Nov 25, 2022, 5:52 PM
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Queiroz: Beating Wales by Iran was opportunity to get back on track

Doha, IRNA- The coach of the Iranian national soccer team, Carlos Queiroz, said that a good unity was in today's Iranian national soccer team, and today "we returned to our roots", beating Wales was an opportunity to get back to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 campaign.

Carlos Queiroz in his press conference after beating Wales in the  FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, said that "we had a very good match today and everyone showed a very high character, a good unity was in Iran's national team and today "we returned to our roots".

He continued that "we had to overcome the bad feelings of the previous defeat.

The coach of the Iranian national soccer team said: "Our pride was damaged in the first game, but today we turned to our roots and we could show ourselves, and this was not an easy task".

Queiroz added that Wales was very tough and they played very fast football and "we had to stay focused".

He emphasized: "We could have scored more goals, but the important thing was to win, in this group, there is opportunity to win until the last day, and our goal is success".

Iran national football team won the second match of World Cup against Wales 2-0.

The national Iranian men's football team managed to defeat Wales in their second match in Group B of the World Cup in Qatar on Friday.

The two goals of Iran were scored by Rouzbeh Cheshmi at minute 96 and Ramin Rezaeian at 98.

Wales lost their goalkeeper after he received a red card for a fault against attacking Mehdi Taremi.

Iran will next take on the US on Tuesday when a win would almost certainly see them advance to the knockout rounds for the first time in its history.

Iran lost to England 6-2 in its opener but the National Team dominated the match against Wales and won the game to stay its hope alive.

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