Portugal v Iran, 17 June 2006

Score2-0 to Portugal
RefereeEric Poulat
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals Group D
VenueCommerzbank Arena, Frankfurt
Attendance48,000

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Kick-Off: 15:00 Local (14:00 BST) Assistant referees: Lionel Dagorne (France) Vincent Texier (France) Fourth official: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Fifth official: Brahim Djezzar (Algeria) Goals from Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo secured Portugal's passage into the last 16 of the World Cup after victory over Iran in Frankfurt. Barcelona playmaker Deco opened the scoring on 62 minutes with a vicious 22-yard strike past stranded Iran goalkeeper Ebrahim Mirzapour. And Ronaldo doubled the score from the penalty spot when Luis Figo was brought down in the box on 78 minutes. Javad Nekounam went closest for Iran, who now cannot qualify.

2 Portugal

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

0 Iran

Manager: Branko Ivankovic

Goals:

Deco 63 G
Cristiano Ronaldo penalty 80 P

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ricardo
Defender Fernando Meira
Defender Miguel
Defender Nuno Valente
Defender Ricardo Carvalho
Midfielder Costinha
Midfielder Deco
Midfielder Maniche
Forward Luís Figo (captain)
Forward Pauleta
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo

Starting lineup:

Ebrahim Mirzapour Goalkeeper
Yahya Golmohammadi Defender (captain)
Mohamad Nosrati Defender
Rahman Rezaei Defender
Hossein Kaebi Midfielder
Ali Karimi Midfielder
Mehrzad Madanchi Midfielder
Javad Nekounam Midfielder
Andranik Teymourian Midfielder
Vahid Hashemian Forward
Mehdi Mahdavikia Forward

Substitutions:

Petit for Maniche 67
Tiago for Deco 81
Simão for Luís Figo 88

Substitutions:

Fereydoon Zandi for Ali Karimi 65
Rasoul Khatibi for Mehrzad Madanchi 66
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh for Yahya Golmohammadi 88

Cards:

Pauleta 45 Y
Deco 48 Y
Costinha 61 Y

Cards:

Javad Nekounam 20 Y
Mehrzad Madanchi 32 Y
Hossein Kaebi 73 Y
Yahya Golmohammadi 88 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Quim
Goalkeeper Paulo Santos
Defender Marco Caneira
Defender Paulo Ferreira
Midfielder Hugo Viana
Midfielder Petit
Midfielder Ricardo Costa
Midfielder Simão
Midfielder Tiago
Midfielder/Forward Luis Boa Morte
Forward Hélder Postiga
Forward Nuno Gomes

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian
Goalkeeper Vahid Talebloo
Defender Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Defender Amir Hosein Sadeghi
Midfielder Javad Kazemeyan
Midfielder Moharam Navidkia
Midfielder Masoud Shojaei
Midfielder Fereydoon Zandi
Forward Arash Borhani
Forward Ali Daei
Forward Reza Enayati
Forward Rasoul Khatibi

Comments:

With this win, Portugal progressed to the knockout stages of the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966. The 1966 tournament in England was also the last time Portugal were awarded a penalty in the World Cup finals. Eusebio scored from the spot in the 3rd / 4th Play-Off against USSR at Wembley. With his penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo became Portugal's youngest-ever goalscorer at a World Cup finals at the age of 21 years and 132 days. The previous record was also set in 1996 when, at 22 years and 217 days, Antonio Simoes scored in a 3-1 defeat of Brazil at Everton's Goodison Park.

Comments:

As this defeat meant Iran could not progess to the knockout stages, they had now failed to survive the group stage in all three of their World Cup finals appearances.

2 Portugal

Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Goals:

Deco 63 G
Cristiano Ronaldo penalty 80 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Ricardo
Defender Fernando Meira
Defender Miguel
Defender Nuno Valente
Defender Ricardo Carvalho
Midfielder Costinha
Midfielder Deco
Midfielder Maniche
Forward Luís Figo (captain)
Forward Pauleta
Forward Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutions:

Petit for Maniche 67
Tiago for Deco 81
Simão for Luís Figo 88

Cards:

Pauleta 45 Y
Deco 48 Y
Costinha 61 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Quim
Goalkeeper Paulo Santos
Defender Marco Caneira
Defender Paulo Ferreira
Midfielder Hugo Viana
Midfielder Petit
Midfielder Ricardo Costa
Midfielder Simão
Midfielder Tiago
Midfielder/Forward Luis Boa Morte
Forward Hélder Postiga
Forward Nuno Gomes

Comments:

With this win, Portugal progressed to the knockout stages of the World Cup finals for the first time since 1966. The 1966 tournament in England was also the last time Portugal were awarded a penalty in the World Cup finals. Eusebio scored from the spot in the 3rd / 4th Play-Off against USSR at Wembley. With his penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo became Portugal's youngest-ever goalscorer at a World Cup finals at the age of 21 years and 132 days. The previous record was also set in 1996 when, at 22 years and 217 days, Antonio Simoes scored in a 3-1 defeat of Brazil at Everton's Goodison Park.

0 Iran

Manager: Branko Ivankovic

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Ebrahim Mirzapour Goalkeeper
Yahya Golmohammadi Defender (captain)
Mohamad Nosrati Defender
Rahman Rezaei Defender
Hossein Kaebi Midfielder
Ali Karimi Midfielder
Mehrzad Madanchi Midfielder
Javad Nekounam Midfielder
Andranik Teymourian Midfielder
Vahid Hashemian Forward
Mehdi Mahdavikia Forward

Substitutions:

Fereydoon Zandi for Ali Karimi 65
Rasoul Khatibi for Mehrzad Madanchi 66
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh for Yahya Golmohammadi 88

Cards:

Javad Nekounam 20 Y
Mehrzad Madanchi 32 Y
Hossein Kaebi 73 Y
Yahya Golmohammadi 88 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hassan Roudbarian
Goalkeeper Vahid Talebloo
Defender Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Defender Amir Hosein Sadeghi
Midfielder Javad Kazemeyan
Midfielder Moharam Navidkia
Midfielder Masoud Shojaei
Midfielder Fereydoon Zandi
Forward Arash Borhani
Forward Ali Daei
Forward Reza Enayati
Forward Rasoul Khatibi

Comments:

As this defeat meant Iran could not progess to the knockout stages, they had now failed to survive the group stage in all three of their World Cup finals appearances.