League

Battle
Spectators: 10000 (Terracing: 7500, Seating: 2300, VIP seats: 200) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. İlyas Mecnun started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, باشگاه سپاهان's Salar Jahromi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. باشگاه سپاهان's Arsalnn Sajjadi got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 12th minute Arsalnn Sajjadi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by İlyas Mecnun in the 16th minute of play. Florin Aldescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Parham Taghavi went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 21st minute, İlyas Mecnun ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. In the 24th minute, İlyas Mecnun 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. باشگاه سپاهان's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Igor Marud in the 30th minute. Igor Marud made a great header on باشگاه سپاهان's corner, it was just that Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün managed to reach the ball for a save. Florin Aldescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Parham Taghavi in the 34th minute. Battle's Fereydoon Ghobadi got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by İlyas Mecnun in the 41st minute of play forced Battle's goalkeeper Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 41 played minutes Battle got a freekick which was hit by Hassan Bagheri. İlyas Mecnun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. باشگاه سپاهان were furious when Igor Marud was red carded, 45 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 45th minute of the game. One of باشگاه سپاهان:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Battle:s goal.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Farzan Alinejad stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when باشگاه سپاهان's Salar Jahromi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 60 minutes of play, باشگاه سپاهان's Salar Jahromi made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Arsalnn Sajjadi in the 63rd minute of play forced Battle's goalkeeper Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 65th minute, Battle's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Salar Jahromi fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After having played for 68 minutes, Salar Jahromi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. باشگاه سپاهان's supporters crossed their fingers, but Salar Jahromi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Salar Jahromi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün made a huge save. Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save Battle from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 74 in the game by Salar Jahromi from a close distance when the talented Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün managed to make a qualified save. Battle's players were relieved. Salar Jahromi did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-5 to the left of a surprised Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün 75 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün got control of the ball when Salar Jahromi tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arsalnn Sajjadi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fereydoon Ghobadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florin Aldescu having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Salar Jahromi got free with Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Salar Jahromi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Arsalnn Sajjadi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Arsalnn Sajjadi really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6. باشگاه سپاهان's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.