Chapter 566: Morocco and Iran

Uruguay's forward line was led by Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, who lined up in a 442 formation, while Egypt saw Mohsin as the only striker due to Salah's injury, followed by the attacking Trezeguet.

The match began with a cautious look as Egypt took on arch-rivals Uruguay.

In the 23rd minute, Suarez fired a close-range shot into the side netting.

In the 46th minute, Suarez was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Shinawi.

In the 73rd minute, Suarez's one-on-one chance was defused by Xinavi.

In the 83rd minute, Cavani's volley was saved by Shinawi.

In the 88th minute, Cavani hit the post.

At full-time, Uruguay beat Egypt 1-0 thanks to Jimenez's 89th-minute goal.

In the end, Uruguay defeated Egypt 1-0, and Salah did not appear in this game!

So far, the first round of Group A has ended, with Russia beating Saudi Arabia 5-0 in two games, and Uruguay beating Egypt by one goal.

Group A is over, Group B is on the field, and the seeded team in Group B is Spain led by Costa, and Portugal led by Cristiano Ronaldo, the biggest star of the Portuguese team, of course, is Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the peerless double pride.

However, the first match was not a battle of two teeth, but a match between Morocco and Iran.

Renard, who has many years of successful coaching experience in Africa, has ideas for the Moroccan team at the World Cup.

Although they are in the same group as Spain and Portugal, and Iran in the same group is not good, they are still looking forward to the opportunity to cause an upset.

Morocco have always been low-key, but their recent performances in all competitions suggest they will cause plenty of problems for their opponents in the group stage.

Morocco head coach Hervé Renard, a Frenchman, has led teams to Africa Cup of Nations titles during his time in charge of Zambia and Ivory Coast.

Renard has been in charge of the Moroccan national team since February 2016 and has achieved a high win rate, especially in recent times.

Morocco's historical record in the World Cup, the first 6 World Cups, Morocco did not participate.

The 1962 World Cup was Morocco's first World Cup, but it was unsuccessful, and in the 1966 World Cup in England, Morocco opted out in the qualifying stage.

In the 1970 Mexico World Cup, Morocco went through three rounds of qualifiers and finally directly advanced to the World Cup finals.

Since then, they have failed to reach the final stage of three consecutive World Cups.

Morocco returned to the World Cup in 1986, and this time it was again the World Cup hosted by Mexico. They made it to the round of 16 and topped the group stage ahead of England, Poland and Portugal.

It was also the first time in the history of an African team that they had topped the group stage of the World Cup. Although they were eliminated by West Germany in the round of 16, this time Morocco made history for African football.

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Iran has long been ranked No. 1 in Asia, but has not performed well in the World Cup.

Iran performed extremely sharply in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup in Russia, almost rushing to the finals.

However, when it comes to the final stage, the Iranian team will face extremely strong opponents, and the prospects are not promising.

It would be a miracle if they could upset and it would be the first time in the history of Iranian football.

Iranian coach Carlos Queiroz, born in Mozambique in 1953, is a Portuguese coach.

As a player, he first coached Portugal's youth team and won two World Youth Championships, as well as the nurturing of Portugal's golden generation.

This trip to Russia is his second time in charge of the Iranian team to participate in the World Cup finals.

Iran's historical record in the World Cup, from 1930 to 1970, Iran did not participate in the World Cup, and later failed to impact the 1974 World Cup.

In 1978, Iran reached the World Cup finals for the first time, with 1 draw and 2 losses in the first round.

In 1982, Iran withdrew from the World Cup because of the Iran-Iraq war, and in 1986, Iran was disqualified from the World Cup because it refused to allow the national team to play at neutral venues during the Iran-Iraq war.

Since then, Iran has failed to hit the World Cup twice in a row, and it was not until 1998 that they returned to the World Cup stage.

Although they were out of the group again in this World Cup, they won their first World Cup in the group stage, and the opponent was very special, the United States.

Because of the political factors, the match between Iran and the United States has given a lot of meaning beyond football. Iran won 2-1 in the end, and what is even more warm is that despite the tension between the two countries, the two teams still took a photo together before the game, which was very friendly, and really made football away from politics, and it was a good story for a while.

After winning the game, the people of Tehran, the capital of Iran, celebrated like a holiday.

Iran and the United States at the 1998 World Cup

Since then, Iran has been stuck in a cycle of missing one World Cup and qualifying for another.

It was not until this edition that they qualified for the World Cup in Russia by a huge margin, and for the first time in history, they qualified for two consecutive editions.

In 2006 and 2014, Iran drew 1 and lost 2 and went out of the group.

They never made it to the second round of the World Cup, but even so, Iran gave us a very good defence at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Facing Argentina led by Messi, Iran stubbornly held for most of the time, and at the last moment of the game, Messi showed his true colors as a king of the ball and killed Iran with a world wave.

It can be said that in this game, Iran did not lose to Argentina, but only to Messi alone.

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Morocco's match against Iran, the first match of Group B of the World Cup group stage, kicked off at the New Zenit Stadium in St. Petersburg.

In the 4th minute of the opening game, Morocco launched a direct attack, Amrabat suddenly accelerated the cross from the edge of the penalty area on the right side, and Belhanda quickly received the header in front of the goal and raised the ball above the bottom line.

In the 18th minute, Morocco gave the penalty area after saving the ball from the bottom line, and there was chaos in the penalty area, Ziyech, Belhanda, and Benatia tried to shoot and were blocked, and finally the football was kicked out of the bottom line by Iranian players.

In the 24th minute, Ansarifard's header from inside the box was deflected to Azmoun, who turned and hit the goalkeeper to deflect the ball.

In the 30th minute, Amin Ali received a pass from Achraf on the left side, burst into the penalty area with the ball and shot at goal, and goalkeeper Beiranvand saved the ball.

In the 35th minute, Jahanbakhsh took a free kick in front of the field and hit the goal directly, and the football was high above the crossbar.

In the 42nd minute, Ibrahimi stole the ball and gave it to Azmoun, and the midfielder burst into the penalty area with the ball after two passes, and the goalkeeper quickly attacked to clear the ball.

At the end of the first half, Morocco 0-0 Iran.

In the second half, Amrabat crossed from the right into the penalty area, and Amin Ali kicked the ball away in the 48th minute.

In the 75th minute, Amrabat, who was active, went off the field due to injury.

In the 79th minute, Belhanda pitched the ball to Ziyech at the top of the arc, who hit the goal with his foot directly, and goalkeeper Berranvand flew to save the ball.

In the 93rd minute, Iran scored! Iran takes a free kick in front, and Bohadouzi oodean strikes the goal! Morocco 0-1 Iran!

The game ended at full-time, and in the end Morocco 0-1 Iran.

Uruguay had a hard time for 90 minutes and the result was good, Morocco was comfortable for 90 minutes and it was painful at the end, and that's the football game.