Group GFull time
Final · Jun 15
Goals
4 goals — watch every replay below
- 7'E. Just▲ 1.9k
- 32'R. Rezaeian▲ 763
- 55'Elijah Just▲ 1.2k
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The stakes
Full time: Iran 2-2 New Zealand — a Group G result now baked into the table.
The two sides
IranGritty fighters who never quit
A team carrying everything off the pitch and still fighting back from 2-0 down on day one — resilience as identity. They are more than their subtext, and that defiance is magnetic.
New ZealandRank outsiders living the dream
Ranked outside the world's top 100, living in rugby's shadow, and yet they LED Iran 2-0 thanks to a kid nobody had heard of. The All Whites are the World Cup's purest underdog story.
Who plays where
Iran
- Iran Pro League ×2Mohammad Mohebi, Alireza Beiranvand
- domestic / UAEAlireza Jahanbakhsh
- EsteghlalRamin Rezaeian
- OlympiacosMehdi Taremi
New Zealand
- MillwallMax Crocombe
- MotherwellElijah Just
- Nottingham ForestChris Wood
- WrexhamLiberato Cacace