Portuguese national team striker Cristiano Ronaldo failure to score through the white dot against Iran. Portugal must be satisfied with a 1-1 draw against Iran in the last match of Group B at Mordovia Arena, Saransk, Monday (25/06/2018).
Ricardo Quaresma opened the scoring in the 45th minute, before finally equalized by Karim Andarifard penalty kick on 90minutes + 3.
Unlike the previous two games, Cristiano Ronaldo this time absent contributed goals for Portugal.
Previous Real Madrid star was successful scored 4 goals from two games early against Spain (3) and Morocco (1). Cristiano Ronaldo has even perched atop the Top Scorer list with the collection of 4 goals, before overtaken by England striker, Harry Kane, with 5 goals.
Cristiano Ronaldo actually had a chance to add the goal when referee Enrique Caceres pointed to the spot in the penalty box of Iran. The decision was taken because Cristiano Ronaldo violated by Saeid Ezzatollah in the 53rd minute. Enrique Caceres briefly saw the re-cast Video Assistant Referee (VAR) before making the decision.
According to Squawka notes, the penalty given by the referee from Paraguay became the 19th penalty that occurred in the 2018 World Cup.
The figure is a highest record thoroughout the history of the four-year tournament.
Earlier, the 1990, 1998, and 2002 editions of the World Cup were the highest with 18 penalties. Cristiano Ronaldo has opportunity to be a protagonist figure in the history of the penalty, but failed to finish turning the chances into goals. The number 7 kicked was successfully anticipated by Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand.
Alireza Beiranvand in fact turned around to create a record thanks to the rescue.
The 25-year-old became the first goalkeeper in the history of the World Cup to anticipated Portugal’s penalty.
With an additional 1 goal-scoring penalty for Iran, now 20 penalties have been created in this edition of World Cup. This draw results deliver Portugal to the round of 16 and will meet Uruguay, Group Winner A. While Iran must lift the suitcase from Russia after finishing in third place Group B standings.
