England vs. Iran live score: 2022 World Cup updates, as Three Lions look to start hot in USMNT's group - CBS Sports

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Gareth Southgate's broadside are among the pre-tournament favorites, but tin they commencement their run successful style?

The first afloat time of World Cup fixtures is underway astatine the Khalifa International Stadium connected Monday arsenic Group B favorites (and extracurricular contenders to triumph it all) England instrumentality connected Iran, kicking disconnected astatine 8 a.m. ET. Gareth Southgate's broadside were beaten semifinalists 4 years agone and since past person reached the Euro 2020 final, but caller results person not been rather arsenic awesome with the nationalist temper somewhat sour connected the nationalist team. It volition not beryllium capable to triumph this 1 -- England volition beryllium expected to bash truthful successful style.

That tin often beryllium pugnacious against a broadside managed by Carlos Quieroz. The Portuguese coach, re-appointed successful September, guided Team Melli to the 2014 and 2018 tournaments and successful 101 matches successful complaint his defence person conceded conscionable 68 goals. There volition beryllium threats to England astatine the different extremity of the transportation with Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi, 2 awesome forwards with European experience. The USMNT volition beryllium watching connected with intrigue before their crippled against Wales, which kicks disconnected astatine 2 p.m. 

For now, you tin travel each the action, investigation and highlights beneath successful what promises to beryllium an intriguing clash.

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GOAL -- That didn't instrumentality agelong for Rashford

Kane wins the agelong shot and slips Rashford into abstraction down the right. A superb chop wrong with his right, a debased placed decorativeness into the bottommost corner. England's 4 extremity pb is restored and Rashford has his archetypal extremity astatine a large tournament.

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Southgate rings the changes

Maguire takes a stroke to the caput and that's each that Southgate needs to unload his bench, though bizarrely not until the footwear disconnected has been taken and punted deep. Even aft a propulsion successful we proceed with the Three Lions down to 10 men. Eventually -- aft Iran blaze a fractional accidental implicit the barroom -- Dier comes connected for Maguire whilst Rashford, Grealish and Foden regenerate Sterling, Mount and 2 extremity leader Saka.

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GOAL - Taremi gets a consolation for Iran

A truly nicely taken extremity from the Iranian No.9, who slips into abstraction connected the close broadside of the container and fires a changeable high. It cannons backmost down disconnected the crossbar and into the bottommost corner.

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GOAL! - Saka astatine the double

Level with Enner Valencia successful the Golden Boot race, England's champion subordinate contiguous looks similar idiosyncratic connected different level successful his World Cup debut. Cutting successful from the close helium takes his time, works for an space and rolls the shot into the bottommost corner.

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Not truly overmuch to report

Shhhh, Shhhh
It's, oh, truthful quiet
Shhhh Shhhh
It's, oh, truthful still
Shhhh Shhhh

Very small to study with an hr gone.

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A dilatory start

Kane goes down holding his ankles, not a show immoderate England manager oregon protagonist would privation to spot adjacent if helium seems capable to shingle it off. Trippier volition soon beryllium nursing a akin coiled aft a stamp connected his ft by Noorollahi, a reminder that possibly the astir important happening astatine involvement for some sides successful the 2nd fractional is the fittingness of their players for the remainder of the tournament.

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We're acceptable for the 2nd half

A drawstring of changes from Carlos Quieroz, who introduces Gholizadeh, Ezatolahiat and Kanani. Jahanbakhsh is among those to marque way, possibly for nary different crushed than him being connected a yellowish card. This crippled is surely gone for Iran.

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Half time

My workfellow tells maine that England's triumph probability is 99.3 percent. That sets the likelihood of each beingness being eradicated connected world successful the adjacent hr astatine 0.7 percent. This is simply a imagination commencement for Southgate's side.

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We're inactive going

Into infinitesimal no.59 present and England person taken their ft disconnected the state since that third, blessed to popular the shot astir a stunned opponent. Still they menace astatine escaped kicks and corners, Maguire getting amazed erstwhile a Shaw transportation comes to him astatine the backmost post. He mightiness person done better.

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England successful cruise control

Here's each the goals (so far) with England moving rampant successful Doha:

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GOAL! - They're moving riot

Kane's cross, Sterling's finish. This is rather the connection from the Three Lions.

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GOAL! - Another for the young stars

Another cross, different goal. Maguire does good to sound the shot down towards the borderline of the container wherever Saka lets alert with a volley. He hits it sweetly and adjacent the deflection it takes tin bash small to contradict him his archetypal World Cup goal. And it's astir to get adjacent amended for the Three Lions...

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GOAL! - England breakthrough

Of people it's the young superstar, Jude Bellingham gives England the lead! Shaw's transverse from the near is simply a bully 1 aft Sterling made abstraction for him. No 1 has truly spotted the No.22's precocious tally into the container and Bellingham is connected manus to flick the shot successful astatine the adjacent post.

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Off the bar

Sterling wins England a country with astute footwork and lad bash the Three Lions look menacing erstwhile the shot goes dead. Trippier's transportation is perfect, allowing Maguire to onslaught the transverse and amusement his strength, holding disconnected his defender to usher a header against the bar.

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Saka causing problems

Having had a uncommon changeable connected people a fewer minutes ago, Saka continues to probe dangerously, moving himself into a crossing presumption down the right. He flicks 1 to the adjacent station and Mount, who mightiness person done amended than volley into the adjacent sidenetting.

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Protests successful the stands

Amid the women's close question successful their homeland, immoderate Iranian fans person brought with them a immense banner bearing the operation 'Woman, life, freedom'.

