Iranian fans attempt to disrupt Portugal’s sleep at hotel

Iran fans camped outside the Portugal team’s hotel in Saransk making loud noises ahead of their World Cup game.

VAR has been called upon in half of the 20 penalty decisions, whether to change the referee’s original call or to confirm it.

Cedric’s fellow Saints defender Maya Yoshida played in Japan’s 2-2 draw with Senegal on Sunday, whilst Jan Bednarek and Poland were knocked out of the competition with a 3-0 loss to Colombia.

Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand’s save to deny Ronaldo was the fifth instance of a player failing to convert a penalty in Russian Federation, already the joint second highest in World Cup history.

In the other match in Group A, Saudi Arabia beat Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 2-1 in a matchup of two eliminated sides in Volgograd but the main talking point was Egypt goalkeeper Essam el-Hadary becoming the oldest player ever to appear in a World Cup.

The theme continued in Group B’s matches, with Iago Aspas and Karim Ansarifard both scoring the equalisers for Spain and Iran, respectively, after 90 minutes.

Down to the wire once again, Day 12 at the 2018 World Cup threw up three thrilling matches. With his second strike against La Furia Roja, the 33-year-old became only the second Portuguese to score a World Cup goal from outside the box, joining Deco, who managed to do so against Iran in 2006.

Portugal heads into the interval sitting atop Group B on seven points.

91st minute – Kaliningrad: Spain’s Aspas equalises from close range with a back-heel flick that’s initially ruled offside before VAR determines the substitute was played onside by Morocco midfielder Mbark Boussoufa.

On Day 12, standings will be decided in Group A and B with Uruguay taking on Russian Federation and Spain facing Morocco while Iran go up against Portugal. Portugal will play Uruguay Saturday at 2 p.m.EDT on Fox.

Both games kickoff at 16:00. Argentina, meanwhile, need to win and hope Iceland lose.

In their two games, they have netted eight goals and put together some tremendous attacking patterns.

Iran has been to five World Cups – all since 1978 – but has yet to advance out of group play. Before the start of the tournament, people were betting a big on Argentina and expecting a lot from the star player Lionel Messi.

What’s the likelihood? Argentina are 48 per cent, Nigeria 45 per cent and Iceland 7 per cent to make the next stage. Croatia can rest its players, and be fresh for the knockout stage game. Rumors say that the players are picking the team to play Nigeria, and have pushed Jorge Sampaoli to the side.