressure on the group and team which is why we couldn't get the result we needed against England. This time we were ready and able to win. This is because of the solidarity among the team members that we could achieve this result.

"I should say that if the pressures are football-related it is acceptable, you have good and bad days, but if pressure is on us unfairly that would not be right. Certain things happened that were not quite fair, we received non-football pressures and the entire family of the team helped each other. I scored, but the team did the work."

Wales manager Rob Page: "Our performance before the red card was not acceptable. We hoped it would all come together today, but we were nowhere near the levels we've set and the standards we've set in recent games. One or two you can carry, but when there are so many off days there is only one outcome.

"I always take responsibility, that's my team, the sending off didn't help of course but at that point we had five forwards on the pitch so couldn't get a defensive shape. But yes I'll always take responsibility for performances. It's a difficult changing room at the minute but we will be ready [against England], it's a local derby and a great game to finish on and we'll be prepared to go."

Key stats (provided by ESPN Stats & Information)

- The last 5 World Cup games have been scoreless at half-time. The last first-half goal was by Michy Bayshuayi for Belgium on Wednesday.

- Bale made just 19 touches in the first hour, the lowest tally for Wales.,

- Hennessey is the first goalkeeper to be sent off at the World Cup since South Africa's Itumeleng Khune in 2010 vs. Uruguay.

- Iran are the first team to win a World Cup match when tied at time of opponent's ejection since Japan defeated Colombia 2-1 following Carlos Sanchez's red card in 2018.

- At 90'+8, Roozbeh Cheshmi's goal is the latest regulation game winner in World Cup history.

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Up next

Wales: A huge game against England on Nov. 29 at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 10 p.m. local time and 2 p.m. ET. Anything less than a win for Wales and they're out.

Iran: An equally huge game, given the political situation between the two countries, as they face the United States on Nov. 29 at Al Thumama Stadium, 10 p.m. local time and 2 p.m. ET. It could be a straight knockout for who qualifies.