Iran v Spain, 20 June 2018

Kick-off: 9.00pm local Iran v Spain was Match 20 of the FIFA World Cup 2018 Refereeing team: Referee: Andres Cunha (Uruguay) Assistant Referee 1: Nicolas Taran (Uruguay) Assistant Referee 2: Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) Fourth Official: Julio Bascunan (Chile) Reserve AR: Christian Schiemann (Chile) VAR: Mauro Vigliano (Argentina) Spain were now unbeaten in their last 22 games (won 15); the longest current such run in international football. Diego Costa became the first player to score in Spain's first two games at a World Cup finals since Fernando Torres in 2006. Iran had now lost six and drawn one of their seven games against European nations at the World Cup finals (scored one goal). They would now have to beat Portugal in their final group game to qualify for the round of 16. There had not now been a goalless draw in the first 20 games of a World Cup finals for the first time since 1954 when all 26 games had at least one goal each.