Team reaffirm trust after costly mistake by goalie

matters,” he said. “It’s true it was a difficult situation but that is part of the past and we want to concentrate on sporting matters only.

“The match the other day was not easy but I think the team has shown we know what we are doing and we trust what we are doing.

“Most of us have been playing together for many years and we know each other very well and we trust each other blindly.

“We are trying to defend the same ideas and concepts.

“We want to forget the change. It is true it wasn’t a nice thing for anyone, a difficult situation for everyone, and now we want to concentrate on what we have to do.

“Do we have any doubts considering the changes of the coaching team? No we don’t, we never had any doubts.

“We trust our coach and what we have done before and what we are doing now is going to work well, we think.”

Iran’s former Real Madrid manager Carlos Queiroz admits his side have not been given a chance against the 2010 world champions.

But he was keen to put a positive spin on the situation.

“Playing against Spain, we are in a winning situation because we will be better after the game,” said Queiroz, who will be without the injured defender Roozbeh Cheshmi.

“What we did in our last match (beating Morocco) is not important but neither is Spain’s reputation. We have to play our best game ever.”

Spain goalkeeper David de Gea has received the backing of his boss.