Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rogelio Funes Mori made the kick off which started today's match. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogelio Funes Mori in the 7th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Rejunte de perros's Rogelio Funes Mori nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 15th match minute, U21 Iran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anoush Kazemi to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Rogelio Funes Mori managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rejunte de perros's supporters rose to their feet, but Rogelio Funes Mori was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A throw-in in the 26th minute of the game was made by Anoush Kazemi with Roozbeh Nakisa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 32 minutes in the game Arash Esmaeeli did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edmond Bezik. The audience was convinced that Rogelio Funes Mori's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when Rogelio Funes Mori came free, but Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When U21 Iran's Roozbeh Nakisa in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rejunte de perros's goalie prevented a goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arash Esmaeeli during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to U21 Iran getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Arash Esmaeeli hit a great ball. Karim Tamadon could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Marcelo Armani made a huge save. A collision led to Rejunte de perros getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Iisakki Hilden hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

After having played for 55 minutes, Thomás Barral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rejunte de perros's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thomás Barral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 57thth minute of the game Thomás Barral who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 Iran's Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Thomás Barral showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 59 minute of play. After 64 played minutes U21 Iran got a freekick which was hit by Salar Kazemzadeh. After 66 minutes of play, Rejunte de perros's Thomás Barral made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, U21 Iran's Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh got control of the ball when Thomás Barral tried to sneak it across the goal line. Rejunte de perros's Marcelo Armani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roozbeh Nakisa in the 77th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Rejunte de perros's goal looked a bit too open when Karim Tamadon came free, but Marcelo Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thomás Barral's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 93 minutes into the game, Edmond Bezik was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. U21 Iran's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rejunte de perros the free kick. Edmond Bezik hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Karim Tamadon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The U21 Iran fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Rejunte de perros were clearly better and deserved to take the win.