The day began with the victory of Senegal over Qatar 3 to 1 which, with the remaining results as the day progressed, would become a lapidary elimination for the local team, after having played just two games.

Iran recovered from the humiliation suffered with the defeat against England and added its first victory while remaining in an expectant place, while Ecuador with courage and soccer "as declared by its technical coach, the Argentine Emilio Alfaro, gave the surprise and tied with Countries Low after losing from almost the beginning.

England and the United States closed the football day, drawing without opening the scoring.

Iran stunned Wales in injury time and defeated them 2-0.

Iran beat Wales 0-2 this Friday, November 25, in the match corresponding to the second day of group B of the World Cup in Qatar 2022. With this victory, the Iranian team made up for the defeat they conceded against England (2-6) in its debut in this World Cup.

The clash was even, although Iran generated more sense of danger than Wales. In the 16th minute, the referee disallowed a goal for the Iranian team after consulting the VAR and ruling that Gholizadeh, the author of the goal, was offside at the time of shooting. Wales responded, but goalkeeper Hossein prevented the Brits' goal by deflecting Moore's shot away. In the 23rd minute, Iran warned again with a header from Azmoun that went wide.

In the second half, Iran put Wales on the ropes with a play in which they hit the post twice in a row, the first through Azmoun; and the second, immediately after, in the continuation of it, of Gholizadeh; another ball that Azmoun headed right after and saved over the Hennessey line.

Wales struggled to react but had a clear chance in the final stretch, although Davies's shot went high after brushing the bar. However, on 86 minutes, Wales were down a man as goalkeeper Hennessey was sent off for bringing down Taremi outside the box.

With one less, the Welsh team was able to get ahead on the scoreboard, they did not hit the mark. Already in extra time, Iran made it 0-1 on the scoreboard through a goal scored by Cheshmi in the 98th minute.

A historic Enner Valencia contributed his goalscoring share in the draw between the Netherlands and Ecuador.

The Dutchman Cody Gakpo had scored a great goal after six minutes. But at the start of the match, the Ecuadorian put the final 1-1 between the leaders of group A, a result that made Qatar the first eliminated from the World Cup.

The Ecuadorian team, led by the Argentine Gustavo Alfaro, drew 1-1 with the Netherlands, for the second date of Group A of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, which made the locals the first to be eliminated from the tournament.

After five minutes, 23-year-old Cody Gakpo scored a great goal to put the Dutch ahead at the 40,000-capacity International Khalifa Stadium in Doha.

In the last of the three added minutes, Pervis Estupiñán celebrated the equalizer but Jackson Porozo's advanced position was noticed by the Algerian referee Mustapha Ghorbala, who annulled the 1-1.

However, at the start of the second half, Ecuador had revenge. After 4 minutes, high pressure led to Estupiñán's shot and a rebound that Enner Valencia captured for the tie.

The striker reached his sixth goal in five games, allowing him to equal the historical mark of consecutive goals for a country with the Portuguese Eusebio, the Italian Paolo Rossi and the Russian Salenko.

Although with one more he will be the exclusive owner of the record, his departure at the end of the game due to an ailment in his right knee caused concern.

Senegal defeated Qatar and left it close to elimination.

Senegal got into the fight for qualifying for the round of 16 of the 2022 World Cup, beating Qatar, the host, 3-1 today, in a match of the second date of group A.

Boulaye Dia (41m PT), Famara Diédhiouy (3m ST) and Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (39m ST) scored the goals for the African team. For Qatar, who was left with one foot out of his World Cup, Mohammed Muntari (33m ST) discounted.

Both had lost in their debut: Qatar against Ecuador and Senegal against the Netherlands, both by 0-2. In this way, a victory was urgently needed to stay alive in the contest. With the objective fulfilled, Senegal caught up with Ecuador and the Netherlands in the Group A table, with three points each, while Qatar continues with zero points.

Within an even game, with both forced to win to continue with chances of advancing to the round of 16, the Africans took advantage after an error by the local defense.

The match took place at the Al Thumama stadium in Doha, and was refereed by the Spanish Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

Furthermore, in the 101st minute Iran rounded off their victory by scoring the second goal; Rezaeian made it 0-2 after completing a quick counterattack.

After this match, Iran adds three points in group B, and Wales keeps one point.

Source: FIFA.