We present to your attention the preview of the match of the third round in Group B.

June 5, 3rd round, group B, Saransk, Mordovia Arena, referee: Enrique Caceres, the beginning of the match at 21:00 Portugal miraculously escaped in a match with Spain, and in the second round limited only one goal scored to the goal of Morocco. In the match with the Moroccans, the team of Fernando Santos deserved defeat with at least two missed goals, because the players are absolutely irresponsible to the match. Before the playoff games, Santos has to correct these shortcomings. The Portuguese team also had serious problems with the control of the ball in the first two fights. The head coach will try to fix it and this is likely to be an attempt to outplay Iran in the central line, creating a space for more attacks.

Iran was able to win a victory in the starting match with Morocco, which leaves him a chance to enter the next round.

The difference in class between rivals is very high and, if Santos make the right conclusions, then the duel with Iran will turn out to be dry, uninteresting and will end with the victory of the Portuguese.

Head coach of the Iranian national team Carlos Queiroz:.

"This is the most interesting and most important match in eight years of my presence in Iranian football. I know that many of my friends will watch this game and support Portugal. In Portuguese there is such a phrase: friendship is good, but football is something different ".

The head coach of the Portuguese Fernando Santos:.

"We need to be aggressive and we must not be allowed to play an opponent. We need to win more martial arts, one-on-one confrontations and show our potential in the attack ".

Approximate compositions Iran: Ali Beiravand - Ehsan Hajsafi, Morteza Puraligandzhi, Ramin Rezaeyan, Majid Hosseini - Said Ezatolahi, Vahid Amiri, Omid Ebrahimi, Karim Ansarifard - Mehdi Taremi, Serdar Azmun Portugal:

Rui Patrizio - Pepe, Jose Fonte, Rafael Guerreiro - Cedric Soares, William Carvalho, Joao Moutinho, Bernard Silva, Joao Mariou - Goncalo Gedes, Cristiano Ronaldo Interesting facts - These teams met twice - both matches were won by the Portuguese - Iran never won the European teams at the World Cup in six games (1 draw, 5 defeats).

- The last 5 goals of Portugal in the World Cup were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo - Ronaldo scored 4 goals after 4 strikes on the opponents' goal - At the 2010 World Cup in the group Portugal did not lose any match forecast 0: 1.