Official Cup

Azadi Stadium
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Qiao Qi Bo got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Fenerbahçe S.K. getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Charlie Blevins hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Persepolis F.C.'s Justo Carlomagno slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kristian Martinsson. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. In the 11th minute, Qiao Qi Bo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fenerbahçe S.K. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Santos Perez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hershel Guertin, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After 14 played minutes Fenerbahçe S.K. got a freekick which was hit by Qiao Qi Bo. Kristian Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arden Poulin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Persepolis F.C.'s Gwidon Seliga got a free kick in the 21st minute. Kristian Martinsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arden Poulin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 26th minute Arden Poulin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kristian Martinsson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Qiao Qi Bo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fenerbahçe S.K.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Qiao Qi Bo 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. Santos Perez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christian Desaulniers, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. In the 32nd minute, Ildefonso Harkaitz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Loco Loco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santos Perez having to interfere. After some careless play in the Persepolis F.C. defense, Qiao Qi Bo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Santos Perez. The Persepolis F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Santos Perez should have stopped the shot. Qiao Qi Bo charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Qiao Qi Bo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 41st minute, Qiao Qi Bo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Arden Poulin made the kick off in the second half. In the 50thth minute of the game Arden Poulin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fenerbahçe S.K.'s Kristian Martinsson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fenerbahçe S.K.'s Kristian Martinsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arden Poulin in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justo Carlomagno in the 54th minute of play forced Fenerbahçe S.K.'s goalkeeper Kristian Martinsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Andy Duff hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Persepolis F.C.'s Andy Duff got a free kick in the 64th minute. With a little luck, Persepolis F.C.'s Santos Perez got control of the ball when Christian Desaulniers tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 69th minute, Arden Poulin 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. Fenerbahçe S.K.'s Felice Patricelli was substituted for Charlie Blevins. Qiao Qi Bo kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Persepolis F.C. made a substitution. Dennis Rudolph replaced Gwidon Seliga. Fenerbahçe S.K.'s Francesco Basso was substituted for Loco Loco. In the 79th minute, Qiao Qi Bo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fenerbahçe S.K.'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. After taking down the ball on Persepolis F.C.'s corner Justo Carlomagno fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kristian Martinsson quite easily take care of the ball. In the 88th minute, Arden Poulin 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. Francesco Basso kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Kristian Martinsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arden Poulin's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.