In pictures: England and Wales get World Cup campaigns under way
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England and Wales kicked off their World Cup campaigns, with fans from both nations flocking to Qatar to take in the action.
Here, Football Mad tells the story of the day in pictures.
A shuttle flight full of Wales fans left the UAE for Doha ahead of the Dragons’ first World Cup match in 64 years (Bronwen Weatherby/PA)Three Lions supporters slowly began to fill the stands as a problem with FIFA’s ticketing app caused some delays at England v Iran (Martin Rickett/PA)England’s James Maddison (left) and Trent Alexander-Arnold soaked up the pre-match atmosphere (Martin Rickett/PA)Captain Harry Kane led England’s warm-up (Adam Davy/PA)Former England captain and Qatar ambassador David Beckham was in attendance (Nick Potts/PA)Singer Olly Murs joined England fans at Boxpark Wembley in London (John Walton/PA)Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand was forced off early on after suffering a head injury – though he briefly attempted to play on (Mike Egerton/PA)England’s Jude Bellingham rose to head home his first international goal and open the scoring against Iran (Mike Egerton/PA)Bukayo Saka celebrated scoring England’s second (Nick Potts/PA)Raheem Sterling made it three for England before the break (Adam Davy/PA)Saka completed his brace to extend the Three Lions’ advantage to 4-0 (Martin Rickett/PA)Iran clawed one back through Mehdi Taremi, but substitute Marcus Rashford restored England’s four-goal advantage (Martin Rickett/PA)England fans at Boxpark Wembley celebrate as the goals continued to flow (John Walton/PA)Jack Grealish made it 6-1 for Gareth Southgate’s men (Martin Rickett/PA)Taremi beat Jordan Pickford from the spot with the last kick of the game (Martin Rickett/PA)