USA – Wales – 1: 1: the referee added 9 minutes to the main time of the match

Qatari referee Al Jassim Abdulrahman added nine minutes to the regular time of the first round match of the 2022 World Cup group stage USA – Wales.

The game of group B was held at the stadium “Ahmed Bin Ali” in the city of Al Rayyan and ended with the score 1:1. On the goal of Timothy Weah (36th minute), the Welsh answered with an accurate strike by Gareth Bale (82) from the 11-meter mark. The TV channel “Match TV” showed the meeting live. The referee added 4 minutes to the first half.

Earlier on Monday, England and Iran played the longest match in World Cup history (excluding extra-time matches). The meeting of group B, held at the stadium “Khalifa International” in Doha, ended with a score of 6:2. The chief referee of the match added 14 minutes to the first half and 10 minutes to the second, as a result, the teams spent 117 minutes and 16 seconds on the field.

In another match of the day, Senegal – the Netherlands, the referee added two minutes to the first half and eight minutes to the second.

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