Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) FC Alinborger's Sebastian Bîlbă 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. Anoush Khalatbari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tadeu Moraes having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nariman Mansourian during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. If Anoush Khalatbari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 11 played minutes Iran got a freekick which was hit by Shahyar Daneshjou. In the 12th minute, Anoush Khalatbari reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Tadeu Moraes. The goal made the score 1-0. Tadeu Moraes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mahbod Nikbakht-Vahedi in the 17th minute of the match. Tadeu Moraes stood somewhat misplaced when Anoush Khalatbari came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 21 minute. Fabian Ţiţeica hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After 26 minutes FC Alinborger's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Farshid Nateghi who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Shahyar Daneshjou got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tadeu Moraes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 28th minute Farshid Nateghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tadeu Moraes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, FC Alinborger's Tadeu Moraes got control of the ball when Ali Reza Abdi tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, Farshid Nateghi put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Tadeu Moraes. FC Alinborger's Tadeu Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ali Reza Abdi in the 40th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Farshid Nateghi could shoot a difficult shot in the 44th minute, which Tadeu Moraes however easily saved by the left post. In the 47th match minute, Iran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ali Reza Abdi to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Farshid Nateghi made the kick off in the second half. Tadeu Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Farshid Nateghi, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Farshid Nateghi in the 53rd minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Tadeu Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Anoush Khalatbari ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tadeu Moraes was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Tadeu Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Farshid Nateghi, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. The supporters of Iran booed when FC Alinborger was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angel Veronica didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 62nd minute, Anoush Khalatbari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Iran fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Anoush Khalatbari took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tadeu Moraes. Tadeu Moraes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. Tadeu Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shahyar Daneshjou, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Tadeu Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shahyar Daneshjou, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anoush Khalatbari in the 72nd minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Tadeu Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shahyar Daneshjou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Tadeu Moraes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th minute of the match, Sebastian Bleile got a very nice opportunity to score, but Ahmad Abedzadeh was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 78 minutes into the match, FC Alinborger's goal looked a bit too open when Anoush Khalatbari came free, but Tadeu Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ali Reza Abdi in the 79th minute of play forced FC Alinborger's goalkeeper Tadeu Moraes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tadeu Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anoush Khalatbari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC Alinborger's Angel Veronica got a free kick in the 82nd minute. Nariman Mansourian hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Tadeu Moraes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anoush Khalatbari in the 88th minute of the match. When Farshid Nateghi came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Iran 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 Farshid Nateghi couldn't finish the play. Tadeu Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anoush Khalatbari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tadeu Moraes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Farshid Nateghi went, in the 96th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. There was no doubt that Iran were the better team. Iran's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.