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Aryamehr Stadium
Spectators: 7525 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1600, VIP seats: 50) Kiumars Babakan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Hami Bagheri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute, Sami Zare reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jahanshah Rafipour. The goal made the score 1-0. Changeez Firoozabadi might have been able to make a better finish in the 8th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hami Bagheri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Changeez Firoozabadi ran back to his position shaking his head. When Faraz Emad came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ 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 Faraz Emad couldn't finish the play. The supporters of ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ booed when Kirderazan FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Behrouz Mousavian didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Kirderazan FC's zone, Behrad Hojjati stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hami Bagheri came out of the goal and Behrad Hojjati tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hami Bagheri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Soroush Yavari, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. When Mani Emad fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kirderazan FC's protests and gave Mani Emad a yellow card for diving instead. In the 22nd minute, Mani Emad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mehrak Hajrezaei kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Hami Bagheri came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™'s Behrad Hojjati. But to his dismay, Behrad Hojjati quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. In the 28th minute, Mehrak Hajrezaei reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jahanshah Rafipour. The goal made the score 2-3. 33 minutes into the game, Soroush Yavari cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Hami Bagheri was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hami Bagheri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soroush Yavari in the 38th minute of play. Hami Bagheri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Behrad Hojjati, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Arya Hashemzadeh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™'s Jahanshah Rafipour proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ from getting a goal against them. Kiumars Babakan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hami Bagheri having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mehrak Hajrezaei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nima Farzanian to maneuver through the defense. Changeez Firoozabadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hami Bagheri having to interfere. Hami Bagheri made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Behrad Hojjati sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Sami Zare managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kirderazan FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sami Zare was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jahanshah Rafipour breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Behrad Hojjati got free with Hami Bagheri in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Soroush Yavari's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Hami Bagheri firmly grabbed it by the left post. 68 minutes into the match, Behrad Hojjati had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hami Bagheri. Kirderazan FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Behrad Hojjati was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. In the 72nd minute of the match ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ got a corner. Kirderazan FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Faraz Emad ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Soroush Yavari managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. With an all-out effort, ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™'s Hami Bagheri threw himself towards the right post 85 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Behrad Hojjati, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hami Bagheri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Soroush Yavari in the 88th minute. Sami Zare took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jahanshah Rafipour. Jahanshah Rafipour dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-6. A collision led to Kirderazan FC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Mehrak Hajrezaei hit a great ball. Hami Bagheri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Behrad Hojjati in the 96th minute of the match. When the match was over ⓂⒺⒼⒶ ⒸⓊⓅ ⒻⒸ™ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Kirderazan FC throughout the match.