League Play-Off

Norwich Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hedzyat Kashi started the match with the kick off. If Behnam Taheri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bardia Taherpour made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sattar Montazeri in the 5th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Norwich AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sattar Montazeri came free, but Bardia Taherpour reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the game, Chelmsford City's Sattar Montazeri nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bardia Taherpour made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Hesam Parvin was a little too slow when Hedzyat Kashi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-1. Yahya Hasanlou charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yahya Hasanlou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yahya Hasanlou kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Bardia Taherpour didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Behnam Taheri went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 26th match minute, Norwich AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bamdad Khalatbari to maneuver through the defense. When Behnam Taheri came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Chelmsford City 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 Behnam Taheri couldn't finish the play. Behnam Taheri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bardia Taherpour having to interfere. A collision led to Norwich AFC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Bamdad Khalatbari hit a great ball. Bardia Taherpour showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sattar Montazeri, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After 35 minutes of play, Chelmsford City's Sattar Montazeri made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bardia Taherpour was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bardia Taherpour took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sattar Montazeri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Behnam Taheri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Bardia Taherpour tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sattar Montazeri made a kick off. Bamdad Khalatbari's late challenge caught a Chelmsford City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bamdad Khalatbari helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Chelmsford City booed when Norwich AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bamdad Khalatbari didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Sattar Montazeri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Sattar Montazeri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bardia Taherpour was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Norwich AFC's Jamshid Parsivand got a free kick in the 57th minute. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 1-4 when Behnam Taheri sped through Norwich AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bardia Taherpour. Hesam Parvin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sadegh Shirazi in the 68th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Chelmsford City's goal looked a bit too open when Sadegh Shirazi came free, but Hesam Parvin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Chelmsford City's zone, Sadegh Shirazi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hesam Parvin came out of the goal and Sadegh Shirazi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Norwich AFC's Bardia Taherpour got control of the ball when Behnam Taheri tried to sneak it across the goal line. Hesam Parvin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sadegh Shirazi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Behnam Taheri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sattar Montazeri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Bardia Taherpour tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bardia Taherpour was out of position in the 97 minute of play, and Sattar Montazeri capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sattar Montazeri really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. Chelmsford City played a much better game than Norwich AFC and deserved their victory. The Norwich AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.