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A trend that is not accidental: will jokes and fictions disappear over time?
A hail of goals – 12 in three matches, eight in just one – and an anomalous wave of recoveries: this is the balance of yesterday’s World Cup. England-Iran ended with eight goals, 6-2 for the English, and with 27 minutes of extension overall, 14 in the first half and 13 in the second half.