Challenge

National Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Facundo Nazario started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zhou Yao Si, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 6 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when Mirolyub Dragoychev came free, but Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krasimir Mishovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behnam Lahouti in the 8th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Facundo Nazario managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's supporters rose to their feet, but Facundo Nazario was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 17 minutes into the game, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Facundo Nazario nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Krasimir Mishovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karim Tamadon in the 21st minute of play. U21 Iran's Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Facundo Nazario in the 26th minute of play. Krasimir Mishovski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Behnam Lahouti in the 27th minute of play. Facundo Nazario blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh having to make a save. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Facundo Nazario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Facundo Nazario recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 34 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when Mirolyub Dragoychev came free, but Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Facundo Nazario, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. The supporters of U21 Iran booed when Lokomotiv Plovdiv was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zhou Yao Si didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 45th minute of the match Mehdi Mahdavikia shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Krasimir Mishovski showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Krasimir Mishovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save Lokomotiv Plovdiv from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Roozbeh Nakisa to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute, Behnam Lahouti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54th minute, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Facundo Nazario dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. In the 56th minute, Jiang Bing Yi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Facundo Nazario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Krasimir Mishovski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karim Tamadon in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 66th match minute, Lokomotiv Plovdiv was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zhou Yao Si to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute of the match Mehdi Mahdavikia sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Krasimir Mishovski skillfully saved the ball. Talal Oussalah hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After 72 minutes of play, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Facundo Nazario made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 75th minute Roozbeh Nakisa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krasimir Mishovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goalkeeper Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Facundo Nazario. Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 82nd minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. Facundo Nazario might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Facundo Nazario ran back to his position shaking his head. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when Mirolyub Dragoychev came free, but Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's goal looked a bit too open when Behnam Lahouti came free, but Krasimir Mishovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Lokomotiv Plovdiv's Milosz Bartocha got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Facundo Nazario scored 0-5 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Lokomotiv Plovdiv had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.