League

Crewe
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Habib Shirazi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Farrokh Shahroudi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Javad samsami having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Habib Shirazi in the 12th minute of play forced Alton Towers's goalkeeper Javad samsami to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Habib Shirazi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Javad samsami was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Javad samsami stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Habib Shirazi's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Kamran Sadeqi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Alton Towers's Javad samsami got control of the ball when Farrokh Shahroudi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Javad samsami showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Habib Shirazi in the 27th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Lunatics.fc's goal looked a bit too open when Jahangir Artoonian came free, but Arash Hajrezaei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Javad samsami was a little too slow when Habib Shirazi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 1-0. After 36 played minutes Lunatics.fc got a freekick which was hit by Farzin Forouzan. 41 minutes into the game, Habib Shirazi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Javad samsami. Habib Shirazi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jahangir Artoonian stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kamran Sadeqi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arash Hajrezaei having to make a save. After 52 played minutes Alton Towers got a freekick which was hit by Sahand Hasanpour. Javad samsami made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Habib Shirazi in the 55th minute of play. Lunatics.fc's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Borna Nakisa in the 57th minute. In the 61st minute, Habib Shirazi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lunatics.fc fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 65th minute Parviz Sadeghi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arash Hajrezaei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Farrokh Shahroudi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Javad samsami read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. After having played for 69 minutes, Habib Shirazi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lunatics.fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Habib Shirazi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Habib Shirazi managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lunatics.fc's supporters rose to their feet, but Habib Shirazi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Javad samsami breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Farrokh Shahroudi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Javad samsami having to interfere. A collision led to Alton Towers getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Parviz Sadeghi hit a great ball. Farrokh Shahroudi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 93rd minute Habib Shirazi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Javad samsami saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Javad samsami made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Habib Shirazi in the 97th minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Lunatics.fc had played much better football throughout.