A last-gasp double keeps Iran in the World Cup after escaping Wales in a thriller. FIFAWorldCup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar – Iran scored twice after the eighth minute of stoppage time to snatch a stunning 2-0 win over Wales that breathed new life into their World Cup campaign and left the Welsh flat on their backs and facing a make-or-break decider against England.
Carlos Queiroz’s side were twice denied by the woodwork in the second half at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium and made the most of the extra man after Hennessey was given his marching orders following a dreadful head-high challenge on Mehdi Taremi. This time they sang along, to a back drop of boos and jeers from the crowd with some fans pictured sobbing in the stands.
There was little to shout about in the first half in which Wales’s Kieffer Moore had a volley on the stretch pushed away by keeper Seyed Hossein Hosseini and Iran’s Ali Gholizadeh thought he had opened the scoring only to see his effort ruled out for offside.
The referee initially produced a yellow card, but a trip to the VAR monitor swiftly followed and the resulting red card felt inevitable.
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