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England won the World Cup in Qatar with 6 goals against Iran.

Teams from both teams also held a ceremony with a strong political message side by side. 



Reporter Jeon Hyung-woo reports.



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Before the game, the attention of soccer fans around the world was focused on the 'political message' of the two teams.



Iranian players refused to sing the national anthem, sending a strong message of opposition to their government, which has been suppressing anti-government protests.



England captain Harry Kane wore FIFA-approved 'anti-discrimination' armbands instead of 'rainbow armbands' when pressured by FIFA to give him a warning, and players took to their knees to protest against human rights abuses in Qatar.



As the game started, England unilaterally pushed Iran, whose first-choice goalkeeper was substituted 20 minutes into the first half due to injury.



In the 35th minute of the first half, 19-year-old youngest Bellingham scored the first goal in his World Cup debut with a neat header, and in the 43rd minute of the first half, Maguire dropped the ball with a header and Saka put it into the net with a left-footed shot.



Two minutes later, Kane's cross from the left cut past a defender and Sterling volleyed his third goal.



In the 17th minute of the second half, Saka created space in front of three defenders and scored his second goal, and in the 26th minute of the second half, Rashford and Grealish just before the end completely broke down the defense and added one more goal each to split the game.



England got off to a good start in their first title challenge in 56 years with a 6-2 victory.



[Bukayo Saka/England striker: I am so happy that it is difficult to express.

Amazing, happy and proud.

It is a very special day as we have even won the victory.]



Although Iran struggled hard with Taremi, the leading goal scorer, scoring two goals, they experienced the nightmare of conceding the most goals in 16 matches in World Cup history.