Challenge

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Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) After 5 minutes of play, Slovakia's Metod Mlynar made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sina Taheri was left in no man's land by his defense there! 13 minutes into the game, Vavrinec Koleno was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Slovakia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ali Daei FC the free kick. A collision led to Slovakia getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Vavrinec Koleno hit a great ball. Rahim Habibi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Henrich Slany tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sina Taheri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metod Mlynar in the 22nd minute of play. After 29 played minutes Ali Daei FC got a freekick which was hit by Rahim Habibi. After a rather tough play, Slovakia's Metod Mlynar got a free kick in the 31st minute. After having played for 32 minutes, Rahim Habibi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ali Daei FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rahim Habibi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 34 minutes into the match, Mehrzad Moharrami had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henrich Slany. Slovakia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mehrzad Moharrami was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Sina Taheri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Metod Mlynar in the 38th minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Daniel Suchy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehrzad Moharrami's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 43rdth minute, Henrich Slany skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Rahim Habibi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rahim Habibi to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Ali Daei FC's Borzoo Fazeli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Henrich Slany made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. Slovakia's Henrich Slany played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rahim Habibi in the 61st minute of play. After 61 played minutes Slovakia got a freekick which was hit by Kornel Jahoda. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rahim Habibi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute Mehrzad Moharrami shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrich Slany saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamed Fatemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Henrich Slany tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Borzoo Fazeli scored 3-1 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henrich Slany, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Henrich Slany took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rahim Habibi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sina Taheri was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Oliver Holub capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Oliver Holub really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. Sina Taheri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Holub in the 74th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st 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. Henrich Slany breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Borzoo Fazeli struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Henrich Slany didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Ali Daei FC. After 88 minutes, Hamed Fatemi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ali Daei FC and the Slovakia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 89 played minutes Ali Daei FC got a freekick which was hit by Hamed Fatemi. 91 minutes into the match, Slovakia's goal looked a bit too open when Mehrzad Moharrami came free, but Henrich Slany reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 94 minutes, Pavol Koleno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Slovakia and the Ali Daei FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pavol Koleno hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the Ali Daei FC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.