Challenge

ورزشگاه آریامهر
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Samuele Kunz made the kick off and thus started the match. After some careless play in the Ali Daei FC defense, Jacinto Maurer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sina Taheri. The Ali Daei FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sina Taheri should have stopped the shot. Switzerland's Jacinto Maurer got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Ali Daei FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Hamed Fatemi hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Switzerland's zone, Mehrzad Moharrami stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hias Nüssli came out of the goal and Mehrzad Moharrami tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jacinto Maurer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sina Taheri having to interfere. Jacinto Maurer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Ali Daei FC getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Mehrzad Moharrami hit a great ball. Jacinto Maurer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rahim Habibi in the 36th minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Rahim Habibi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hias Nüssli. Switzerland's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rahim Habibi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Amir Mahdi Khalatbari hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Switzerland's Hias Nüssli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rahim Habibi in the 40th minute of play. A collision led to Ali Daei FC getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Rahim Habibi hit a great ball. Rodrigo von Känel kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Switzerland were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rahim Habibi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Rahim Habibi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hias Nüssli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mehrzad Moharrami sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hamed Fatemi charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hamed Fatemi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Hamed Fatemi hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Rodrigo von Känel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Sina Taheri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Samuele Kunz struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Sina Taheri didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Switzerland. In the 63rd minute, Ali Daei FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jacinto Maurer fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After a rather tough play, Ali Daei FC's Hamed Fatemi got a free kick in the 65th minute. Ali Daei FC's Mehrzad Moharrami got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Timo Siegmund might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sina Taheri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Timo Siegmund ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Switzerland getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Federico Wiesendanger hit a great ball. If Mehrzad Moharrami 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 match minute, Ali Daei FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rahim Habibi to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Samuele Kunz got free with Sina Taheri in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Mehrzad Moharrami had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 89 minutes into the match, Ali Daei FC's goal looked a bit too open when Samuele Kunz came free, but Sina Taheri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Borzoo Fazeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hias Nüssli having to interfere. A collision led to Ali Daei FC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Amir Mahdi Khalatbari hit a great ball.