U23 League

Zagros Mountain
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Hooman Hejazi made the kick off and thus started the match. Eastern Kurdistan FC's Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 邱森升 in the 5th minute of play. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anibal Zabalo went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. 邱森升 scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 12th minute 邱森升 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hooman Hejazi in the 14th minute of play forced 天津建卫600周年纪念队's goalkeeper 杜俊义 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邱森升, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's 孟挺景 got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Danush Enayati hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 23rd minute 曲桦珂 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anibal Zabalo took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Kianoosh Tabari's late challenge caught a 天津建卫600周年纪念队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kianoosh Tabari helped the player get up and apologised. After a defensive mix-up in Eastern Kurdistan FC's zone, Anibal Zabalo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni came out of the goal and Anibal Zabalo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 33 minutes of play, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's 邱森升 made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 38 minutes of play, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's 曲桦珂 made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni was left in no man's land by his defense there! 杜俊义 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hooman Hejazi in the 42nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, 邱森升 managed to get in a good position for a shot. 天津建卫600周年纪念队's supporters rose to their feet, but 邱森升 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 孟挺景, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 邱森升 went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. After the first half 天津建卫600周年纪念队 were leading 0-8. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 邱森升 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni was a little too slow when 邱森升 got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 0-9. In the 59th minute, Anibal Zabalo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni, passed just outside the right post. 邱森升 who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anibal Zabalo got free with Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 邱森升 scored 0-12 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 69 minutes into the game, Anibal Zabalo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni. Anibal Zabalo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-13. After 72 minutes, Shahrooz Rouhi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Eastern Kurdistan FC and the 天津建卫600周年纪念队 players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Anibal Zabalo took a quick shot and it went in 0-14 without a chance for Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni to make any attempt to save it. After 76 minutes of play, 天津建卫600周年纪念队's 曲桦珂 made it 0-15 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when 邱森升 got free with Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 80thth minute of the game 邱森升 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Eastern Kurdistan FC's Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when 邱森升 got free with Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Anibal Zabalo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 94 minutes, 邱森升 took a quick shot and it went in 0-18 without a chance for Mehdi Baghaei Naeeni to make any attempt to save it. 天津建卫600周年纪念队 played a much better game than Eastern Kurdistan FC and deserved their victory. The Eastern Kurdistan FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.