Iran's Saeid Ezatolahi celebrates scoring their first goal before it was disallowed after a VAR review. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - Iran's dream of reaching the knockout stage of the World Cup survived Wednesday's loss to Spain and coach Carlos Queiroz promised his team would give their absolute all to take their second chance against his native Portugal next week.
Queiroz said his players deserved huge credit for their battling performance after going down 1-0 to a freak Diego Costa goal and having a score of their own rubbed out after being reviewed by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
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