Challenge

ورزشگاه آریامهر
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chris Nygaard started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the game, one of Ali Daei FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rahim Habibi in the 8th minute of play. 13 minutes in the game Stig-Åke Ekegren did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Ahmad Reza Ghods. Ali Daei FC's Sina Taheri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bertram Svenningsen in the 14th minute of play. Sattar Iranian hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Rahim Habibi kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chris Nygaard in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sina Taheri saved Ali Daei FC from getting behind. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Theis Winther hit a great ball. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Kenn Skou hit a great ball. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Mehrzad Moharrami took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Keld Paulsen to make any attempt to save it. Rahim Habibi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Ali Daei FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Sattar Iranian hit a great ball. Sina Taheri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mehrzad Moharrami fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keld Paulsen having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Mikkel Wulff got a free kick in the 41st minute. When the match clock showed 44 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Chris Nygaard sped through Ali Daei FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Sina Taheri. Mehrzad Moharrami received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Keld Paulsen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The wind increased when Rahim Habibi made the kick off in the second half. Ali Daei FC's Rahim Habibi got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 55th match minute, Ali Daei FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amir Mahdi Khalatbari to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chris Nygaard in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sina Taheri saved Ali Daei FC from getting behind. When Mehrzad Moharrami came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Ali Daei FC 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 Mehrzad Moharrami couldn't finish the play. Rahim Habibi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Mehrzad Moharrami managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ali Daei FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Mehrzad Moharrami was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Keld Paulsen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chris Nygaard got free with Sina Taheri in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 71st minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sina Taheri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stig-Åke Ekegren made in the 73rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ahmad Reza Ghods however managed to control. Simon Bendtsen hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After 75 played minutes, Ali Daei FC's Ahmad Reza Ghods shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Keld Paulsen came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Ali Daei FC reached it. Chris Nygaard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sina Taheri having to interfere. Chris Nygaard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Sina Taheri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sina Taheri was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Bertram Svenningsen capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bertram Svenningsen really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. When Denmark's Bertram Svenningsen in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ali Daei FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpected shot in the 92nd minute by Bertram Svenningsen got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 94 minutes into the match, Denmark's Mikkel Wulff sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sina Taheri narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mehrzad Moharrami in the 96th minute of play. The Ali Daei FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Denmark were clearly better and deserved to take the win.