League

Quhistan Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the game, Parham Taghavi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Battle's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Quhistan FC the free kick. The supporters of Quhistan FC booed when Battle was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Parham Taghavi didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Quhistan FC getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Rahim Nateghi hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Behrad Heidari hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the match, Armin Haghi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün. Battle's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Armin Haghi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. The supporters of Battle booed when Quhistan FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arsalnn Tehrani didn't get a good kick on the ball. 22 minutes into the match, Quhistan FC's goal looked a bit too open when Farzan Alinejad came free, but Tirdad Gohari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 23 played minutes Quhistan FC got a freekick which was hit by Arsalnn Tehrani. Quhistan FC's Tirdad Gohari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Parham Taghavi in the 25th minute of play. Tirdad Gohari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Farzan Alinejad, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arsalnn Tehrani in the 29th minute of the match. Arsalnn Tehrani had several of the Battle's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 30 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün as he didn't even see the shot coming. 33 minutes into the game, Rahim Nateghi was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Quhistan FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Battle the free kick. The supporters of Battle booed when Quhistan FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rahim Nateghi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute Farzan Alinejad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tirdad Gohari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saman Heidari's late challenge caught a Battle's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Saman Heidari helped the player get up and apologised. After 37 played minutes Quhistan FC got a freekick which was hit by Saman Heidari. In the 38thth minute of the game Farzan Alinejad who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Quhistan FC's Tirdad Gohari was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Rahim Nateghi was shown his second yellow card after 44 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Quhistan FC getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Rahim Nateghi hit a great ball. In the 46th minute of the match Parham Taghavi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tirdad Gohari skillfully saved the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Farzan Alinejad to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Farzan Alinejad in the 53rd minute of play forced Quhistan FC's goalkeeper Tirdad Gohari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Farzan Alinejad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Tirdad Gohari tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Battle getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Behrad Heidari hit a great ball. Quhistan FC's Tirdad Gohari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ebrahim Shahabnia in the 61st minute of play. Armin Haghi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Saman Heidari might have been able to make a better finish in the 70th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Saman Heidari ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 73rd minute Farzan Alinejad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tirdad Gohari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Farzan Alinejad in the 75th minute of play forced Quhistan FC's goalkeeper Tirdad Gohari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armin Haghi in the 78th minute of the match. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armin Haghi, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. In the 81st match minute, Quhistan FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Makan Tehrani to maneuver through the defense. Tirdad Gohari made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Parham Taghavi sent off a good shot on target. Quhistan FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Farzan Alinejad scored to the left of an out of position Tirdad Gohari, making the score, 2-1. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Quhistan FC had played much better football throughout.