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German forward Kai Havertz has been speaking ahead of their crunch match against Spain tomorrow.

Germany lost 2-1 to Japan in their opening match and have been on the receiving end of plenty of criticism back home.

"I can understand the negativity of fans and media," Havertz said.

"We know we face criticism and not everyone is behind us. But the past is the past ... and it is a big game on Sunday."

Germany have won just two and lost five of their last eight tournament matches at the 2018 and 2022 World Cups as well as at last year's Euros.

That statistic looks even worse when the 2022 Nations League matches are included with another four draws, one loss and only one win.

"It is difficult to say that statistic is in our favour but in the past few years there was an overhaul of the team, a change of coach and news players, and that plays a role," Havertz said.

"But that is no excuse. At the end of the day what matters are the tournaments and when you see the statistic it is 1000% too small. We have to turn things around."

The eight stadiums being used in the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar are separated by just 43 miles and are approximately an hour apart in a car.

But how many games can you go to in a day?

BBC Sport's Nesta McGregor took on the challenge...

We're going to be moving on to other news from this World Cup now, as well as build-up to tonight's England game.

If you want more reaction to Wales' defeat by Iran, head over here.

You can see the disappointment etched on those faces.

Wales fans have been in fine voice at this tournament, but their players struggled today...

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Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Qatar

The Iran squad are going on a deserved lap of honour - to acknowledge their fans who are here in numbers all around this stadium.

Their World Cup is very much alive and kicking.

Wales? Not so much...

Look away now, Wales fans...

Jack: Kieffer Moore still looking forward to knocking England out?

James: Gutted for Wales but unfortunately, Iran has been the better side. At a World Cup, you have to turn up for every single game or you're in trouble.

It's all over and Iran have taken the points.

Incidentally, that red card for Wayne Hennessey is the first of the tournament.

Not a stat he'll want to be remembered for.

The red wall watching on...

Their team are up against it in the final stages of this game.

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Wales are down to 10 men as Wayne Hennessey is sent off.

The goalkeeper is initially shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Mehdi Taremi, but it's upgraded to red after a VAR check.

Iran hit the post twice within the space of 10 seconds before Wayne Hennessey makes a save as Wales struggle to hold on in their Group B game at the 2022 World Cup.

Gareth: Watching Wales vs Iran in a hotel in Johannesburg with a conference party around me, wondering why I'm shouting Ramsey and hitting the table every 5 mins! Probably the poorest I've ever seen him

Pooriah Jafreh
BBC Persian sport reporter

The match against Wales is totally different after the extraordinary events of the England game.

The players were apparently under a lot of pressure from the government to sing the national anthem this time.

However, looking at the footage of them doing it, some look uninterested in singing the anthem – which is very different to other teams singing their national anthem.

Friends inside Al Rayyan Stadium are telling me there is mixture of pro-government and anti-government fans inside the stadium - but most of them opting to support Iran this time.

In footballing terms this is as attacking as it can get from Carlos Queiroz. Iran feel if they beat Wales today they have very good chance to qualify for the knockout stage for the first time ever.

They might only need a draw against USA in their last match.

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Into the final 20 minutes at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, and we're still awaiting the first goal.

Iran have hit the post a couple of times and forced Wayne Hennessey into a good save from the rebound.

Hanging. In. The. Balance.