Official Cup

Azadi Stadium
Spectators: 163 (Terracing: 123, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arden Poulin started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Aero Björndalen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arden Poulin was slow to take the kick. During this time Persepolis F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Danny Craig almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun did a great save. In the 9th minute, Persepolis F.C.'s Arden Poulin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 14th minute, Persepolis F.C.'s Avery Merrill ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Niklas Brun. Niklas Brun yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ildefonso Harkaitz in the 18th minute of play. Niklas Brun came out of the goal in the 19th minute to try and stop a shot by Persepolis F.C.'s Arden Poulin. But to his dismay, Arden Poulin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Niklas Brun was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Justo Carlomagno capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Justo Carlomagno really showed his touch with that goal: 4-0. After some careless play in the Aero Björndalen defense, Avery Merrill kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Niklas Brun. The Aero Björndalen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Niklas Brun should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 31 minutes, Niklas Brun successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Niklas Brun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avery Merrill in the 33rd minute of play. Niklas Brun was a little too slow when Danny Craig got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 6-0. If Avery Merrill had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 38 minutes into the game, Persepolis F.C.'s Arden Poulin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Niklas Brun made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. 41 minutes into the match, Aero Björndalen's goal looked a bit too open when Avery Merrill came free, but Niklas Brun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ildefonso Harkaitz in the 42nd minute of play forced Aero Björndalen's goalkeeper Niklas Brun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Aero Björndalen's goal looked a bit too open when Ildefonso Harkaitz came free, but Niklas Brun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Danny Craig sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dirk Trucco to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Ildefonso Harkaitz notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Aero Björndalen's Niklas Brun. Niklas Brun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 55 minutes into the match, Avery Merrill had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niklas Brun. Aero Björndalen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Avery Merrill was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Niklas Brun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ildefonso Harkaitz in the 58th minute of the match. Niklas Brun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avery Merrill in the 61st minute of the match. 69 minutes into the match, Avery Merrill had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Niklas Brun. Aero Björndalen's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Avery Merrill was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. In the 72nd minute Avery Merrill shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niklas Brun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Niklas Brun came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Persepolis F.C.'s Justo Carlomagno. But to his dismay, Justo Carlomagno quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 13-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arden Poulin in the 84th minute of play forced Aero Björndalen's goalkeeper Niklas Brun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niklas Brun didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Danny Craig went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 14-0 was the resulting score. 91 minutes into the game, Persepolis F.C.'s Justo Carlomagno nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Niklas Brun made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 15-0. There was no doubt that Persepolis F.C. were the better team. Persepolis F.C.'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.