League

Crayford
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Navid Karimi made the kick off which started today's match. When Pouya Niknafs, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 3 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Navid Shahbazi was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Pouya Niknafs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Faramarz Akbarpour kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pouya Niknafs got free with Navid Shahbazi in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pouya Niknafs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cyrus Nouri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pouya Niknafs could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Navid Shahbazi made a huge save. If Pouya Niknafs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lavendon AFC's Navid Shahbazi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyrus Nouri in the 28th minute of play. 33 minutes into the game, Faramarz Akbarpour was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lavendon AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Crayford City the free kick. The supporters of Crayford City booed when Lavendon AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Faramarz Akbarpour didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 34 minutes of play, Crayford City's Pouya Niknafs made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Navid Shahbazi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cyrus Nouri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Cyrus Nouri managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crayford City's supporters rose to their feet, but Cyrus Nouri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Navid Shahbazi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pouya Niknafs fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Navid Shahbazi having to interfere. Navid Shahbazi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zakaria Akbari in the 46th minute. In the 48th minute, Cyrus Nouri 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Pouya Niknafs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Pouya Niknafs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Navid Shahbazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pouya Niknafs in the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Lavendon AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Cyrus Nouri came free, but Navid Shahbazi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Cyrus Nouri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Navid Shahbazi was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 67th minute, Behrouz Fazeli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Navid Shahbazi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pouya Niknafs, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pouya Niknafs in the 77th minute of play forced Lavendon AFC's goalkeeper Navid Shahbazi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Navid Shahbazi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyrus Nouri in the 82nd minute of the match. Navid Shahbazi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Habib Rezaei in the 85th minute of play. In the 86th match minute, Lavendon AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faramarz Akbarpour to maneuver through the defense. Pouya Niknafs struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Navid Shahbazi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crayford City. Lavendon AFC's Navid Shahbazi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyrus Nouri in the 89th minute of play. Navid Shahbazi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pouya Niknafs in the 91st minute of play. After having played for 92 minutes, Cyrus Nouri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Crayford City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cyrus Nouri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pouya Niknafs took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Navid Shahbazi. Navid Shahbazi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Crayford City had played much better football throughout.