Team Portugal played a draw with the Iranian team in the 3rd round of the World Cup. The game took place in Saransk and ended with a score of 1: 1.

Ricardo Quaresma in the 45th minute brought the Portuguese forward. Moreover, a magnificent goal! Adrien Silva made the transfer of his heel to Quaresma, who reached the penalty area and fired a ball into the goal. At the 50th minute Cristiano Ronaldo fell into the opponent's penalty, clinging to the leg of Eskhana Hajjafi. After watching the video replay, the referee appointed a penalty. But with a blow Ronaldo managed goalkeeper Ali Beiranvad. This could be the third goal from penalty kick Cristiano at the World Cup 2018.

At the 88th minute Cedric touched the ball with his hand in his own penalty area, the referee watched the repeat for a long time and still pointed to the "point". Karim Ansarifard realized a penalty. The Iranians had another moment, but Serdar Azmun struck the outer part of the gates.

Since Spain in a parallel match played a draw with Morocco 2: 2, the Portuguese took second place in Group B. Spain and Portugal will continue to struggle in the playoffs.

__________________ Recall that 9 countries, including Ukraine, Australia, Finland, Japan, Denmark, Iceland, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, declared a diplomatic boycott of the World Championship in Russia. The reasons for this were the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine and Syria, the poisoning of Russian ex-intelligence agent Sergey Skripal in Britain, the starvation of Ukrainian political prisoners, including the director Oleg Sentsov, and the systematic violation of human rights in the Russian Federation.

Unlimited hunger strike Sentsov announced May 14, 2018. His main demand is the release of more than 60 Ukrainian political prisoners who are behind bars in Russia. This requirement of the director was supported by the US State Department, the EU, the Canadian Parliament and.

In 2015, a Russian court illegally sentenced Sentsov to 20 years in a strict-security colony. The actions in support of the director were held all over the world, including in Russia.