FIFA QATAR WORLD CUP 2022 B GROUPS TODAY ENGLAND VS IRAN

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                            The countdown to England's opening game at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is almost over after Gareth Southgate's side landed in Doha on Tuesday.

Having finished runners-up at last summer's European Championship on the back of reaching the semi-finals in Russia four years ago, England are among the favorites to triumph in Qatar.

Southgate's 26-man squad linked up at St George's Park on Monday fresh from the Premier League pausing and followed a whirlwind day of duties by jetting off to Qatar on Tuesday.

England flew on a plane called 'Rain Bow' noteworthy given the host country's oppressive laws and treatment of LGBTQ+ people – and touched down in Doha at around 8pm local time.

The squad received a passionate welcome from several hundred people in Al Wakrah – the coastline city they hope to call home for the next four weeks. England are staying on the shore of the Arabian Gulf at the five-star Souq Al Wakrah Hotel, where fans replete in replica shirts and carrying St George's flags enthusiastically welcomed the team.

The 2022 World Cup kicked off earlier today with hosts Qatar losing 2-0 to Ecuador in the tournament's opening fixture. England will be in action tomorrow, as will Wales.