Iran were unable to prevent Portugal going through to the last-16 of the World Cup despite fighting valiantly in their 1-1 draw.Carlos Queiroz's side were awarded a fortuitous penalty in stoppage time after VAR ruled that Cedric Soares had committed a deliberate handball.Moments later, they squandered a glorious chance to win it, but Mehdi Taremi could only find the side netting.The game ended in somewhat farcical circumstances, yet it could have been decided much earlier had Cristiano Ronaldo converted a spot-kick of his own.The Real Madrid star became the fifth player to miss from 12 yards at this summer's tournament, which has already smashed the record for the number of penalties awarded at a World Cup.The 33-year-old is chasing Harry Kane for the Golden Boot, with the England striker boasting five goals to his four so far.Ali Beiranvand did his best to thwart him, though, leaping up to save Ronaldo's relatively tame shot.Beiranvand's inspiring life story has been doing the rounds since what has to go down as the moment of his career to date.

What a throw 

And plenty of fans noticed something else extraordinary about the 25-year-old against Portugal, with his ridiculously long throw serving as another talking point.

Tom Brady would have been proud of that one. This is something of a trademark that he's been doing for some time.

It's only now that it's grabbed attention on the international stage.

As reported in the Guardian earlier this month, the stopper deserves more praise than most for making it all the way to the World Cup finals.

The 25-year-old spent some time on the streets and worked in a dress factory, a car wash and as a street cleaner as he pursued his dream of becoming a professional footballer.

His family had torn his gloves up to stop him playing, meaning he often kept goal with his bare hands as a youngster.

Not only does he have a heartwarming backstory behind him, he was very impressive against Portugal, only conceding a superb trivela from Ricardo Quaresma that nobody could have kept out.