Iran v Angola, 21 June 2006

Kick-Off: 16:00 Local (15:00 BST) Assistant referees: Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia) Fourth official: Carlos Simon (Brazil) Fifth official: Aristeu Tavares (Brazil) Man of the Match: Zé Kalanga (Angola) This was the first meeting between Iran and Angola at any level. Angola's hopes of reaching the second round were shattered as Iran came from behind to share the spoils. For 14 second-half minutes the dream was alive, with Angola one-up through Amado Flavio's header, although they still needed a favour from Portugal. But Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh spoiled the party by nodding in an equaliser 16 minutes from time. Iran deserved their first point in this competition, but it was Angola who were left to rue what might have been. They started the match knowing a 2-0 victory, coupled with a similar result for Portugal against Mexico, would see them through to play Holland or Argentina. The noise from the horns in the stadium was deafening, rising to fever pitch when news filtered through of Portugal's two goals.