SARANSK (Russia): Portugal complex to the World Cup spherical of 16 behind Spain from Group B after Ricardo Quaresma's shocking strike at the stroke of halftime used to be cancelled out through a dramatic stoppage-time penalty through Iran's Karim Ansarifard on Monday.
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Portugal finished tied on five points with Spain, who drew 2-2 against Morocco to most sensible the gang through scoring extra goals, and arrange a 2nd spherical clash with Group A toppers Uruguay in Sochi on Saturday.
Making his World Cup debut on the age of 34, Quaresma played a one-two with Adrien Silva to cut in from the appropriate flank and curled the ball previous the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand with the outdoor of his boot.
Iran were awarded a penalty in stoppage time after Paraguayan referee Enrique Caceres used the video assistant referee (VAR) system to rule that Portugal's Cedric Soares had treated the ball within the field.
Ansarifard transformed the penalty to make it 1-1, pushing Portugal to 2nd spot within the team behind Spain.
Portugal were left to rue a ignored penalty through Cristiano Ronaldo within the 51st minute after Beiranvand pulled off a heroic save to disclaim the European champions a 2-0 lead.
Caceres consulted with VAR to award the penalty for Morteza Pouraliganji's foul on Ronaldo amid vociferous protests from the Iranians and their numerous supporters on the Mordovia Arena.
The Real Madrid ahead, however, didn't convert, additionally shedding the chance to tie England's Harry Kane on the most sensible of the scorers' record on five goals.
Iran, needing a win to have any realistic likelihood of advancing to the knockouts for the first time, were smartly organised on the again and defended stoically but did not have enough men going ahead.
Carlos Queiroz's men relied mostly on counter assaults and whilst ahead Sardar Azmoun confirmed various glimpses of his skill, it used to be now not enough to disclaim the Portuguese.
Portugal had confronted a large number of complaint for their lacklustre show and inability to carry ownership of their 1-0 win against Morocco but they seemed made up our minds to set that right against the Asian powerhouse.
Spain will meet hosts Russia at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.
POINTS TABLE | SCHEDULE | VIDEOS
Portugal finished tied on five points with Spain, who drew 2-2 against Morocco to most sensible the gang through scoring extra goals, and arrange a 2nd spherical clash with Group A toppers Uruguay in Sochi on Saturday.
Making his World Cup debut on the age of 34, Quaresma played a one-two with Adrien Silva to cut in from the appropriate flank and curled the ball previous the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand with the outdoor of his boot.
Iran were awarded a penalty in stoppage time after Paraguayan referee Enrique Caceres used the video assistant referee (VAR) system to rule that Portugal's Cedric Soares had treated the ball within the field.
Ansarifard transformed the penalty to make it 1-1, pushing Portugal to 2nd spot within the team behind Spain.
Portugal were left to rue a ignored penalty through Cristiano Ronaldo within the 51st minute after Beiranvand pulled off a heroic save to disclaim the European champions a 2-0 lead.
Caceres consulted with VAR to award the penalty for Morteza Pouraliganji's foul on Ronaldo amid vociferous protests from the Iranians and their numerous supporters on the Mordovia Arena.
The Real Madrid ahead, however, didn't convert, additionally shedding the chance to tie England's Harry Kane on the most sensible of the scorers' record on five goals.
Iran, needing a win to have any realistic likelihood of advancing to the knockouts for the first time, were smartly organised on the again and defended stoically but did not have enough men going ahead.
Carlos Queiroz's men relied mostly on counter assaults and whilst ahead Sardar Azmoun confirmed various glimpses of his skill, it used to be now not enough to disclaim the Portuguese.
Portugal had confronted a large number of complaint for their lacklustre show and inability to carry ownership of their 1-0 win against Morocco but they seemed made up our minds to set that right against the Asian powerhouse.
Spain will meet hosts Russia at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday.
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