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Smallfield Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arzhang Khalatbari got the match started through his kick off. Smallfield FC's Zia Nateghi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arzhang Khalatbari in the 4th minute of play. If Hirad Rouhi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 0-1 became the score in the 9th minute when Arzhang Khalatbari elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Zia Nateghi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hirad Rouhi's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Arzhang Khalatbari received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Zia Nateghi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Swaffham FC's Hirad Rouhi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zia Nateghi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Swaffham FC's Aram Iranian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Swaffham FC from getting a goal against them. Hirad Rouhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zia Nateghi having to interfere. Arzhang Khalatbari blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zia Nateghi having to make a save. Hirad Rouhi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zia Nateghi having to interfere. Arzhang Khalatbari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mahmoud Hashemian's late challenge caught a Swaffham FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mahmoud Hashemian helped the player get up and apologised. Aram Iranian showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Borna Farahani, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Borna Farahani to make the kick off. The supporters of Smallfield FC booed when Swaffham FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rostam Jalaeepour didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hirad Rouhi scored 1-3 in the 59th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zia Nateghi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Hirad Rouhi came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Swaffham FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hirad Rouhi couldn't finish the play. 68 minutes into the game, Maziar Baghaei Naeeni cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Aram Iranian was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Maziar Baghaei Naeeni received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Aram Iranian tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th match minute, Swaffham FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hesam Tahmasebi to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hirad Rouhi got free with Zia Nateghi in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zia Nateghi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arzhang Khalatbari in the 87th minute of the match. Zia Nateghi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arzhang Khalatbari in the 90th minute of play. In the 94th minute, Asad Hashemian hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Arzhang Khalatbari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zia Nateghi was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The Swaffham FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Smallfield FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.