League Play-Off

Vatani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Adel Aghili made the kick off and thus started the match. Adam Sušić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ebi Nakisa having to interfere. Tooting's Ebi Nakisa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arash Mazloumi in the 5th minute of play. 6 minutes into the match, Tooting's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Sušić came free, but Ebi Nakisa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adam Sušić was extremely unlucky when he, in the 8th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Adam Sušić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ebi Nakisa having to interfere. After 12 played minutes Tooting got a freekick which was hit by Massoud Mayelikohan. After 13 minutes of play, Nassaji's Adam Sušić made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ebi Nakisa was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Arash Mazloumi in the 20th minute of play forced Tooting's goalkeeper Ebi Nakisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmad Reza Forouzan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ebi Nakisa made a fantastic save in the 26th minute, when Adam Sušić sent off a good shot on target. Amin Borhani lost his temper 29 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 28th minute, one of Tooting:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tooting. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, Nassaji's Manouchehr Khalatbari got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Ebi Nakisa. The audience thought a goal was coming when Adam Sušić got free with Ebi Nakisa in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Arash Mazloumi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Ebi Nakisa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ebi Nakisa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arash Mazloumi in the 40th minute of the match. Adam Sušić could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Ebi Nakisa made a huge save. Arash Mazloumi hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Bamdad Alviri came out of the goal in the 44th minute to try and stop a shot by Tooting's Ahmad Reza Forouzan. But to his dismay, Ahmad Reza Forouzan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adam Sušić to strike the kick off in the second half. With his leg Bamdad Alviri managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Tooting's Heydar Taherpour fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nassaji's Yaghoub Pashazadeh managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Firouz Esfahani in the 54 minute of the game. Arash Mazloumi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arash Mazloumi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adam Sušić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ebi Nakisa having to interfere. After 60 minutes of play, Tooting's Ahmad Reza Forouzan made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bamdad Alviri was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Ahmad Reza Forouzan came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Tooting 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 Ahmad Reza Forouzan couldn't finish the play. Adam Sušić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ebi Nakisa having to interfere. Nassaji's Adam Sušić got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ahmad Reza Forouzan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 74 minutes into the match, Massoud Mayelikohan notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Nassaji's Bamdad Alviri. Bamdad Alviri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tooting's Nariman Mansouri got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Heydar Taherpour's late challenge caught a Nassaji's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Heydar Taherpour helped the player get up and apologised. After 84 played minutes Tooting got a freekick which was hit by Heydar Taherpour. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arash Mazloumi in the 93rd minute of play forced Tooting's goalkeeper Ebi Nakisa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th match minute, Tooting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmad Reza Forouzan to maneuver through the defense. The Nassaji manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Tooting to win.