League

Royston Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 10th minute Nader Eshkevari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mahyar Mansouri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Royston getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Behrad Rezaei hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohsen Talaei in the 19th minute of play forced Great Bookham's goalkeeper Khashayar Bagheri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Nader Eshkevari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nader Eshkevari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 23rd match minute, Royston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Azad Amirabadi to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Behrad Rezaei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nader Eshkevari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Nader Eshkevari managed to get in a good position for a shot. Great Bookham's supporters rose to their feet, but Nader Eshkevari was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mahyar Mansouri breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mahyar Mansouri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nader Eshkevari's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. In the 37th minute, Nader Eshkevari left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Great Bookham fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Mahyar Mansouri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shahrdad Iranian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nader Eshkevari to strike the kick off in the second half. When Great Bookham's Nader Eshkevari in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Royston's goalie prevented a goal. In the 54th match minute, Royston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Azad Amirabadi to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th match minute, Royston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Behrad Rezaei to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute, Javeed Shirazi sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Royston's Mahyar Mansouri didn't even have to move. In the 57th match minute, Royston was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sina Tabatabaei to maneuver through the defense. Shahrdad Iranian blasted a shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mahyar Mansouri having to make a save. If Nader Eshkevari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Javeed Shirazi, 65 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Mahyar Mansouri stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nader Eshkevari's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Nader Eshkevari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahyar Mansouri having to interfere. Shahrdad Iranian's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Mahyar Mansouri skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. If Shahrdad Iranian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Royston getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Yahya Narimani hit a great ball. Royston's Mahyar Mansouri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Royston from getting a goal against them. Mahyar Mansouri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nader Eshkevari in the 85th minute of play. Azad Amirabadi might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Khashayar Bagheri. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Azad Amirabadi ran back to his position shaking his head. If Shahrdad Iranian had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.