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Sardar Jangal Rasht
Spectators: 7100 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pejman Homayoun made the kick off which started today's match. 7 minutes into the match, Kermanshah's goalkeeper Mohammad Hamidi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pejman Homayoun. In the 11th minute Ahmad Akbari shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hormoz Lahouti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Speedrod iran getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Pirooz Nekounam hit a great ball. If Ahmad Akbari had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 16th minute, Kamal Rad hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Speedrod iran were furious when Kaveh Talebi was red carded, 18 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 17th minute, one of Speedrod iran:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Speedrod iran. Ahmad Akbari sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Shahram Bagheri in the 25th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hormoz Lahouti prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 28 minutes into the match, Speedrod iran's goal looked a bit too open when Amir Parsa Omidvar came free, but Hormoz Lahouti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, Speedrod iran's goal looked a bit too open when Shahram Bagheri came free, but Hormoz Lahouti reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ahmad Akbari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hormoz Lahouti was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. In the 37th match minute, Speedrod iran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yaghoub Asgari to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Ahmad Akbari managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kermanshah's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmad Akbari was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hormoz Lahouti breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 43 minutes, Pirooz Nekounam mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Speedrod iran and the Kermanshah players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 43 played minutes Speedrod iran got a freekick which was hit by Pirooz Nekounam. After a defensive mix-up in Speedrod iran's zone, Javad Talebi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hormoz Lahouti came out of the goal and Javad Talebi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Hormoz Lahouti took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ahmad Akbari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Speedrod iran's Hormoz Lahouti got control of the ball when Shahram Bagheri tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 60th minute, one of Speedrod iran:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Speedrod iran. The referee gave Kermanshah a penalty, 61 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mojtaba Hosseini, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Speedrod iran's Hormoz Lahouti. 0-2. Hormoz Lahouti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ahmad Akbari, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Asad Mayelikohan kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Ahmad Akbari took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Hormoz Lahouti to make any attempt to save it. Hormoz Lahouti stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Morad Sadeghian's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Mohammad Hamidi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pejman Homayoun in the 83rd minute of the match. Ahmad Akbari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hormoz Lahouti having to interfere. If Javad Talebi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Kermanshah could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Speedrod iran throughout the match.