Wales goalkeeper Hennessey sees first Qatar World Cup red card for rash challenge; WATCH

FIFA World Cup 2022 witnessed first red card of tournament during Wales vs Iran clash after Welsh goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey brought down Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi. Hennessey me a rash challenge on Taremi in 85th minute and me no effort to play ball, an incident that left referee no choice but to send him off. red card proved extremely costly as Iran capitalized on man vantage by scoring two late goals to register a huge victory over Wales.

Wayne Hennessey gets sent off during Wales vs Iran game

As seen in video below, Wayne Hennessey came rushing out of his box to clear ball when Iran threatened to score a goal. However, unfortunately for him, he did not get hold of ball and brought down Mehdi Taremi, who h a clear goal-scoring opportunity. While on-field referee did give a yellow card initially, he was asked to review incident once again by VAR. On checking monitor himself, on-field referee reversed his decision and sent off Hennessey.

Iran receives huge boost after massive win over Wales

Group B of FIFA World Cup 2022 is wide open after Iran registered a massive victory over Wales in ir second group stage game. A goal each from Rouzbeh Cheshmi (90+8) and Ramin Rezaeian ensured that Iran left  Ahmed bin Ali Stium with all three points.

win helps Iran move into second place in Group B of FIFA World Cup 2022 table with three points, level on points with leers England, who have played a game less. More importantly for Iran, y are three points clear of last-placed Wales and two points clear of third-placed USA, who play later in day against England.

As for Wales, loss against Iran means that y are on brink of exiting FIFA World Cup 2022 with just one point after two games. only way Welsh can now make it to knockout stages of tournament is if y beat England in ir final group stage game by a huge margin, USA loses to England but beats Iran in ir final game.