Iranian national team surprised many at this World Cup, as considered the obvious outsider of Group B, not only did they throw a challenge to all competitors and collected 4 points, but also fought for a place in the next stage until the final group stage moments.
For such an achievement, the greatest credit should be given to the excellent tactician Carlos Queiroz, who skillfully prepared the team. Portugal showed his ability to read the game and make the right decisions in the matches against his countrymen, where with a simple decision he managed to disrupt all opponents' plans and significantly slow down their attack.
In the match against Portugal, the Iranian national team had a lot of headaches in the first 12 minutes, as the opponents successfully found gaps in their defense and created several dangerous attacks. However, at that moment the team's coach noticed that most of Portugal's attacks were focused through the midfielder William Carvalho and made a tactical decision - to send one of his players to constantly mark this player and not give him any freedom or opportunities to receive the ball.
This decision immediately bore fruit - the Portuguese seemed completely lost for the rest of the first half, and it became significantly more difficult for them to break through to the opponents' goal area. However, Iran's plans were disrupted by Ricardo Quaresma's individual skill and fantastic goal, which put Portugal ahead and forced the Iranian team to change their game plan and try to equalize the score as quickly as possible.
