The important match of the group stage of the FIFA World Cup, played between Iran and Egypt in Seattle, ended with a 1-1 result.
As a result of this result, Egypt went to the elimination stage, but Iran’s hopes to reach the pre-quarterfinals still depend on the results of the other groups.
Iran suffered a major blow in the final minutes of the match, when Shuca Khalilzadeh’s goal was ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR review.
After the goal, Khalilzade happily took off his shirt, even took a picture with sunglasses, but moments later the decision was against him.
After some time, in the seventh minute of extra time, the goal of Seyid Ezetullahi hit the crossbar with his head and denied the victory of Iran.
Egypt took the lead in the fifth minute of the game thanks to Mahmoud Sabir’s goal, but Iran responded quickly.
Although Mehdi Tarmi’s penalty was blocked by Mustafa Shobir, Ramin Rezaiyan scored a beautiful goal and the match was tied.
As a result of the draw, Iran drew all three matches of the group stage and Egypt has already advanced to the next stage and placed in the second place.
The Iranian team now hopes to join the top 8 teams in the third place.
This requires Croatia to lose to Ghana in Group L, DR Congo to lose to Uzbekistan in Group K, or Algeria or Austria to win in Group J.
