Portugal equalized with Iran and will face Uruguay in the second round (1:1)

[-Garrix]

Ronaldo squandered a penalty sanctioned by Paraguayan referee Enrique Cáceres through VAR after a foul by defender Saeid Ezatolahi

Leader / UN.- Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty that cost Portugal the first place in his group in the World Cup. With great suffering, Portugal finished second in Group B after drawing 1-1 with Iran on Monday. The European champions will now face Uruguay on Saturday in Sochi for the last 16.

Instead of Cristiano, Ricardo Quaresma was the author of the goal for the Lusos. The veteran winger of 34 years responded to his first title of the tournament with one of the most beautiful goals of the tournament.

Quaresma shot with the left instep at the angle of Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand to put the Lusos ahead in the Morodovia Arena in Saransk, the scene of a maximum tension duel with two penalties sanctioned through the video review system, one of which failed the Real Madrid star.

Simultaneously, the goal of Iago Aspas in the discounts gave Spain a 2-2 draw against Morocco in Kaliningrad. Spain, as the first of the area, will be seen with host Russia on Sunday at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.

Ronaldo, who did not spend a good night by a loud demonstration by Iranian fans in front of the hotel that housed Portugal, squandered a penalty sanctioned by Paraguayan referee Enrique Cáceres through VAR after a foul by defender Saeid Ezatolahi against the striker in the 52nd minute. The Luso captain executed the penalty with a right to the middle that contained Beiranvand.

It was the 19th penalty awarded in Russia, which marked a new record for a World Cup.

The botched execution ended the scoring streak Cristiano in Russia - four goals in three games - and the negative mark matched competitor for the throne Lionel Messi, who also missed a penalty for Argentina in a 1-1 draw against Iceland 

Portugal took the initiative and just played two minutes Cristiano himself crossed a right that contained the Iranian goalkeeper. Since then, every Portuguese advance highlighted the defensive fragility of the Asian group. At nine Joao Mario tried a shot just above after a failed clearance of Ezatolahi, which earned him an insult and push the Iranian goalkeeper.

They were several minutes of constant harassment, but Portugal was little fine in the final meters until Quaresma's goal. Just when Iran had balanced the process and almost achieved the advantage with an Ezatolahi header that saved the goalkeeper Ruí Patricio well located.

The penalty saved to Cristiano revitalized those led by his compatriot Carlos Queiroz. With nothing to lose, Iran played with ease and deserved the tie that case gets with a right flush of Saman Ghoddos.

In a final for the heart attack, the Paraguayan referee again resorted to the VAR for a supposed hand of Cedric in the area of Portugal. Captain Karim Ansarifard executed to angle to tie. In the agony, Mehdi Taremi squandered the goal that would have given Iran a historic triumph, since it has never raffled the first round in a World Cup.