League

East Keal Park
Spectators: 10704 (Terracing: 8148, Seating: 2497, VIP seats: 59) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Salar Bagheri started the match with the kick off. Salar Bagheri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olaf Okopny having to interfere. Abtin Heshmatzadeh received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Olaf Okopny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Sawtry's Mehrzad Majidi got a free kick in the 15th minute. Hesam Ghods was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 16th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 20th minute, Ferdows Haghi 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. In the 22nd minute, Ferdows Haghi 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. When Sawtry's Salar Bagheri in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Iran Academy FC's goalie prevented a goal. Abou Ali Kavianpour 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. Ferdows Azimi hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Iran Academy FC's Jafar Sadeghian got a free kick in the 34th minute. Olaf Okopny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Salar Bagheri, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Olaf Okopny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abtin Heshmatzadeh, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Ferdows Haghi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Massoud Ghotbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Salar Bagheri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olaf Okopny having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Abou Ali Kavianpour was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdows Haghi in the 53rd minute of play forced Sawtry's goalkeeper Massoud Ghotbi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abtin Heshmatzadehs short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Olaf Okopny to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The Iran Academy FC fans' excitement grew in the 57th match minute when Iran Academy FC's Ferdows Haghi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Sohrab Hejazi kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Abtin Heshmatzadeh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Olaf Okopny made a huge save. If Mehrzad Majidi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 66 minutes, Ferdows Haghi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Iran Academy FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferdows Haghi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Abou Ali Kavianpour received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Massoud Ghotbi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kamyar Abpakhshi's late challenge caught a Sawtry's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kamyar Abpakhshi helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Iran Academy FC's Kamyar Abpakhshi got a free kick in the 71st minute. Ferdows Haghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Massoud Ghotbi having to interfere. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sawtry's goalkeeper Massoud Ghotbi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sattar Niknafs kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Massoud Ghotbi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abou Ali Kavianpour went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Abou Ali Kavianpour fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Massoud Ghotbi having to interfere. After some careless play in the Sawtry defense, Ferdows Haghi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Massoud Ghotbi. The Sawtry fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Massoud Ghotbi should have stopped the shot. Iran Academy FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Sawtry for a fine match.