The 1-1 draw in the first round of the tournament made the team very upset, and the players also mentioned in the post-match interview that they were prepared to compete with the United States on goal difference in order to get out of the group. However, this does underestimate the strength of the team.
Iran's 2-6 in the first round was just a bit too much in terms of goals conceded, and head coach Queiroz's overly reverence for the team allowed him to put out a 5-back formation that the team hadn't attempted for a long time, and was even more like a 6-back in terms of the details of the setup. However, this deadlocked system was accompanied by a serious injury to the starting goalkeeper, Beranvand, who left the field and affected the confidence of the players, and Beranvand's unspecified injury also affected the mood of the whole team for a while. Therefore, the effect of the iron bucket formation only lasted for 30 minutes, because of an accidental goal conceded and two consecutive set-piece goals conceded, which led to the collapse of the whole team's mentality. In the second half, the team was blown away by the fast counterattacks of England's youngsters. But Iran didn't really give up on the offense even when they were behind for a long period of time.
The main goalkeeper Beiranvand has returned to the team wearing a mask, and the Iranian team doctor has provided FIFA with a health certificate, but FIFA has asked the Iranian team to comply with the "concussion protection protocol" and not to let Beiranvand play in the match against Wales. The Iranian team may use another goalkeeper, Abedzadeh, instead of Hosseini, who performed poorly as a substitute in the last round.
Wales team after the first round of the game feel unwell a few starters Ampadu, Ramsey and others are after a day of rest after a healthy return, the team received another good news is the core of the midfield Joe Allen officially recovered from injury, can participate in the game with Iran. Joe Allen has been recovering from this injury for more than two months and is likely to play from the bench.
Quiroz is likely to use the team's more adapted 433 system, which Iran used two months ago to draw 1-1 and beat 1-0 in warm-up matches against starting lineups. But surely they will not dare to press hard because they are afraid of the counter-attacks of the Welsh team.
It is worth studying is that this game as an early game, is kicked off at 10:00 am British time, and the Welsh players generally play in the British league, obviously will be uncomfortable with the game time (their first round of the game is played at 19:00 British time); and most of the players of the Iranian team in their own country to play football, the time difference with Doha is only half an hour, the game time is also in line with their biological clock. So the Iranian team's advantage in this regard is not small.
