Who Scored The Best Goal From 2022 World Cup Matchday 1?

The first four games of the 2022 World Cup are done and dusted, Infoexpert24 want to find out which of the player scored the best goal of matchday one.

Qatar and Ecuador got things off to an entertaining start on Sunday, with three further games taking place on Monday to get the tournament into full swing. There have been plenty of goals and a handful of excellent ones. too.

Here are the best strikes from the first matchday of the winter World Cup.

1. Enner Valencia vs Qatar

Well known to Premier League viewers for his stint at West Ham and a loan spell at Everton, Enner Valencia re-announced himself by continuing his brilliant record at World Cups.

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He opened the scoring with a penalty before brilliantly getting on the end of Angelo Preciado’s cross, craning his neck to power a header past Saad Al-Sheeb.

2. Jude Bellingham vs Iran

There are plenty of young stars hoping to light up the 2022 World Cup, but Jude Bellingham kicked things off for England in their romping win over Iran.

The Borussia Dortmund teenager glanced in Luke Shaw’s cross after some lovely build-up play to open the scoring, having endured a lengthy stoppage at the start of the game due to an injury to Alireza Beiranvand.

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Bellingham was full of drive and bite in midfield, though a Three Lions teammate arguably stole the limelight with two goals of his own.

3. Bukayo Saka vs Iran

It’s incredible to think there was any doubt over whether Bukayo Saka should start for England at this World Cup. He is quite frankly sensational.

The Arsenal star was at the double in the 6-2 Iran win, though his first was arguably the pick of the eight goals scored.

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The ball dropped from a Shaw corner and Saka was free to leather a half-volley that shot up and over substitute goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini. His second wasn’t bad, either.

4. Mehdi Taremi vs England

For all of England’s attacking quality, however, they still displayed some defensive misgivings which gave Iran their couple of goals.

Both were scored by Mehdi Taremi – previously of unbelievable overhead kick vs Chelsea fame – with the first being a snap-shot that whistled past Jordan Pickford’s outstretched arms.

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The Porto striker grabbed his second deep into second-half stoppage time, converting a controversially awarded penalty.

5. Timothy Weah vs Wales

If you want to make list of the best players never to play at a World Cup, then George Weah could easily be at the very top of it. His son certainly made an impact on his World Cup debut, though.

The Lille ace was helped by some generous Wales defending, but that should take nothing away from his run and finish.

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While it was a fine goal, it was not a winning one. Wales battled back to a 1-1 draw courtesy of a Gareth Bale penalty.

So fans tell us who scored the best goal of matchday 1 of the 2022 World Cup and why in the comment section below and don’t forget to share.

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