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Iran national football team
World Cup | Group Stage
Jun 20, 2018 at 7pm UK
 
Spain national football team

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Spain defender Sergio Ramos criticises 'time-wasters' Iran

Ramos criticises 'time-wasters' Iran
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Sergio Ramos suggests that Iran "went out to waste time" in their Group B showdown with Spain before eventually being broken down.

Spain defender Sergio Ramos has talked up the importance of topping Group B after grinding out a 1-0 win against Iran at the Kazan Arena.

La Roja were made to work hard for their first three-point haul at the 2018 World Cup, scoring the only goal of the game 54 minutes in through Diego Costa.

Ramos has suggested that Iran made life tough for his side by repeatedly wasting time when the game was level at 0-0, but admits that an improved performance is required against Morocco to land top spot ahead of Portugal.

"They went out to waste time, whereas we like to win in a different way," he told reporters. "We leave happy. We've taken another step forward and now we have to try to top our group, it's our objective. I still think we can improve in all aspects."

Portugal and Spain are level on points and goal difference heading into the final round of fixtures.

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Q Netherlands Netherlands32107
Q Senegal flag Senegal32016
3 Ecuador flag Ecuador31114
4 Qatar Qatar30030

Group B

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Q England flag England32107
Q United States USA31205
3 Iran Iran31023
4 Wales flag Wales30121

Group C

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Q Argentina Argentina32016
Q Poland Poland31114
3 Mexico Mexico31114
4 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia31023

Group D

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Q France France32016
Q Australia Australia32016
3 Tunisia Tunisia31114
4 Denmark Denmark30121

Group E

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Q Japan Japan32016
Q Spain Spain31114
3 Germany Germany31114
4 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica31023

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q Croatia Croatia31205
3 Belgium Belgium31114
4 Canada Canada30030

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Q Switzerland Switzerland32016
3 Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Serbia Serbia30121

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Q Republic of Korea South Korea31114
3 Uruguay flag Uruguay31114
4 Ghana flag Ghana31023


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