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No, he's not

Iran marque the World Cup's archetypal concussion substitution arsenic Hosseini yet comes connected aft Beyranvand goes down. With 20 minutes connected the timepiece -- and astir apt the champion portion of 15 minutes to beryllium added connected -- Iran person started to up the tempo and conscionable inquire a fewer questions of the Three Lions. Hajisafi wins a escaped footwear level with the container down the near flank.

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He's going to transportation on

After astir 5 minutes of examinations, with substitute goalkeeper Hosseini acceptable to participate the fray, Beyranvand seems to person decided helium is staying connected the pitch. Whether that is simply a determination helium has made connected his ain oregon with the statement of the aesculapian unit is hard to archer truthful acold but it's truly not a determination helium should beryllium making.

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Early stroke for Iran

Beyranvand goes to situation for a teasing transverse but takes a nasty stroke to the look and has required respective minutes of aesculapian attention. He volition astir surely person to travel disconnected here.

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Away we go!

A agleam commencement from England, who are knocking the shot astir midfield with composure and ease. They triumph an aboriginal country and instantly threaten, Maguire going down. Cheshmi has his arms wrapped astir him but thing doing, adjacent aft VAR takes a 2nd look. That is somewhat surprising.

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The teams are out

Kick disconnected is conscionable moments away!

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Empty seats abound

It's scarcely much than 10 minutes to footwear disconnected and determination are signs of plentifulness of fans yet to marque their mode into the ground. It has been reported that determination person been issues with the ticketing strategy and apps and that that is keeping supporters from getting into the ground. FIFA has acknowledged the problem, telling fans to cheque their emails successful effect.

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What to cognize astir Iran

Dragan Skocic whitethorn person led them to qualification, writes Roger Gonzalez, but it's Carlos Queiroz who volition beryllium coaching them astatine the World Cup. The erstwhile Manchester United adjunct who past went connected to manager Real Madrid, Portugal, Colombia and Egypt, among others, returns to manager the federation helium led from 2011-2019. This volition beryllium the 3rd World Cup wherever helium leads this nationalist squad aft starring them successful 2014 and 2018. They astir got retired of a radical that included Spain and his autochthonal Portugal past clip around. 

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How to ticker and odds

  • Date: Monday, Nov. 21 | Time: 8 a.m. ET
  • Location: Khalifa International Stadium -- Doha, Qatar
  • TV: FS1 and Telemundo | Live stream: fuboTV (Try for free)
  • Odds: England -325; Draw +370; Iran +1100 (via Caesars Sportsbook) 

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Maguire the large call

He can't get a crippled for Manchester United but Harry Maguire ever looks to beryllium a amended performer with the nationalist squad and helium has won Gareth Southgate's spot today. Notably it's successful a 4 antheral defence that he's starting, astir apt not a strategy we volition spot arsenic often arsenic the tourney wears connected erstwhile 1 would expect England to gravitate to the 3 antheral backline wherever Maguire excels connected the near manus side.

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Here are the teams

It looks similar a 4-3-3 for England, hardly a strategy successful which Harry Maguire traditionally excels. But they truly are going for it today, that's for sure.

England XI: Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Bellingham, Mount; Saka, Kane, Sterling

Iran XI: Beiranvand; Pouraliganji, Cheshmi, Hosseini; Moharrami, Hajsafi, Karimi Nourollahi, Mohammadi; Taremi, Jahanbakhsh

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Team quality soon

We'll person the lineups for you immoderate infinitesimal present but 1 notable constituent for England: Bukayo Saka is expected to commencement alongside Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, the Arsenal youngster beating contention from the likes of Jack Grealish, Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford. Expect an attack-minded lineup from Southgate, possibly adjacent without a 3 antheral cardinal antiaircraft grouping.

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Arm banned

As whitethorn good beryllium the lawsuit each excessively often implicit the coming days, the absorption for today's lucifer is firmly connected thing but the football. England and 7 different UEFA nations had intended for their captains to deterioration a "One Love" armband successful Qatar, a authorities wherever homosexuality is inactive amerciable with a punishment of up to 3 years successful prison. However they person been forced to backmost retired of that tiny motion nether the menace of sporting sanctions -- apt including a yellowish paper -- from FIFA lucifer officials.

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"We are precise frustrated by the FIFA determination which we judge is unprecedented," work the connection from the shot associations. "FIFA has been precise wide that it volition enforce sporting sanctions if our captains deterioration the armbands connected the tract of play. We were prepared to wage fines that would usually use to breaches of kit regulations and had a beardown committedness to wearing the armband. However, we cannot enactment our players successful the concern wherever they mightiness beryllium booked oregon adjacent forced to permission the tract of play."

England volition instrumentality the genu earlier footwear off, arsenic they did astatine Euro 2020, but the armband volition not beryllium seen astatine the World Cup. Here's the afloat communicative from Jonathan Johnson.

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The archetypal afloat time of the World Cup, present we go! After yesterday's profoundly underwhelming commencement to events, a 2-0 triumph for Ecuador implicit a woeful Qatar side, we've got a cracking docket that includes what mightiness beryllium a decisive contention successful Group B for the USMNT, who instrumentality connected Wales this afternoon. Before that it's England's crook to acceptable the gait against an Iran broadside that whitethorn good beryllium a pugnacious seed to crack. Can Gareth Southgate's broadside amusement the attacking punch that often eludes them? Ok, truthful possibly this won't beryllium a cracker either, we shall soon find retired though.

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