In a late-game collision with Iran's Mehdi Taremi outside the penalty area, Wayne Hennessey, the goalkeeper for Wales, received the game's first dismissal during the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup on Friday.
Despite showing great play and being one man down as the match continued, Iran was able to hold on to a draw against the Wales National, who could not go past the one-man-less team of Iran and ended up sharing points, a thing that now endangers Wales position in the World Cup putting them in the verge of elimination.
After the video assistant referee VAR's intervention in the 86th minute, the stopper's first yellow card was increased to red.
Iran won the match with two late goals that sealed the victory, one of which came in the extra time in the 118th minute, in an entertaining contest that characterized moments that the world was anticipating in the world cup.
Gareth Bale, the star and captain of Wales, could not conceal his dismay after Iran scored twice in stoppage time on Friday to put Wales in serious World Cup peril.
Wales must now defeat England in their final Group B game and hope other results go their way to progress to the round of 16. Iran triumphed 2-0.
"I'm devastated. There aren't any other ways to put it, "Bale, the captain, told the BBC.
"We fought right up until the end. It's one of those things that is challenging to accept, but we must bounce back and keep moving forward."
At the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Wales was clinging to a point after Wayne Hennessey's dismissal in the 86th minute.
After failing to earn a victory in their tournament-opening encounter against the United States of America, which finished in a 1-1 tie, Wales now faces elimination from the world cup.
