Khakpo breaks a record that has been standing for 36 years

The first group scores more and fewer cards than the second, and the Netherlands leads in fair play

• Dutchman Davey Claassen takes possession of the ball before Qatari Hassan Al Haidos.

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• England topped Group A.

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Group A outperformed its counterpart in the World Cup (Qatar 2022) in terms of scoring goals during the 12 matches held in the first round, which concluded the day before yesterday.

The first group saw 20 goals scored, compared to only 14 goals for the second group teams.

England topped the eight teams in the two groups by scoring nine goals, and the Netherlands and Senegal came in second place, each with five goals, while the American team was the least receiving goals with only one goal in the three matches.

Dutch player Khakpo (23 years) broke a record that had stood for 36 years, after he became the second player to open the scoring three times in the group stage, after Italian Alessandro Altobelli in 1986.

The yellow cards in the first and second groups amounted to 45 cards, the share of the first was 18, compared to 27 for the second, in addition to one red card for the Welsh national team.

The Qatari and English teams are considered the most yellow cards, with seven times each, while the Dutch team was the most fair-play application, and received only two yellow cards.

It is expected that the Netherlands, the leader of Group A, will meet America, the runner-up of Group Two, while England, the leader of Group Two, will play Senegal, the runner-up of Group Two, and the two matches will be held on Saturday and Sunday.

The Senegalese team was able to obtain the second qualification card from the first group, accompanied by the Dutch mills, which settled the lead with seven points.

The "Teranga Lions" managed to score their second appearance in the knockout stage out of their three participations in the World Cup, after they had previously achieved this achievement in the 2002 edition.

The Netherlands, runners-up in 1974, 1978 and 2010, needed a tie point against Qatar in the last round, to ensure their official qualification, after their difficult opening victory over Senegal 2-0, and then their draw with Ecuador (1-1).

The struggle was most intense in the second group, which included England, America, Wales and Iran, in light of the four teams' chances of qualifying in the third round matches of that group.

The United States was able to snatch the qualification card, accompanied by the England national team, after defeating the Iranian team with a goal without a response, so that the Americans returned the debt to their traditional rival, after Iran was able to beat it 2-1 in 1998.

The American and Iranian national teams have previously met in three confrontations, two of them officially in the World Cup, and each team won a match, while they met in a friendly in 2000, and the match ended in a 1/1 draw.

England decided to qualify and lead by defeating its neighbor Wales, 3-0, in the third and final round of Group Two, a result that was expected in light of the advantage of the English team, which reached the semi-finals of the last edition of the World Cup.

Wales failed to reach the final price for the second time in its participation in the World Cup, after 1958, when it was knocked out by Brazil, losing 1-0.

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Al-Annabi prints 3 negative numbers on the history of the countries hosting the World Cup

The Qatar national team scored the worst result for a host country in the history of the World Cup since its inception in 1930, after its exit from the group stage, without achieving any victory in the three matches it played in the World Cup, which it hosts on its stadiums until the 18th of this month.

Al-Annabi lost to Ecuador with two goals, then to Senegal 1-3, and lost again to the Netherlands, 0-2, to bid farewell to the tournament without getting any points in the three matches.

Qatar became the second host team in the history of the World Cup to come out of the first round, after South Africa, which bid farewell to the 2010 World Cup, after failing to pass the first round in a 1-1 draw against Mexico, followed by a 3-0 loss from Uruguay, before winning the round. The third and final group stage against France, with two goals to one.

The Qatari national team printed three historical negative points in the history of the World Cup host countries' participation since its inception in 1930, as it became the only team to suffer a loss in the opening match, and it left the tournament without obtaining any points, satisfied with scoring a single goal, which is the lowest score of goals for countries. The hosts of this event, which is held every four years, to finish last in the group, and it is also the first host team to bid farewell to the tournament after the second round.

Qatar national team bid farewell to the World Cup with 3 defeats.

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