League

Royston Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Barnham AFC's Jahandar Sarlak started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Siavash Jahed kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Majid Daneshjou lost his temper 10 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Barnham AFC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 9th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Ramin Bozorgzadeh, was totally fooled by Royston's Mahyar Mansouri, who 12 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 14 minutes of play, Barnham AFC's Arad Fazel made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Danush Javaherian was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 19 played minutes Royston got a freekick which was hit by Yahya Narimani. When Royston's Ardalan Derakhshan, in the 30th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Royston. After a defensive mix-up in Royston's zone, Arad Fazel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Danush Javaherian came out of the goal and Arad Fazel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Arad Fazel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 41st minute, Arad Fazel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Danush Javaherian was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Danush Javaherian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arshia Jalaeepour went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ardalan Derakhshan made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Arshia Jalaeepour put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Danush Javaherian. If Arad Fazel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Royston's zone, Arad Fazel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Danush Javaherian came out of the goal and Arad Fazel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 65th minute Ardalan Derakhshan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramin Bozorgzadeh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arad Fazel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Danush Javaherian having to make a save. Danush Javaherian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khodadad Javaherian in the 73rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Sina Tabatabaei managed to get in a good position for a shot. Royston's supporters rose to their feet, but Sina Tabatabaei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramin Bozorgzadeh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 75 played minutes Barnham AFC got a freekick which was hit by Darab Maleki. Arad Fazel kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Barnham AFC's Arshia Jalaeepour got a free kick in the 79th minute. Sina Tabatabaei recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Arad Fazel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danush Javaherian having to interfere. Arad Fazel did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-5 to the left of a surprised Danush Javaherian 91 minutes into the match. 96 minutes into the game, Barnham AFC's Arad Fazel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Danush Javaherian made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. The Royston fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Barnham AFC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.