FT: Wales 0-2 Iran – Iran strike twice deep, deep into added time to claim World Cup victory.

Iranian National Football Team scored two quick goals through Ramin Razaeian and Ampadu Roozbeh Cheshmi in 8th, and 11th minute of extra time to humiliate Wales in Round 2, Group B, 2022 Qatar World Cup match played at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar.

Wales Goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessey, also became the first player to be red carded at the global football championship when he hacked down Iranian attacker, Mehdi Taremi outside his goal area in 85th minute of second half of the game, and the referee, Mario Escobar, wasted no time in giving him a matching order after VAR check.

◉ 2022’s first red card
◉ 2022’s first goal outside the box
◉ Latest match-winning goal on record
◉ Mehdi Taremi’s incredible display

Wales 0-2 Iran has made a strong claim for Game of the Tournament.

Iranian attacker, Ali Gholizadeh had his goal disallowed by the referee in 16th minute of the first half, while Sandar Azmoun’s sizzler in 51st minute of second half hit the woodwork for no goal.

Wales 0-2 Iran: Tournament Statistics

🥇turnovers (180/avg. 126)
🥇own-half turnovers (42/29)
🥇transition attacks (41/23)
🥇final third entries (90/71)
🥇ball recoveries (143/92)
🥈shot attempts (31/20)
🥈cross attempts (31/23)
🥉killer pass attempts (19/14)

Excitement. pic.twitter.com/t1qdULytCb

— UtdArena (@UtdArena) November 25, 2022

The first half had ended in goalless draw.

Heartbreak for Gareth Bale’s team as Iran scored twice in last minutes to smash their World Cup dream.

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙!