SARANSK (Russia): Iran coach Carlos Queiroz said Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo was once lucky to escape a crimson card regardless of a VAR review following an elbow in Monday's 1-1 draw at the World Cup.
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Portugal will face Uruguay within the remaining 16 after advancing as runners-up of Group B, however Queiroz insisted Ronaldo deserved to be despatched off for catching Iran defender Morteza Pouraliganji with an elbow to the face.
"I don't want to talk too much, it's about my country and a player. I know it'll be a war against me," said Queiroz, who coached his local Portugal at the 2010 World Cup.
"But the reality is you stopped the game for VAR, there is an elbow. An elbow is a red card in the rules. In the rules it doesn't say if it is (Lionel) Messi or Ronaldo..."
It was once a busy night for the video assistant referee in Saransk as two penalties had been awarded upon review, on best of the Ronaldo altercation.
"We accepted human mistakes before, that was part of the game. Players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and referees make mistakes," said Queiroz.
"But now you could have one machine that cost a fortune. It's high-tech with 5, six other folks inside of and what happens? Nobody takes obligations.
"We want to be like rugby. When there's a choice via VAR I want to know what the referee is saying to them, other folks want to know what is going on."
"So for my part, Mr. Infantino and FIFA, everyone agreed that VAR isn't going neatly," he added. "That's the truth, there's a lot of proceedings."
Ricardo Quaresma struck a super opening goal with an indicator curling effort the usage of the out of doors of his proper foot on the stroke of half-time.
Ronaldo had the chance to double the lead with a penalty 5 minutes into the second one half after he was once upended via Saeid Ezatolahi, however his effort was once save via Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand.
Portugal defender Cedric was once then penalised in stoppage time for a handball, and Karim Ansarifard converted from the spot to provide Iran a lifeline.
Mehdi Taremi just about snatched a dramatic winner after a deflected shot rolled into his path, however he fired into the side netting as Iran had been eradicated in agonising type.
Ronaldo minimize a pissed off determine after failing so as to add to his four-goal tally at the Mordovia Arena, suffering the same penalty misfortune as Lionel Messi previous within the pageant.
"I perceive, it is commonplace. The easiest gamers on the planet face that when there is not an opportunity to in point of fact make it happen," said Portugal boss Fernando Santos.
"That hurts much more to them than to other gamers. They always wish to win. They wish to be the best and refuse to fail, and once they fail they get very disenchanted."
Santos said he idea the referee made the correct choice in the case of the Ronaldo flashpoint.
"No I wasn't involved (a couple of crimson card), it gave the impression favored a normal thing within the fit. The referee did what he needed to do.
"He went to the VAR twice or three times, he considered two penalties and one yellow card. I'd have to watch it again to talk about it, but I think the VAR did its job."
A overdue equaliser from Iago Aspas that earned Spain a 2-2 draw with Morocco pushed the European champions down into 2nd position.
"To us what is important is to be in the last 16 and we want to carry on in this tournament," Santos said.
"Uruguay have high quality and top-notch players. They're excellent but Portugal are too and we're going to try and find a way to win."
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Portugal will face Uruguay within the remaining 16 after advancing as runners-up of Group B, however Queiroz insisted Ronaldo deserved to be despatched off for catching Iran defender Morteza Pouraliganji with an elbow to the face.
"I don't want to talk too much, it's about my country and a player. I know it'll be a war against me," said Queiroz, who coached his local Portugal at the 2010 World Cup.
"But the reality is you stopped the game for VAR, there is an elbow. An elbow is a red card in the rules. In the rules it doesn't say if it is (Lionel) Messi or Ronaldo..."
It was once a busy night for the video assistant referee in Saransk as two penalties had been awarded upon review, on best of the Ronaldo altercation.
"We accepted human mistakes before, that was part of the game. Players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and referees make mistakes," said Queiroz.
"But now you could have one machine that cost a fortune. It's high-tech with 5, six other folks inside of and what happens? Nobody takes obligations.
"We want to be like rugby. When there's a choice via VAR I want to know what the referee is saying to them, other folks want to know what is going on."
"So for my part, Mr. Infantino and FIFA, everyone agreed that VAR isn't going neatly," he added. "That's the truth, there's a lot of proceedings."
Ricardo Quaresma struck a super opening goal with an indicator curling effort the usage of the out of doors of his proper foot on the stroke of half-time.
Ronaldo had the chance to double the lead with a penalty 5 minutes into the second one half after he was once upended via Saeid Ezatolahi, however his effort was once save via Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand.
Portugal defender Cedric was once then penalised in stoppage time for a handball, and Karim Ansarifard converted from the spot to provide Iran a lifeline.
Mehdi Taremi just about snatched a dramatic winner after a deflected shot rolled into his path, however he fired into the side netting as Iran had been eradicated in agonising type.
Ronaldo minimize a pissed off determine after failing so as to add to his four-goal tally at the Mordovia Arena, suffering the same penalty misfortune as Lionel Messi previous within the pageant.
"I perceive, it is commonplace. The easiest gamers on the planet face that when there is not an opportunity to in point of fact make it happen," said Portugal boss Fernando Santos.
"That hurts much more to them than to other gamers. They always wish to win. They wish to be the best and refuse to fail, and once they fail they get very disenchanted."
Santos said he idea the referee made the correct choice in the case of the Ronaldo flashpoint.
"No I wasn't involved (a couple of crimson card), it gave the impression favored a normal thing within the fit. The referee did what he needed to do.
"He went to the VAR twice or three times, he considered two penalties and one yellow card. I'd have to watch it again to talk about it, but I think the VAR did its job."
A overdue equaliser from Iago Aspas that earned Spain a 2-2 draw with Morocco pushed the European champions down into 2nd position.
"To us what is important is to be in the last 16 and we want to carry on in this tournament," Santos said.
"Uruguay have high quality and top-notch players. They're excellent but Portugal are too and we're going to try and find a way to win."
Iran coach blasts VAR as Ronaldo escapes sending off
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