League

Saltash Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jafar Emad started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in Andover's zone, Shayan Shirazi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Behrang Pahlavi came out of the goal and Shayan Shirazi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jafar Emad received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Behrang Pahlavi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 6 minutes, Farjad Ghaemi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. gombanfc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Farjad Ghaemi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Farzam Karimi in the 8th minute of play forced gombanfc's goalkeeper Behnam Nourizadeh to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Farjad Ghaemi struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Behrang Pahlavi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for gombanfc. Farjad Ghaemi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 21st minute Jafar Emad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Behrang Pahlavi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Jafar Emad made a precise shot to the right of Behrang Pahlavi. Andover's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Jafar Emad succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 26th playminute. Andover's Behrang Pahlavi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jafar Emad in the 30th minute of play. With a little luck, Andover's Behrang Pahlavi got control of the ball when Jafar Emad tried to sneak it across the goal line. Esfandiar Naghdabadi charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Esfandiar Naghdabadi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Andover getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Esfandiar Naghdabadi hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Jafar Emad managed to get in a good position for a shot. gombanfc's supporters rose to their feet, but Jafar Emad was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Behrang Pahlavi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Behrang Pahlavi made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Shayan Shirazi sent off a good shot on target. If Jafar Emad had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Farzam Karimi to strike the kick off in the second half. Behnam Nourizadeh made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zia Mirzapour in the 54th minute. Jafar Emad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Behrang Pahlavi having to interfere. Behrang Pahlavi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jafar Emad's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 65th minute, one of Andover: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 Andover. In the 67th minute there was a penalty for gombanfc. Mehrdad Javaherian stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Behrang Pahlavi. 5-0. The supporters of gombanfc booed when Andover was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Esfandiar Naghdabadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Andover's zone, Jafar Emad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Behrang Pahlavi came out of the goal and Jafar Emad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 79th play minutes Farjad Ghaemi shot 6-0, a short shot which went by Behrang Pahlavi and just under the crossbar into goal. Behrang Pahlavi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jafar Emad's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. After a rather tough play, Andover's Esfandiar Naghdabadi got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Behrang Pahlavi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jafar Emad in the 84th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Andover's zone, Jafar Emad stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Behrang Pahlavi came out of the goal and Jafar Emad tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jafar Emad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Behrang Pahlavi having to interfere.