League

Hurst Green
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Khashayar Ghasemi made the kick off which started today's match. Zakaria Rad hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the game, Hurst Green's Pirooz Faryadshiran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bameen Sharifinasab made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Hurst Green's Khashayar Ghasemi got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Anoushiravan Heidari kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. Clacton's Farshad Salehi got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Shervin Hosseini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hooshmand Nateghi in the 22nd minute of play. Shervin Hosseini came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Clacton's Hooshmand Nateghi. But to his dismay, Hooshmand Nateghi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Kasra Aghazadeh hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After 44 played minutes Clacton got a freekick which was hit by Anoushiravan Heidari. Kian Gohari, 45 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Farshad Salehi made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute of the match Clacton got a corner. Hurst Green's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tirdad Ghasemi ran over to the corner to take the kick. Farshad Salehi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Shervin Hosseini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Khashayar Ghasemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Bameen Sharifinasab tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 76 played minutes Clacton got a freekick which was hit by Khosrow Roudbarian. Bameen Sharifinasab made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khashayar Ghasemi in the 78th minute of play. Hooshmand Nateghi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shervin Hosseini having to interfere. Shervin Hosseini took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Farshad Salehi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute, Faraz Asslibasab hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anoushiravan Heidari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Shervin Hosseini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.