League

Cholsey
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rostam Sharifinia made the kick off which started today's match. Rostam Sharifinia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faraz Parsivand having to interfere. Faraz Parsivand showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Touraj Farzanian, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Rostam Sharifinia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Faraz Parsivand was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 10th minute, Rostam Sharifinia 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. If Mansoor Abdi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Touraj Farzanian sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Touraj Farzanian fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faraz Parsivand having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, Mansoor Abdi fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rostam Sharifinia in the 25th minute of play forced Cholsey's goalkeeper Faraz Parsivand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Touraj Farzanian in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Faraz Parsivand prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sohrab Mansouri kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 29th minute of the match Sattar Mazloumi sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Faraz Parsivand skillfully saved the ball. Faraz Parsivand stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Touraj Farzanian's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Faraz Parsivand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rostam Sharifinia in the 33rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Exeter's Kambiz Rahnavard got a free kick in the 35th minute. 35 minutes into the match, Cholsey's Pasha Kazemzadeh broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Mansoor Babakan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abtin Shahbazi in the 43rd minute of the match. Mansoor Abdi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mansoor Babakan 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 wind increased when Abtin Shahbazi made the kick off in the second half. Faraz Parsivand stood somewhat misplaced when Rostam Sharifinia came free in front of goal and shot 0-1 to the left of him in the 51 minute. Kambiz Rahnavard's late challenge caught a Cholsey's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kambiz Rahnavard helped the player get up and apologised. Kambiz Rahnavard hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mansoor Abdi in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mansoor Babakan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rostam Sharifinia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Faraz Parsivand tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 61 played minutes Exeter got a freekick which was hit by Sattar Mazloumi. In the 63rd match minute, Cholsey was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sohrab Mansouri to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the Exeter defense, Abtin Shahbazi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mansoor Babakan. The Exeter fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mansoor Babakan should have stopped the shot. In the 77th minute, Mansoor Abdi 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. Kambiz Rahnavard kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute, Abtin Shahbazi 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. Abtin Shahbazi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Mansoor Babakan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. If Abtin Shahbazi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cholsey's Faraz Parsivand proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Cholsey from getting a goal against them. In the 91st minute, Kaveh Azizi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Cholsey getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Mansoor Abdi hit a great ball. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.