Official Cup

Azadi Stadium
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arden Poulin made the kick off which started today's match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 5 minutes into the game, when Kory Saunders put in a rough tackle. If Ildefonso Harkaitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Levan Dost blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Santos Perez having to make a save. In the 9th minute Levan Dost shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santos Perez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Farid Mondragon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ildefonso Harkaitz in the 15th minute of play. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Levan Dost in the 16th minute of the match. Justo Carlomagno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Farid Mondragon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Levan Dost might have been able to make a better finish in the 20th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santos Perez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Levan Dost ran back to his position shaking his head. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Levan Dost in the 20th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Justo Carlomagno got free with Farid Mondragon in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 23 minutes 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Arden Poulin who took care of the corner kick. In the 25th minute, Levan Dost got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 27th minute, Levan Dost left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Danny Craig in the 34thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Farid Mondragon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Santos Perez came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Levan Dost. But to his dismay, Levan Dost quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Levan Dost's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Santos Perez read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 38th minute of play. In the 40th minute of the game Andy Duff made a throw-in which Danny Craig played forward. Santos Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonides Xacintu in the 43rd minute of the match. When Leonides Xacintu fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's protests and gave Leonides Xacintu a yellow card for diving instead. Leonides Xacintu kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. Avery Merrill received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Farid Mondragon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Persepolis F.C. getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Andy Duff hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Levan Dost managed to get in a good position for a shot. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's supporters rose to their feet, but Levan Dost was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Santos Perez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Levan Dost to strike the kick off in the second half. If Levan Dost had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Santos Perez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Levan Dost in the 52nd minute. Santos Perez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Levan Dost, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Farid Mondragon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Justo Carlomagno, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. 66 minutes into the match, Justo Carlomagno had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Farid Mondragon. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Justo Carlomagno was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Leonides Xacintu got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a long run with the ball, Cihangir Türkol did a trick in the 74th minute in front of Persepolis F.C.'s goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 1-3. An impressive performance by 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Cihangir Türkol! 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Ferit Yerlikaya was substituted for Bruno Baptista. In the 84thth minute of the game Levan Dost who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Persepolis F.C.'s Santos Perez was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Santos Perez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Levan Dost in the 86th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Justo Carlomagno in the 88th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Farid Mondragon prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Levan Dost got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 1-5 in the right cross in the 90th match minute before Santos Perez had time to react. Levan Dost might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Santos Perez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Levan Dost ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Persepolis F.C.'s Santos Perez got control of the ball when Levan Dost tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 95 minutes of play, 1stanbuL FootbaLL CluB's Levan Dost made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santos Perez was left in no man's land by his defense there!