League Play-Off

Vatani
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adam Sušić took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ehsan Iranian charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ehsan Iranian the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ehsan Iranian hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Adam Sušić got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Stokesley's zone, Arash Mazloumi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi came out of the goal and Arash Mazloumi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Sohrab Akbari fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Stokesley's protests and gave Sohrab Akbari a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Nassaji booed when Stokesley was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sohrab Akbari didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bamdad Alviri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nader Ansarifard in the 16th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Nader Ansarifard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Arash Mazloumi in the 24th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. Adam Sušić in the 27thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Arash Mazloumi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 30 minutes, Arash Mazloumi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nassaji's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arash Mazloumi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bamdad Alviri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nader Ansarifard in the 33rd minute of play. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Adam Sušić capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Adam Sušić really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. If Azad Pahlavi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th match minute, Nassaji was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mahbod Azimi to maneuver through the defense. In the 46th minute of the match Parviz Hashemzadeh sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bamdad Alviri skillfully saved the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Nader Ansarifard made the kick off in the second half. After 51 minutes, Azad Pahlavi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nassaji and the Stokesley players grew even worse after the yellow card. Adam Sušić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bamdad Alviri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nader Ansarifard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Stokesley booed when Nassaji was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yaghoub Pashazadeh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arash Mazloumi, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Sohrab Akbari was shown his second yellow card after 72 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arash Mazloumi in the 74th minute of play. When Arash Mazloumi came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Nassaji 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 Arash Mazloumi couldn't finish the play. Adam Sušić hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Adam Sušić fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi having to interfere. Yaghoub Pashazadeh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arash Mazloumi in the 93rd minute of play. Hadi Fallah Hamidabadi came out of the goal in the 93rd minute to try and stop a shot by Nassaji's Arash Mazloumi. But to his dismay, Arash Mazloumi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0.