League Play-Off

Uffington
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arya Babakan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute, Pirooz Taami left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Uffington fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Mansoor Babakan made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Pirooz Taami sent off a good shot on target. Mansoor Babakan was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Arya Babakan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arya Babakan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Asghar Asgharzadeh charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Asghar Asgharzadeh the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 17 played minutes Exeter got a freekick which was hit by Asghar Asgharzadeh. Iman Ostadasadi hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Morad Artoonian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rostam Sharifinia in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Uffington's Hootan Abpakhshi got a free kick in the 24th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Touraj Farzanian in the 27th minute of play forced Uffington's goalkeeper Morad Artoonian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pirooz Taami received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mansoor Babakan came out and tried to block the shot, but Pirooz Taami slotted it home off the left post making it 3-0 in the 30th minute. In the 38th minute Touraj Farzanian shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Morad Artoonian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 40 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Rostam Sharifinia sped through Uffington's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Morad Artoonian. When Pouriya Rahimi fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Uffington's protests and gave Pouriya Rahimi a yellow card for diving instead. Pouriya Rahimi kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. After 49 minutes, Arya Babakan made it 4-1 with a short kick to the right side. Exeter's Mansoor Babakan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rostam Sharifinia to strike the kick off in the second half. Khashayar Ashjari hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Touraj Farzanian's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Morad Artoonian skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Touraj Farzanian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 77th minute of the match Iman Ostadasadi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mansoor Babakan showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Arya Babakan came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Uffington fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arya Babakan couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pirooz Taami in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mansoor Babakan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rostam Sharifinia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Morad Artoonian having to interfere. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Exeter's goalkeeper Mansoor Babakan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Asghar Asgharzadeh was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 97 minutes had been played. In the 98th match minute, Exeter was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asghar Asgharzadeh to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Uffington had won after a very even match.