Saransk (Russia) June 26 (IANS) Iran national football team s coach Portuguese Carlos Queiroz was critical of the video assistant referee (VAR) despite his team earning a 1-1 draw in their match against Portugal thanks to a penalty awarded because of the system.
"I have to be careful because FIFA is here " the coach joked before speaking of other incidents such as the first penalty which was in favour of Portugal reports Efe.
"It was a bit strange when he gave a penalty as nobody knew what was happening. It took a while to stop play and then five or six people saw the incident on a slow motion camera. As a coach you have to have the possibility of knowing what s going on " Queiroz said after Monday s match.
"I don t want to talk about it any more or have problems but it stopped play it s the same story. I said it yesterday and I repeat it now: I don t want to know if my daughter is a bit pregnant only fully pregnant. VAR isn t going well it s not working " Queiroz said.
"The only country who isn t complaining is Iran we haven t asked for anything."
At one point in the match the referee resorted to the VAR to examine Cristiano Ronaldo s possible aggression on another player which eventually led to a yellow card.
"I don t know if he wasn t sent off because of who he is and a star of football that s a good question. But what doesn t make any sense is all this seeing something and showing a yellow " he added.
In addition the coach praised his team s great work in the field saying they have "achieved a great prize in this competition competing with the best in the world".
Queiroz also congratulated the Portugal team: "I hope they win I m a Portugal fan from now on."

--IANS tri/mr