{"id":47588,"date":"2022-11-26T11:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=47588"},"modified":"2022-11-26T11:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:05:11","slug":"iran-a-step-closer-to-2022-world-cup-knockout-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/11\/26\/iran-a-step-closer-to-2022-world-cup-knockout-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran a step closer to 2022 World Cup knockout stages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tehran Times &#8211; DOHA, <strong>Iran football team is one step closer to qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage thanks to the U.S. and England\u2019s stalemate. \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran, who lost to England 6-2 in their opening, will play the U.S. on Nov. 29 knowing a win would send them into the last 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England missed a chance to book their place in the World Cup last 16 as Gareth Southgate&#8217;s side produced a limp display in their 0-0 draw against the U.S. on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, Iran had defeated Wales 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A draw in their final group game against Wales would ensure England progress to the knockout stages, while a victory would seal first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match against the U.S. will not be an easy task for Iran since the American team showed against England they are the team to beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos Queiroz is well aware of what the Iranian fans want in this edition, to book a place in the knockout stage for the first time can be satisfying for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After four friendly matches ahead of the 2022 World Cup and two matches against England and Wales, Queiroz is more familiar with his team now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He took charge of Team Melli for the second stint in September. The Portuguese coach has previously led Iran in the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Americans will be eliminated with a draw or a loss against Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; DOHA, Iran football team is one step closer to qualifying for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":47589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,92,86,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c21-international-football-news","category-c13-team-melli-news","category-world-cup"],"views":1513,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47590,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47588\/revisions\/47590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}