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#2 Iran inches away from knocking Portugal out and topping Group B
Following Ronaldo's missed penalty after the referee was forced to overturn his decision thanks to VAR, it was Iran's turn to get the rub of the green as Pepe was penalized for a handball inside his own penalty area.
Ansarifad stepped up and absolutely leathered it into the back of the net to make it a nervous 6 minutes of stoppage time for Portugal. Iran were buoyed by the leveller but knew that they needed the win to progress into the next round and that's what they almost did.
Azmoun's blocked shot fell to the feet of Amiri who, with just the keeper to beat, somehow contrived to miss from 6 yards out and lashed it into the side netting. That was how close they were to not just knocking Portugal out of the World Cup, but also topping Group B ahead of their opponents on the night and Spain.
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