FIFA World Cup 2022: England v Iran final scores, Bukayo Saka fires Three Lions to thumping win in World Cup opener, Player Ratings.

England laid out an impressive marker for the tournament ahead on the first full day of action at the Qatar World Cup, Bukayo Saka their star man in a 6-2 demolition of Iran.

England come into the World Cup in a strange position. Semi-finalist at World Cup 2018 and runners-up at Euro 2020, England’s recent tournament performance is solid. Now Its Wild performance by Three Lions as Boys thrashed Iran 6-2 in Doha.

Iran's hopeless situation was made worse by the early loss of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand to concussion following a collision with a teammate as Gareth Southgate's team cruised to victory.

Ten minutes before halftime, Jude Bellingham gave England their first World Cup goal with a powerful header from Luke Shaw's cross. Saka's fine strike and Raheem Sterling's graceful outside-of-the-foot volley from Harry Kane's cross sealed the victory before the break.

Mehdi Taremi scored a fine goal after 65 minutes, but England responded with a ruthless attack that saw Saka score his second goal and substitute Marcus Rashford score on his debut.

After a strong run and pullback by Callum Wilson, Jack Grealish slid home from close range to cap off an incredibly dominant performance.
In extra time, Iran did get one back when Taremi converted a penalty after John Stones was fouled.

England vs Iran, 6-2 final scores: Key stats, records.

1 - In their first-ever international match, England thrashed Iran 6-2 with a huge margin.

2 - England's 6-2 win over Iran is their best result in an opening game of a World Cup, bettering their 2-0 win over Chile in 1950 and their 3-1 win over France in 1982.

3 - It's also the most goals scored in a single England World Cup match inside 90 mins

4 - Aged 21 years and 77 days, Bukayo Saka became the youngest player to score more than once in a single World Cup game for England.

5 - Jude Bellingham (19y 145d) became England's second youngest goalscorer in World Cup history after Michael Owen in 1998 (18y 190d).

6 - Without winnig past six matches against Iran, BUT Now they DID It.

7 - Iran scored 49 goals and conceded eight in Asian qualifying ( NOW 51 goals - concede 14 )

8 - England won 8 out of 10 qualifying matches, scoring 39 times and conceding only three goals ( NOW 45 goals - concede 16 )

2022 World Cup Fantasy: England defeats Iran 6-2, Every Players Ratings.

1. England (4-2-3-1)

GK: Jordan Pickford - 6/10 -

RB: Kieran Trippier - 7/10 -

CB: John Stones - 7/10 -

CB: Harry Maguire - 7/10 -

LB: Luke Shaw - 8/10 -

DM: Declan Rice - 8/10 -

DM: Jude Bellingham - 9/10 -

RM: Bukayo Saka - 9/10 -

AM: Mason Mount - 7/10 -

LM: Raheem Sterling - 8/10 -

ST: Harry Kane - 7/10 -

SUB: Jack Grealish (70' for Sterling) - 7/10 -

SUB: Marcus Rashford (70' for Saka) - 7/10 -

SUB: Phil Foden (70' for Mount) - 6/10 -

SUB: Eric Dier (70' for Maguire) - 6/10 -

SUB: Callum Wilson (75' for Kane) - 7/10 -

Manager: Gareth Southgate - 8/10 - Set his side up with an attacking vigour and got the rewards he deserved.

2. Iran (5-4-1)

GK: Alireza Beiranvand - N/A -
RB: Sadegh Moharrami - 2/10 -
CB: Morteza Pouraliganji - 4/10 -
CB: Roozbeh Cheshmi - 1/10 -
CB: Majid Hosseini - 3/10 -
LB: Milad Mohammadi - 2/10 -
RM: Alireza Jahanbakhsh - 3/10 -
CM: Ahmad Nourollahi - 3/10 -
CM: Ali Karimi - 2/10 -
LM: Ehsan Hajsafi - 3/10 -
ST: Mehdi Taremi - 7/10 -

SUB: Ali Gholizadeh (46' for Karimi) - 6/10 -
SUB: Saeid Ezatolahi (46' for Jahanbakhsh) - 6/10 -

Manager: Carlos Queiroz - 3/10 -.

Player of the match - Bukayo Saka

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