Football
Iran vs Spain. FIFA World Cup Group B.
7:00pm, Wednesday 20th June 2018.
Kazan ArenaAttendance: Attendance42,718.
Match ends, IR Iran 0, Spain 1.
Second Half ends, IR Iran 0, Spain 1.
Omid Ebrahimi (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rodrigo (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Omid Ebrahimi (IR Iran).
Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross.
Substitution, Spain. Rodrigo replaces Diego Costa.
Sergio Busquets (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Saman Ghoddos (IR Iran).
Substitution, IR Iran. Saman Ghoddos replaces Vahid Amiri.
Foul by Diego Costa (Spain).
Vahid Amiri (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Isco (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Vahid Amiri with a cross.
Offside, Spain. Isco is caught offside.
Substitution, Spain. Marco Asensio replaces Lucas Vázquez.
Vahid Amiri (IR Iran) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dani Carvajal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vahid Amiri (IR Iran).
Attempt blocked. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Lucas Vázquez (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Majid Hosseini (IR Iran).
Substitution, IR Iran. Alireza Jahanbakhsh replaces Karim Ansarifard.
Foul by Sergio Busquets (Spain).
Substitution, Spain. Koke replaces Andrés Iniesta.
Diego Costa (Spain).
Alireza Beiranvand (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Diego Costa (Spain) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Gerard Piqué (Spain) left footed shot from very close range is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Sergio Ramos (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by David Silva.
Substitution, IR Iran. Milad Mohammadi replaces Ehsan Hajisafi because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Ehsan Hajisafi (IR Iran).
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Saeid Ezatolahi.
Foul by Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran).
Offside, IR Iran. Vahid Amiri is caught offside.
Offside, IR Iran. Saeid Ezatolahi is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ramin Rezaeian with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Andrés Iniesta (Spain).
Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Omid Ebrahimi with a cross.
Lucas Vázquez (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Karim Ansarifard (IR Iran).
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Sergio Busquets.
Goal! IR Iran 0, Spain 1. Diego Costa (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Ramin Rezaeian.
Attempt missed. Karim Ansarifard (IR Iran) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dani Carvajal.
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Spain).
Attempt saved. Sergio Busquets (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Gerard Piqué (Spain) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a headed pass.
Second Half begins IR Iran 0, Spain 0.
First Half ends, IR Iran 0, Spain 0.
Foul by Dani Carvajal (Spain).
Vahid Amiri (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner, Spain. Conceded by Morteza Pouraliganji.
Attempt blocked. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dani Carvajal.
Attempt blocked. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Ramos.
Gerard Piqué (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Isco.
Sergio Busquets (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner, IR Iran. Conceded by Sergio Ramos.
Attempt missed. Isco (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dani Carvajal.
Attempt missed. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Sergio Ramos with a headed pass following a corner.
Attempt saved. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Delay in match because of an injury Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
Attempt blocked. Sergio Ramos (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Saeid Ezatolahi (IR Iran).
Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. David Silva (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
Attempt missed. Karim Ansarifard (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by David Silva (Spain).
Attempt missed. Gerard Piqué (Spain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Silva with a cross following a set piece situation.
Isco (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sergio Ramos (Spain).
Sardar Azmoun (IR Iran) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Vahid Amiri (IR Iran) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt missed. Dani Carvajal (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Sergio Ramos (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran).
Foul by Jordi Alba (Spain).
Mehdi Taremi (IR Iran) wins a free kick on the right wing.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
