Soccer Football - World Cup - Group B - Morocco vs Iran - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 15, 2018 Iran's Karim Ansarifard celebrates at the end of the match REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Iran forward Karim Ansarifard has called for the country's football authorities to convince coach Carlos Queiroz to extend his stay after the side's dramatic last-gasp 1-0 World Cup victory over Morocco on Friday.
Queiroz led Team Melli to their first World Cup win in 20 years -- and only the second in the country's history -- when Aziz Bouhaddouz's own goal deep into added time gave the Iranians all three points in their Group B opener.
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