Tufnell Park Stadium
Spectators: 8277 (Terracing: 6000,
Seating: 2127, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aref Kazemi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pejman Ghayeghran made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Mani Parsivand sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Tufnell Park's zone, Zakaria Talaei stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ashkan Rahnama came out of the goal and Zakaria Talaei tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mani Parsivand received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Pejman Ghayeghran tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Aref Kazemi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Tufnell Park defense, Zakaria Talaei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ashkan Rahnama. The Tufnell Park fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ashkan Rahnama should have stopped the shot. Tufnell Park's Mani Parsivand got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mani Parsivand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pejman Ghayeghran having to interfere. After having played for 30 minutes, Aref Kazemi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tunbridge Wells's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aref Kazemi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 30 minutes into the match, Zakaria Talaei had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ashkan Rahnama. Tufnell Park's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zakaria Talaei was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Ashkan Rahnama came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Tunbridge Wells's Aref Kazemi. But to his dismay, Aref Kazemi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After 39 minutes of play, Tufnell Park's Mani Parsivand made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pejman Ghayeghran was left in no man's land by his defense there! 44 minutes into the match, Tunbridge Wells's goal looked a bit too open when Behrang Forouzan came free, but Pejman Ghayeghran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Behrang Forouzan made a kick off. In the 54th minute Behrang Forouzan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pejman Ghayeghran saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Mani Parsivand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tufnell Park's Behrang Forouzan got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Behrang Forouzan came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Tufnell Park 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 Behrang Forouzan couldn't finish the play. In the 65th minute, Kaveh Gohari made a precise shot to the right of Ashkan Rahnama. Tufnell Park's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. The supporters of Tufnell Park booed when Tunbridge Wells was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bahram Dabiri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zakaria Talaei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aref Kazemi in the 80th minute of play forced Tufnell Park's goalkeeper Ashkan Rahnama to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Behrang Forouzan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pejman Ghayeghran having to make a save. The referee felt a red card was in order, 89 minutes into the game, when Shahrdad Hajrezaei put in a rough tackle. In the 89th minute, one of Tufnell Park:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tufnell Park. Tufnell Park:s Ashkan Rahnama showed great skill when he stopped Sina Naghdabadi:s penalty. Sina Naghdabadi did an outstanding performance 92 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-5 to the right of an irritated Ashkan Rahnama in the goal. The audience was convinced that Aref Kazemi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ashkan Rahnama was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. Ashkan Rahnama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aref Kazemi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Tufnell Park supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Tunbridge Wells's performance. The match ended with a win for Tunbridge Wells.
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